Title 58, Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense

(a) The department of veterans services shall conduct a study within the existing resources of the department that includes:(1) An evaluation of county veterans service office resources, including:(A) Current county veterans service officer (CVSO) staffing levels;(B) Accreditatio…

There is created in the military department a war records bureau, the duties of which shall be to compile and preserve the records of those Tennesseans who have served their state and nation in time of war, to correlate these records as to rank, organization and branch of service…

The adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint such necessary personnel as may be needed to enable the war records bureau to function efficiently; the compensation of such personnel, to be fixed by the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, s…

(a) Any veteran of the United States armed forces, or the veteran's surviving spouse, attorney-in-fact, personal representative or court appointed guardian, may request that the war records bureau redact from the official records that are maintained and distributed by the bureau …

The county legislative bodies are authorized to appropriate, by a roll call and recorded vote, from their respective county treasuries, money to be expended solely in the erection of permanent monuments or buildings or libraries or any other evidence of appreciation of the braver…

When any county makes any such appropriation, the county legislative body making it shall elect five (5) reputable citizens of the respective county, over eighteen (18) years of age, who shall be known as the county monument or building commissioners, who shall be duly sworn fait…

Before any part of any such appropriation shall be paid out of any county treasury, there shall first be filed with the county trustee of the county making the appropriation, plans and specifications of the proposed monument or building or library or other evidence of appreciatio…

No part of any such appropriation shall be expended for land, fees, or salaries, but shall all be used for the erection of the monument or building, and all such money shall be alone for work on and material entering into the construction of the monument or building.

Any and all persons accepting the custody or control of any part of any such appropriation provided for, who misappropriates or aids in the misappropriation or willful diversion of any part of the same is guilty of a Class E felony, which penalty may be commuted to six (6) months…

Each municipality and county of the state is authorized and empowered to erect suitable public memorials and to contract for the erection of such memorials to the services of the members of the armed forces and veterans of the various wars in which Tennesseans have fought. The me…

Each municipality and county of the state acting under §§ 58-4-206 — 58-4-208 is expressly authorized to cooperate with the federal government or any other governmental agencies in the planning, erecting and financing of any memorial hereunder, and is authorized to receive from s…

Each municipality and county of the state, acting by and through its governing body, is authorized to borrow money and to issue and sell bonds of such municipality or county pursuant to title 9, chapter 21 for the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry out the purposes…

(a) (1) On days that neither house of the general assembly is in session during the month of September, the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag must be displayed over the state capitol in accordance with § 4-1-406(a), on any day the United States flag is displayed, in order to increase public awa…

(a) Any individual or group may donate a P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag to a county, municipal or state government for the display of the flag pursuant to this part. (b) In addition to the display of the flag over the state capitol pursuant to § 58-4-301(b), the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag may be dis…

If a P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag is donated for display to and is displayed by the state, county or municipal government in accordance with this part, it shall be raised and lowered at the same time, and maintained in the same manner, as the state and United States flags. The county, city…

The P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag, which depicts a prisoner's profile against the background of a P.O.W. watchtower, if displayed, shall be displayed in accordance with this part during normal business hours.

For purposes of this part, “public building” is defined according to § 68-120-203.

The P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag, as described in § 58-4-304, may be displayed at each welcome center operated by the department of tourist development, and, if so displayed, shall be third in order on the flagpole after the flag of the United States of America and the Tennessee state flag…

(a) There shall be public homes for veterans in Tennessee known as “Tennessee state veterans' homes.” (b) The primary purpose of the homes shall be to provide support and care for honorably discharged veterans who served in the United States armed forces. (c) These homes shall be…

(a) (1) There is hereby created a body, politic and corporate, to be known as the “Tennessee state veterans' homes board.”(2) The board, a political subdivision and instrumentality of the state, shall be deemed to be acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the sta…

(a) The board shall elect a chair from among its members. The chair shall be a citizen of the state and an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces. The chair shall serve a two-year term. A chair may be reelected; provided, that no person shall serve as chai…

(a) There is created an executive committee of the board. The executive committee shall be composed of three (3) members of the board. One (1) member shall be the commissioner of finance and administration. The remaining two (2) members shall be elected by the board subject to th…

Members of the board shall not be compensated for services rendered to the homes, but will be compensated for necessary expenses incurred by a member in the performance of the member's official duties. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the policies…

If any matter before the board involves a project, transaction, or relationship in which a member or the member's associated institution, business or board has a direct or a conflicting interest, the member shall make known to the board that interest and shall be prohibited from …

(a) Prior to the adoption of any resolution or other action of the veterans' homes board authorizing the incurrence of debt or the borrowing of funds or entering into any contract or other arrangement for the planning or preparation for the incurrence of debt or the borrowing of …

The administrator of each home shall deposit with the state treasurer funds paid by veterans for their maintenance, funds received from the United States treasury and other funds given or granted to the home, including state funds. Such funds may be invested in the local governme…

The board shall make an annual report to the governor and to members of the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives. This report shall contain an accounting of all money received and expended, statistics on members who resided in the home d…

At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the board shall submit a plan of operation for review and approval to the commissioner of veterans services, the commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury. The plan of opera…

The comptroller of the treasury shall make an annual audit of the program established by this chapter as part of the comptroller's annual audit pursuant to § 9-3-211.

It is the intention of the general assembly that, in establishing state veterans' homes, the state shall apply for a grant from the United States veterans' administration and/or obtain its approval for leasing existing facilities pursuant to Public Law 95-62 (38 U.S.C. §§ 5031-50…

(a) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the bed occupants at any one (1) time of state veterans' homes authorized by this part may be veteran-related family members, i.e. spouses, surviving spouses, gold star parents and dependent children. (b) When a state veterans' home accepts grant …

(a) Upon the death of a resident of a Tennessee state veterans' home, the administrator of the home shall promptly give notice of such death to the guardian or next of kin of such resident. (b) The administrator, executor or personal representative of the deceased person, or if t…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004.”

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Activities under service agreements” means day-to-day cooperation and activities based upon interlocal service or operational agreements or contracts between or among governmental entities;(2) “Aid” means the…

(a) On and after July 1, 2004, the provision and receipt of mutual aid and assistance by participating governmental entities shall be governed by this chapter, and no separate agreement is necessary except with regard to aid or assistance provided to entities in other states, aid…

(a) The mayor of a municipality or the mayor or county executive of a county or metropolitan government may declare a local state of emergency affecting such official's jurisdiction by executive order consistent with and governed by § 58-2-110(3)(A)(v). (b) The mayor or executive…

(a) When a governmental entity is affected by an occurrence that its resources will not be adequate to handle, the governmental entity may request aid through the appropriate emergency management employee or official, or a county or municipality may declare a local state of emerg…

Upon receiving a request for mutual aid in an occurrence or for assistance from a requesting party in a municipal, county, state, or federal state of emergency, a participating governmental entity may, subject to the approval of the chief executive officer of the governmental ent…

(a) This chapter does not create a duty on participating governmental entities to respond to a request for aid or assistance nor to stay at the scene of an occurrence or emergency for any length of time. Upon receipt of a request for aid or assistance, a potential responding part…

The representative or representatives of the requesting party authorized to be in charge of emergency response at the scene shall be in command at the scene as to strategy, tactics, and overall direction of the operations. The requesting party may delegate command as needed. Gene…

(a) When employees of the responding party are sent from the employing jurisdiction to another jurisdiction or jurisdictions in response to a request for aid or assistance under this chapter, they have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as if they were pe…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to remove any immunity from, defenses to, or limitation on liability provided by the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, compiled in title 29, chapter 20, or other law.

(a) Except as provided in this section, the requesting party shall pay the responding party all documented costs incurred by the responding party in extending assistance to the requesting party under this chapter. The requesting party is ultimately responsible for reimbursement o…

Governmental entities that are parties to existing mutual aid agreements may by resolution of their governing bodies determine to continue to operate under those agreements until they expire or are terminated. If a governmental entity does not affirm the continued existence of th…

In addition to any other authority provided by this chapter, any governmental entity may provide aid or assistance in any area of the state to any state or federal agency upon request by the state or federal agency, and the governmental entity and its employees will be subject to…

When any other state provides that it will recognize and enforce the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, compiled in title 29, chapter 20, and other Tennessee laws governing the tort liability of Tennessee's governmental entities and their employees in any case brought in …