54-17-106 - Proposals for scenic highway additions.
54-17-106. Proposals for scenic highway additions.
(a) The commissioner of tourist development, in consultation with the commissioners of environment and conservation and of transportation, and the director of the department of economic and community development, shall study and biennially submit to the general assembly recommendations for additions to the scenic highway system.
(b) Each proposal shall specify the nature and boundary of the proposed addition, and shall include estimates of the funds necessary to initiate and maintain the highway and other information that tends to make the highway a worthy addition to the system.
(c) The intent of this section is to ensure that systematic studies are made and that all the factors concerning scenic highway designations are fully considered and that individual scenic highways conform to the statewide system and meet the criteria established in § 54-17-105.
[Acts 1971, ch. 431, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; Acts 1976, ch. 819, § 4; modified; T.C.A., § 54-2506.]