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Commission adopts naming policy requiring good‑faith notice to honorees and 45/90‑day public-comment windows
Summary
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted a naming policy that requires a documented, good‑faith effort to notify honorees or heirs before changes and sets a 45‑day written comment period for new namings and a 90‑day period when a previously named asset would be revoked, removed, revised, or relocated.
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to adopt a formal naming policy that requires the commission to make a documented, good‑faith effort to notify an honoree or their heirs before revoking, removing, revising or relocating an existing name and to provide longer public notice when removing a name.
General Counsel Grimes summarized committee amendments and read the key provisions: the policy requires that good‑faith efforts “may include but not be limited to a letter with delivery confirmation sent to surviving heirs and or surviving family that can be…
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