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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 230
SENATE BILL NO. 915
By Bailey, Bowling, Hatcher, Rose, Southerland
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1129
By Farmer, Hale, Bricken, Littleton, Davis, Alexander
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54, Chapter 1, relative to disaster-related
exemptions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-128, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(e) Notwithstanding this section, the restrictions on borrow pits under subdivisions
(b)(1)(A), (D) and (E) do not apply to temporary borrow pits used for a road work construction
project performed in a FEMA-certified county under a contract for construction work entered
into with the state that is part of a state or local Hurricane Helene recovery effort. For purposes
of this subsection (e), "FEMA-certified county" means a county included in a declaration made
on or after September 26, 2024, and prior to October 3, 2024, for a disaster certified by the
federal emergency management agency (FEMA). Notwithstanding another law to the contrary,
this subsection (e) expires on June 30, 2039.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 915
PASSED: April 7, 2025
RANDY MctfALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
I~ I APPROVED this ;}.. day of /Jrpr{ 2025
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