LITTER PATROL UNIT
The Sevier County Sheriff's Office Litter Patrol Unit is equipped with 4 trucks and also work with the City of Sevierville.The general purpose is litter and debris pickup for Sevier County and we also sometimes dispose of dead animals at the request of the sheriff's Office. The people who participates are sent from Sessions Court and also Circuit Court System.
In 2016 the Litter Patrol Unit removed around 354,760 pounds of trash and debris and covered 1676.7 miles of County roads and 562.6 miles of State roads and completed 27,056 hours of service. We also built a 911 back up dispatch center and constructed a communication tower site on Ski mountain and Bluff mountain with labor from the program.
The Litter Patrol Unit also cleaned up several abandoned cemeteries in the Kodak and Wears Valley Communities that contained Veterans graves also assisted in the annual food commodities give out at the Sevier County Fair Grounds.
In 2016 the Litter Patrol Unit removed around 354,760 pounds of trash and debris and covered 1676.7 miles of County roads and 562.6 miles of State roads and completed 27,056 hours of service. We also built a 911 back up dispatch center and constructed a communication tower site on Ski mountain and Bluff mountain with labor from the program.
The Litter Patrol Unit also cleaned up several abandoned cemeteries in the Kodak and Wears Valley Communities that contained Veterans graves also assisted in the annual food commodities give out at the Sevier County Fair Grounds.
Tennessee "Tarping" Law
55-7-109. Loose material hauled in open truck bed Restrictions Penalties for violations Exceptions.
(a) Any truck, or other motor vehicle, with an open bed, that is operated on any highway, road, or street open for public use in this state, shall be loaded so that any loose material transported in truck or other motor vehicle remains at least four inches (4²) below the walls of the open bed, measured at the front, back and sidewalls; but the load may be piled higher in the center of the open bed. “Loose material” includes any substance that could spill, drop off, or blow away from the open bed when the vehicle is operated. “Loose material” does not include materials such as sand or salt that are purposely discharged from truck beds to clear roadways or improve traction, and does not include water sprayed on streets for purposes of sanitation.
(b) (1) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(2) A charge for violation of this section shall be brought against the hauler whose vehicle is found in violation; however, the hauler may recoup one half (½) of the fine from the producer or loader of the material hauled in violation of this section.
(c) As used in this section, “hauler” includes both the owner and the driver of a vehicle, and both parties shall be jointly liable. Only one (1) fine shall be imposed on a hauler, regardless of a difference between ownership and operation, and the party or parties paying the fine shall have a right of recoupment against the producer or loader either in whole or in accordance with the producer's or loader's share of payment.
(d) (1) This section shall not include farm produce going to market.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicles which transport crushed stone, fill dirt and rock, soil, bulk sand, coal, phosphate muck, asphalt, concrete, other building materials, forest products, unfinished lumber, agricultural lime and agricultural products and that are loaded in compliance with the four inch (4²) requirement of this section. The exemption shall not apply to any load if any law enforcement officer sees any part of this material blowing off the vehicle.
(a) Any truck, or other motor vehicle, with an open bed, that is operated on any highway, road, or street open for public use in this state, shall be loaded so that any loose material transported in truck or other motor vehicle remains at least four inches (4²) below the walls of the open bed, measured at the front, back and sidewalls; but the load may be piled higher in the center of the open bed. “Loose material” includes any substance that could spill, drop off, or blow away from the open bed when the vehicle is operated. “Loose material” does not include materials such as sand or salt that are purposely discharged from truck beds to clear roadways or improve traction, and does not include water sprayed on streets for purposes of sanitation.
(b) (1) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(2) A charge for violation of this section shall be brought against the hauler whose vehicle is found in violation; however, the hauler may recoup one half (½) of the fine from the producer or loader of the material hauled in violation of this section.
(c) As used in this section, “hauler” includes both the owner and the driver of a vehicle, and both parties shall be jointly liable. Only one (1) fine shall be imposed on a hauler, regardless of a difference between ownership and operation, and the party or parties paying the fine shall have a right of recoupment against the producer or loader either in whole or in accordance with the producer's or loader's share of payment.
(d) (1) This section shall not include farm produce going to market.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicles which transport crushed stone, fill dirt and rock, soil, bulk sand, coal, phosphate muck, asphalt, concrete, other building materials, forest products, unfinished lumber, agricultural lime and agricultural products and that are loaded in compliance with the four inch (4²) requirement of this section. The exemption shall not apply to any load if any law enforcement officer sees any part of this material blowing off the vehicle.