54-8-103 - Commission chair to be county's agent. - Tennessee Statutes

54-8-103. Commission chair to be county's agent.

The chair of the commission shall be the county's agent in dealing with the department of transportation in all highway matters; and in such matters between the county and the state, the chair shall be recognized as the county's representative. Where a county highway organization exists by legislative act, the official charged by the law with performing the usual duties of the highway chair shall be so recognized by the department, upon proper certificate from the county clerk that the individual is such an official.

[Acts 1929, ch. 54, §§ 3, 4; mod. Code 1932, § 3280; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-703; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.]