54-1-118 - Contracting with University of Tennessee. - Tennessee Statutes

54-1-118. Contracting with University of Tennessee.

The commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into a contract or contracts with the University of Tennessee regarding:

     (1)  The development and testing of new materials to be used in constructing and maintaining roads, bridges and highways;

     (2)  The development of more economical methods of designing, constructing and maintaining roads, bridges and highways; and

     (3)  The training of personnel in the fundamentals of highway engineering.

[Acts 1951, ch. 127, § 1 (Williams, § 3175.1); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-124; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.]