2021 Tennessee Code
Part 4 - General Provisions Governing the Issuance of All Notes by Local Governments
§ 9-21-404. Sanction for Failure to Submit the Annual Budget to the Comptroller of the Treasury or the Comptroller's Designee

If a proper budget is not submitted to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee when required under this part within five (5) months of the beginning of the fiscal year, then the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee will cause notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the local government once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks, stating that the budget has not been submitted to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, and that the local government is operating contrary to this part.