Definitions

(1) “Abandoned vessel” is a vessel intended as a means of transportation upon or under the water, whether or not it is still capable as a means of transportation including watercraft in an ‘obvious state of disrepair’ such as being burned throughout and/or inoperable under its own power which: (a) has remained unattended on public water(s) of the State of Tennessee, or land adjacent to these public water(s) for more than thirty (30) days without the expressed consent of the owner(s) or person(s) in control of the property; or (b) is adrift or submerged for more than thirty (30) days in or upon the public waters of the State of Tennessee; or (c) a vessel deemed, through due process, to have no ownership; (d) is left unattended on any public property without notice to the managing entity of such public property for more than thirty (30) days; (e) has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property or, parked or left in a garage, trailer park, or any type of storage or parking lot without consent of the managing entity for more than thirty (30) days. (2) A “dry dock storage facility” is an entity, not on the public waters of Tennessee, where vessels, parts and pieces of vessels and components are available for sale or trade and stored either inside a building or outside for more than thirty (30) days. (3) A “wet slip,” “boat dock” or “storage facility” is a commercial business located on the public waters of Tennessee, where vessels, parts, and pieces of vessels and components are stored either on a dock or within a boat slip. (4) “Agency” means the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.