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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 891

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1590

                           By Roberts, Reeves, Bowling, Hensley, Campbell, Walley

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1510

 By Marsh, Capley, Haston, Reedy, Barrett, Vital, Clemmons, Justin Jones, Salinas, Doggett, Shaw,
                 Davis, McCalmon, Hemmer, Eldridge, White, Pearson, Alexander, Bricken

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11, Chapter 13, relative to scenic rivers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 11-13-104, is amended by:

                    (1) Deleting "Buffalo River - The entire river, except that portion which lies within
          Wayne, Perry, Humphreys and Lewis counties" and substituting "Buffalo River - The entire
          river";

                    (2) Deleting "Duck River - That segment of the Duck River beginning at Iron Bridge
          Road at river mile 136.4 extending continuously to a point upstream to the boundary of
          Marshall County at river mile 173.7.";

                    (3) Deleting "Duck River - That segment of the Duck River beginning at Industrial
          Park Road approximately at river mile 128 extending continuously to a point downstream to
          the boundary of Hickman County at approximately river mile 98 downstream from the
          Natchez Trace River Bridge" and substituting "Duck River - The entire river except that
          segment of the river designated by the Tennessee Valley Authority as part of Normandy
          Reservoir"; and

                    (4) Adding the following under the designation "Class II Pastoral River Areas":

                              Beaverdam Creek - That segment beginning with the confluence of Brush
                    Fork and Piney Fork in Hickman County and ending with its confluence with the Duck
                    River in Hickman County.

                              Lick Creek - That segment beginning with the confluence of North Fork Lick
                    Creek and South Fork Lick Creek in Williamson County and ending with its
                    confluence with the Duck River in Hickman County.

                              Piney River - That segment beginning with the confluence of the West Piney
                    River and the East Piney River in Dickson County and ending with its confluence with
                    the Duck River in Hickman County.

                              Swan Creek - That segment beginning with the confluence of Dry Branch and
                    Swan Creek in Hickman County and ending with its confluence with the Duck River in
                    Hickman County.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 11-13-108(b)(1), is amended by deleting
the phrase "of Duck River" and replacing it with "of any river".

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1590

PASSED:  April 16, 2026

                                      RANDY McN4,.LY
                         SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

~ APPROVED this  day o f ~                 2026

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                       BILL LEE, GOVERNOR