(a) Any county or municipality is authorized to establish school safety zones.(b) As used in this section, unless the content otherwise requires:(1) 'School' means any public or private elementary, secondary school or state college of applied technology; and(2) 'School property' means all property used for school purposes, including, but not limited to, school playgrounds.(c) A school safety zone is the territory extending five hundred feet (500') from school property or within the area bounded by a divided federal highway, whichever is less.(d) The director of schools, with the approval of the board of education, may develop a method of marking school safety zones, including the use of signs. Signs or other markings shall be located in a visible manner on or near each school indicating that such area is a school safety zone, that such zone extends five hundred feet (500') from school property or within the area bounded by a divided federal highway, whichever is less, and that the delivery or sale of a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue to a minor in the school safety zone may subject the offender to an enhanced punishment.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. the delivery or sale of a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue to a minor in the school safety zone may subject the offender to an enhanced punishment.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 493, s 10, eff. 5/25/2021.Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 803, s 11, eff. 9/1/2020.Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 803, s 10, eff. 9/1/2020.Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 473, s 11, eff. 7/1/2013.Acts 1994, ch. 973, §§ 1, 2; 2012 , ch. 848, § 39.
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