Tennessee Code 42-2-222 – Audits of municipalities receiving state aid – Withholding aid where funds improperly used
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-2-222
- Aeronautics: means :
(A) The science and art of flight, including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101 - Airport: means any area of land or water that is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas that are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or avigation easements or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located on such areas, easements or rights-of-way. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Municipality: means any county, incorporated city, incorporated town, authority, district or other political subdivision or public corporation of this state. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- this state: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
The department is charged with the express duty of auditing the books of any municipality or airport authority of this state that receives any of the funds appropriated or allocated by the state of Tennessee, insofar as may be necessary to determine that the funds are used solely and exclusively for the purpose of advancing the aviation program in the state and for no other purpose. In the event any municipality refuses the department or its representatives the right to make an audit, or in the event any such municipality or airport authority has misused the funds, then the department is empowered to and shall direct the withholding of any further distribution of state funds to the municipality or airport authority until it has reimbursed and restored to its aeronautics fund the amount so misused. The state treasurer, the commissioner of finance and administration and the commissioner of revenue shall respect and be governed by any withholding orders issued by the department under this section.