(a) A county highway department is authorized to receive materials, property, services, funds or supplies for the benefit of the county highway department, which materials, property, services, funds or supplies shall be used or disbursed in good faith in accordance with the terms or conditions of the donation or reimbursement. Funds so received shall be paid into the office of the county trustee, credited to the county highway fund and disbursed according to law as other funds of the county highway department.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-7-115

  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) The county highway department may adopt a policy to authorize private persons or entities to repair county roads to bring a road damaged by that person or entity up to the condition or standard of the road previous to the damage caused by the private person or entity.
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