43-1-106 - Duties of commissioner. - Tennessee Statutes

43-1-106. Duties of commissioner.

It is the duty of the commissioner of agriculture to determine, on the commissioner's own initiative, or upon request by the county legislative body of any county in this state, agricultural areas adjacent to state highways that are:

     (1)  Row crop areas devoted primarily for the growth of corn, cotton, soy beans, vegetables, and other similar seasonal agricultural commodities; and

     (2)  Grassland areas maintained and used primarily for grazing of livestock.

[Acts 1875, ch. 13, § 4; Shan., § 318; Code 1932, § 430; modified; Acts 1961, ch. 22, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1965, ch. 82, § 8; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 90, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 131, § 1; Acts 1972, ch. 801, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1973, ch. 341, § 3; 1977, ch. 112, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-107; Acts 1988, ch. 878, § 13.]