Tennessee Code 11-14-112 – Registration of privately owned areas
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 11-14-112
- Area: means an area of land or water, or both, whether in public or private ownership, which has scenic, natural, or scientific values. See Tennessee Code 11-14-103
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 11-14-103
- Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 11-14-103
- 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 department shall maintain a registry of scenic or natural-scientific areas that are not in state ownership and whose owners have agreed to maintain them in a natural state, in accordance with such rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Owners of such areas shall be permitted to make public the fact that the area is listed in the state registry. If the commissioner finds at any time that the owner has failed to maintain the criteria for natural areas as specified in this part, registration shall lapse.