2021 Tennessee Code
Part 22 - Textbooks and Instructional Materials
§ 49-6-2201. State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

Are free of any clear, substantive, factual, or grammatical error; and
Comply with and reflect the values expressed in § 49-6-1028(b), if the textbook or instructional materials are being considered for adoption as a textbook or instructional materials for education of students in general studies and specifically in United States history and this nation's republican form of government;
Nothing in this part prohibits the use of or applies to supplemental instructional materials.
(1)  No member of the commission shall receive any gift, reward, present, or emolument from any author, publisher, or distributor of textbooks or instructional materials, except copies of textbooks and instructional materials offered for listing and adoption.
No member or employee of the commission shall accept any employment as agent, attorney, subagent, employee, or representative of any author, publisher, or distributor of textbooks or instructional materials during the person's term of service on the commission, nor within twelve (12) months after the expiration of the person's term of office.
(A)  No author, publisher, agent, attorney, employee, or representative of any author, publisher, or distributor shall give any gift, reward, present, or emolument to any member of the commission nor make any offer of employment to a member of the commission during the member's term of service whereby the member is to become the agent, employee, attorney, or representative of the author or publisher.
Any contract, expressed or implied, made by any person, firm, or corporation in violation of subdivision (i)(3)(A) is declared to be illegal and void and no recovery thereon shall be had.
A commission member who knowingly violates subdivision (i)(1) or (i)(2) may be subject to criminal prosecution pursuant to applicable criminal statutes.

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