Tennessee Code 11-3-201 – Legislative findings and intent
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 11-3-201
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the duly authorized representative or, in the event of the commissioner's or representative's absence or vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner. See Tennessee Code 11-3-202
- Park: means an area as defined at §. See Tennessee Code 11-3-202
- 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
The general assembly finds that in order to maintain and enhance the purposes, programs and functions of the state park system, including, but not limited to, educational, interpretative and recreational functions, nonprofit citizen support organizations may be organized, and the commissioner of environment and conservation, after approval of the commissioner of finance and administration, may enter into agreements with such organizations for the purpose of providing support, financial and otherwise, to a specific park or parks, or the state park system. The agreement shall be forwarded to the comptroller of the treasury for review and comment prior to the execution by any state official. It is the intent of this legislation that any revenues generated by these organizations be used to enhance the state parks and their programs. To that end, it is the intent that state appropriations to the parks not be reduced when revenues are generated by these organizations.