Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 42-8-101 (2026)
Chapter definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) "Heliport" means land from which helicopters take off and land. "Heliport" does not include heliports operated by a health care institution as defined in § 68-11-1602 or land on which a helicopter makes a landing required by an emergency. "Heliport" also does not include land that is on private property used for the landing of a privately owned and operated helicopter for private, non-commercial purposes on a limited basis that in no way is ever used by or for commercial helicopter touring as commercial helicopter touring is defined in § 42-1-301; and
- (2) "Tourist resort county" means a county having more than five percent (5%) of its territory located within the boundaries of a national park established pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 403.
Acts 1992, ch. 727, §2; 2009 , ch. 57, § 1; 2010 , ch. 965, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1997–1997 · leading case: Riggs v. Burson, 941 S.W.2d 44 (Tenn. 1997).
Riggs v. Burson, 941 S.W.2d 44 (Tenn. 1997). “In early 1992, the Tennessee legislature enacted Tenn.Code Ann. § 42-8-101, et seq., which prohibited the helicopter touring operations of the plaintiffs after July 1, 1994.”
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