(a) Military property of the state and of the United States shall be issued, safeguarded, maintained, accounted for, inventoried, inspected, surveyed and disposed of as provided in applicable laws and regulations issued thereunder and regulations issued pursuant to parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-1-515

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • National guard: means the army national guard and the air national guard. See Tennessee Code 58-1-102
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) When state-owned military property is lost, damaged or destroyed through the negligence or fault of a member or employee of the national guard, the amount determined as the value of such property or the cost of repairing the same may be collected from any pay or allowance due or to become due to the member or employee of the national guard from the state, in addition to the remedies herein prescribed.
(c) An action may be maintained in the name of the state in any court having jurisdiction thereof by the attorney general and reporter, upon the request of the adjutant general, to recover, from a member or former member of the national guard found responsible for any state or federal military property lost, damaged or destroyed through negligence or fault, the amount determined as the value of such property or the cost of repairing the same.
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