54-5-208 - Eminent domain within municipalities. - Tennessee Statutes

54-5-208. Eminent domain within municipalities.

In the event it becomes necessary for the commissioner to proceed under this section and §§ 54-5-207, 54-5-209 and 54-5-210, the state, acting through the commissioner, is authorized and empowered to exercise the power of eminent domain within municipalities for streets designated as part of the interstate and national defense system of highways.

[Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 230, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-554; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.]