54-10-110 - Obstructing roads a misdemeanor Commissioners failing to sue incur penalty Disposition of fines and penalties. - Tennessee Statutes

54-10-110. Obstructing roads a misdemeanor Commissioners failing to sue incur penalty Disposition of fines and penalties.

(a)  Any person who places, or causes to be placed, on any public highway, any brush, briers, or any other material or thing that may obstruct or damage the highway, or render it inconvenient or hurtful to the traveling public, or who may encroach upon the highway in constructing any fence, wall, or like improvement, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(b)  (1)  The commissioners shall bring suit against any person obstructing, damaging, or encroaching on any highway, within thirty (30) days after the fact comes to their knowledge, and, on failure to do so, shall be subject to a fine of five dollars ($5.00), which may be recovered by any person subject to highway duty in the person's district suing for the obstruction.

     (2)  The fine, when collected, and also any fine if collected by the commissioners under this section, shall be paid on receivable warrant of the county mayor to the county trustee for the benefit of the roads of the commissioner's district.

[Acts 1891, ch. 1, § 29; Shan., § 1677; mod. Code 1932, § 2804; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-925; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.]