Tennessee HB 1884: Real Property - As enacted, provides that if a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less than 25 feet granted determines that additional land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines to the enclosed land, then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land; enacts other related requirements in regard to such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14.

Bill Text

Senate Commerce and Labor 1

Amendment No. 1 to SB1798

Bailey
Signature of Sponsor

AMEND Senate Bill No. 1798* House Bill No. 1884

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by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting instead the following:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-14-102(a), is amended by
designating the existing language as subdivision (a)(1) and adding the following new
subdivision:
(2) If a person who already possesses a private easement or right-of-way of less
than twenty-five feet (25') granted pursuant to this chapter determines that additional
land is needed for the purpose of extending utility lines, including, but not limited to,
electric, natural gas, water, sewage, telephone, or cable television, to the enclosed land,
then the person must file a new petition requesting additional land. Upon receipt of a
petition requesting additional land for the extension of utility lines, the court may, upon a
showing of good cause, grant the petitioner's request and direct a jury of view to lay off
and mark an additional area for utility lines; provided, that the total private easement or
right-of-way does not exceed fifteen feet (15') in counties with a metropolitan form of
government or twenty-five feet (25') in all other areas.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.