Tim Burchett

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Tim Burchett is a Republican Tennessee state senator from Knoxville, Tennessee, representing District 7, part of Knox County. He was previously a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. In 1999, Burchett received national media attention for sponsoring a bill that simplified the eating of road kill, or animals killed by vehicles [1], which has often been mischaracterized as legalizing the eating of roadkill. In fact, eating roadkill is legal in most states, but Burchett's bill allows those eating roadkill to notify the county game warden after the fact, rather than before, with the implication being that the animal carcass need not rot while waiting for the game warden.