§ 69-1-108. Diverting water from main channel.

TN Code § 69-1-108 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) No person, upon pretense of having a right to the flow of water through a sluice of a navigable watercourse, on which sluice such person has built a mill, shall divert the water from the main channel into the sluice, so as to obstruct or impede the navigation of the main channel.

(b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.