Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 13 > Chapter 10 > Part 1 - Chapter Definitions

• Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Farmland: means land and associated facilities involved in agricultural production activities. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• Local government: means an incorporated municipality, county, agency or instrumentality of an incorporated municipality or county, two (2) or more of the foregoing acting jointly, or an authority established by law to provide mass transportation services, or a nonprofit corporation authorized to provide mass transportation services. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Mass transportation project: means the planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or operation of any mass transportation system or capital equipment used in connection therewith. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Project cost: means actual or estimated cost of a mass transportation project, including relocation assistance payments, or the estimated reasonable cost thereof as approved by the commissioner, whichever is lower, less any federal assistance received or to be received for the project. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105