SENATE BILL 670 By Taylor HOUSE BILL 541 By Vaughan HB0541 002541 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4; Title 66; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 69, relative to wetlands. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1, is amended by adding the following as a new section: The department shall not apply criteria that will result in the classification of real property as a wetland, or otherwise regulate real property as a wetland, if the real property is not classified and regulated as a wetland under federal law. SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.