Section 54-1-118 - Contracting with University of Tennessee

The commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into a contract or contracts with the University of Tennessee regarding:(1) The development and testing of new materials to be used in constructing and maintaining roads, bridges and highways;(2) The development of more economical methods of designing, constructing and maintaining roads, bridges and highways; and(3) The training of personnel in the fundamentals of highway engineering.Acts 1951, ch. 127, § 1 (Williams, § 3175.1); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-124; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.