(a) Any person, firm, corporation or business entity operating a commercial boating facility, dock or marina that stores or houses vessels equipped with a toilet and sewage collection tank, or when such facilities are operating on waters in this state, shall provide facilities for the sanitary pumping and disposal of sewage from such collection tanks.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-9-102

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Operator: means the person who operates or has charge of the navigation or use of a motorboat or vessel. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • 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
(b) The sewage disposal facilities provided for in subsection (a) shall comply with the requirements of title 68 and this title, and are subject to any other regulation of the department of environment and conservation for the disposal of raw sewage.
(c) For the purposes of § 69-9-219(a), each day on which a person, firm, corporation or entity operating such commercial boating facility, dock or marina does not comply with subsection (a) constitutes a separate offense.
(d) A person, firm, corporation or business entity operating a commercial boating facility, dock or marina as provided in subsection (a) is exempt from the requirements of this section if such operator has entered into a valid agreement for the disposal of its raw sewage with another local boating facility, dock or marina. This exemption shall apply only where such other facility meets each of the requirements provided in this section for the sanitary pumping and disposal of raw sewage.
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