2021 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government

§ 4-1-403. Appointments to State Boards or Commissions — Age Discrimination Prohibited - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person meeting all...

§ 4-1-404. English — Official and Legal Language - English is hereby established as the official and legal language...

§ 4-1-409. Autism Awareness Recognition Day - The governor shall designate one (1) day of each calendar...

§ 4-1-410. Tennessee's Day of Prayer - The governor shall designate the first Thursday during the month...

§ 4-1-411. Tennessee Genealogy Month - The month of July each year shall be observed as...

§ 4-1-413. Women in Stem Month - The month of August shall be designated “Women in STEM”...

§ 4-1-414. Tennessee's Weekend of Prayer Over Students - The governor shall designate the first weekend in August of...

§ 4-1-415. Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Month - The month of September shall be designated “Tennessee Archaeology Awareness...

§ 4-1-416. Carbon Monoxide Awareness Day - September 18 of each calendar year shall be designated “Carbon...

§ 4-1-417. Lung Cancer Awareness Month - The month of November each year shall be designated as...

§ 4-1-419. Tennessee Craft Beer and Cider Month - The month of April is designated as “Tennessee Craft Beer...

Part 5 - Three Stars of Tennessee Award -

Chapter 2 - Boundaries

§ 4-2-101. North Carolina Boundary - The boundaries of this state, as defined by the cession...

§ 4-2-102. Commissioners' North Carolina Boundary - The boundary line between this state and the state of...

§ 4-2-103. Virginia Boundary - The boundary line between this state and the state of...

§ 4-2-105. Georgia Boundary - The boundary line between this state and the state of...

§ 4-2-106. Mississippi Boundary - The boundary line between this state and the state of...

§ 4-2-107. Missouri and Arkansas Boundaries - The western boundary of this state is the middle of...

Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-3-101. Administrative Departments and Divisions — Creation - There are created and established the following administrative departments of...

§ 4-3-102. Control of State Buildings - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the legislative branch...

§ 4-3-103. Powers and Duties of Departments - These departments shall be vested respectively with such powers and...

§ 4-3-124. Sexual Harassment Policy — Posting - Each entity of state government shall post in the workplace...

Part 2 - Department of Agriculture

§ 4-3-201. Creation - There is hereby created the department of agriculture.

§ 4-3-202. Commissioner - The department of agriculture shall be under the charge and...

§ 4-3-203. Powers and Duties - The department of agriculture has the power to:

Part 3 - Department of Audit

§ 4-3-301. Creation - The department of audit is created and established in the...

§ 4-3-302. Administrative Head of Department - The comptroller of the treasury shall be the administrative head...

§ 4-3-304. Powers and Duties - The department of audit has the power and is required...

§ 4-3-307. Expenses of Department Representatives - The necessary expenses of any representative of the department of...

Part 4 - Department of Financial Institutions

§ 4-3-401. Creation - There is hereby created the department of financial institutions.

§ 4-3-403. Powers and Duties - The department of financial institutions shall exercise all the rights,...

Part 5 - Department of Environment and Conservation

§ 4-3-501. Creation - There is hereby created the department of environment and conservation.

§ 4-3-502. Commissioner - The department of environment and conservation shall be under the...

§ 4-3-503. Establishment of Divisions, Bureaus and Organizational Units - The commissioner is authorized to establish divisions, bureaus or other...

§ 4-3-504. Powers and Duties of Department - The department of environment and conservation has the power to:

§ 4-3-505. Deputy and Assistant Commissioners — Absence or Incapacity of Commissioner — Vacancy in Office - The commissioner is authorized to appoint such deputy and assistant...

§ 4-3-510. Office of Energy Programs — General Powers - The office of energy programs has the duty and responsibility...

§ 4-3-511. Office of Energy Programs — Powers Concerning Promoting Research and Development - The office of energy programs has the power in promoting...

§ 4-3-512. Office of Energy Programs — Powers Concerning Promoting Conservation - The office of energy programs has the power in promoting...

§ 4-3-515. Office of Energy Programs — Expenditure of Funds - Any federal funds expended pursuant to §§ 4-3-510 – 4-3-514...

Part 6 - Department of Correction

§ 4-3-601. Creation - There is hereby created the department of correction.

§ 4-3-605. Organization of Department - The commissioner of correction has the authority, with the approval...

§ 4-3-606. Powers and Duties of Department - The department of correction shall exercise all the rights, powers...

§ 4-3-607. Record of Transactions - A record of the transactions of the department of correction...

§ 4-3-608. Local Jails — Approval of Construction Plans - All plans for new jails shall, before the adoption of...

§ 4-3-611. Disclosure of the Death of Persons in the Custody of the Department of Correction - The commissioner of correction shall provide a report of any...

Part 7 - Department of Economic and Community Development

§ 4-3-701. Creation - There is hereby created the department of economic and community...

§ 4-3-703. General Functions - It is the function of the department of economic and...

§ 4-3-705. Administrative and Support Services Division — Functions - It is the function of the administrative and support services...

§ 4-3-707. Industrial Development Authority — Transfer of Duties - The duties required of the Tennessee industrial development authority as...

§ 4-3-715. Short Title — Purpose - Sections 4-3-715 — 4-3-717 shall be known and may be...

§ 4-3-721. Report Relating to Disaster Resilience - The commissioner of economic and community development is directed to...

§ 4-3-732. Enhanced Policymaking Role for Minority Business - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director of the...

§ 4-3-735. Energy Efficiency and Environmental Building Standards - Energy efficiency and environmental building standards adopted by the state...

§ 4-3-736. Authority of Department of Economic Development to Allocate the National Recovery Zone Economic Development Bond Limitation and the National Recovery Zone Facility Bond Limitation Among Counties and Large Municipalities - The state delegates to the department of economic and community...

Part 8 - Department of Education

§ 4-3-801. Creation - There is hereby created the department of education.

§ 4-3-803. Offices — Powers and Duties - The department of education shall have its offices in the...

Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration

§ 4-3-1001. Creation - There is hereby created the department of finance and administration.

§ 4-3-1002. Commissioner - The department of finance and administration shall be under the...

§ 4-3-1005. [reserved.] - The department of finance and administration has the power and...

§ 4-3-1007. Accounting Powers - The department of finance and administration has the power and...

§ 4-3-1008. Preparation of Uniform Rules and Regulations for Payment of Travel Expenses for Officers and Employees - The department of finance and administration, with the approval of...

§ 4-3-1011. Background Checks of Certain Employees and Contractors - As a condition of employment, the department of finance and...

§ 4-3-1014. Authority to Create Prescription Drug Purchase Program - In accordance with applicable law:

§ 4-3-1016. Restrictions on Carry Forwards and Transfers of Funds to the State General Fund. [See Contingent Amendment to Subdivision (D)(14) and Compiler’s notes.] - [Current version. See second version for contingent amendment and Compiler's...

§ 4-3-1020. Energy Management Program — Expenditure of Federal Funds - Any federal funds expended pursuant to §§ 4-3-1017 — 4-3-1019,...

Part 11 - Department of General Services

§ 4-3-1101. Creation - There is hereby created the department of general services.

§ 4-3-1102. Commissioner - The department of general services shall be under the charge...

§ 4-3-1103. General Functions - The department of general services shall coordinate and administer the...

§ 4-3-1105. Powers and Duties - The department of general services has the power and is...

§ 4-3-1112. Rain Forest Materials and Products — Study of Purchases — Reduction or Elimination - The commissioner of general services is requested to conduct a...

§ 4-3-1113. Lighting of Tennessee Tower - The commissioner of general services shall, whenever practicable, provide the...

Part 12 - Department of Human Services

§ 4-3-1201. Creation - There is hereby created the department of human services.

§ 4-3-1202. Commissioner - The department of human services shall be under the charge...

§ 4-3-1203. General Functions of Department - The department of human services shall administer all functions to...

§ 4-3-1207. Background Checks - During the application process, and at any time during a...

Part 13 - Department of Commerce and Insurance

§ 4-3-1301. Creation - There is hereby created the department of commerce and insurance.

§ 4-3-1302. Commissioner - The department of commerce and insurance shall be under the...

§ 4-3-1303. Divisions — Creation - The department of commerce and insurance shall be organized under...

Part 14 - Department of Labor and Workforce Development

§ 4-3-1401. Short Title - The title of this part is, and may be cited...

§ 4-3-1403. Creation of Department - There is hereby created the department of labor and workforce...

§ 4-3-1406. Commissioner - The department of labor and workforce development shall be under...

§ 4-3-1407. Powers and Duties of Commissioner - The commissioner of labor and workforce development or the commissioner's...

§ 4-3-1411. Orders, Rules and Regulations, Decisions and Policies - The department of labor and workforce development, through its commissioner,...

§ 4-3-1412. Nondiscrimination - In compliance with all federal and state laws and constitutional...

§ 4-3-1413. [reserved.] - The commissioner of labor and workforce development, in performing the...

§ 4-3-1415. Maintenance and Expenditure of Funds - All funds to the credit of the unemployment compensation division...

§ 4-3-1416. Distribution of Sexual Harassment Rules - The department of labor and workforce development shall, in consultation...

§ 4-3-1417. Discrimination Prohibited - In making appointments to any board, commission or panel that...

§ 4-3-1421. Program for Payment of the Cost of Licensing Tests for Adult Students With Financial Need - The department of labor and workforce development, in conjunction with...

Part 15 - Legal Department

§ 4-3-1501. Creation - There is hereby created the legal department.

§ 4-3-1502. Attorney General and Reporter - The legal department shall be under the charge and general...

§ 4-3-1503. Powers and Duties - The attorney general and reporter and the attorney general and...

Part 16 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services -

Part 17 - Department of Human Resources

§ 4-3-1701. Creation - There is hereby created the department of human resources.

§ 4-3-1702. Commissioner - The department of human resources shall be under the charge...

Part 18 - Department of Health

§ 4-3-1801. Creation - There is hereby created the department of health.

§ 4-3-1802. Commissioner - The department of health shall be under the charge and...

§ 4-3-1803. Powers and Duties - The department of health has the power to:

Part 19 - Department of Revenue

§ 4-3-1902. Commissioner - The department of revenue shall be under the charge and...

Part 20 - Department of Safety

§ 4-3-2001. Creation - There is created and established the department of safety.

§ 4-3-2003. Highway Patrol Duties - The department of safety shall assume and exercise the powers...

§ 4-3-2006. Division of Protective Services - Impl. am. 1979, ch. 93, § 1; Acts 1980, ch....

§ 4-3-2007. Rules and Regulations Regarding Motor Vehicles - Subject to the approval of the department of general services...

§ 4-3-2009. Rules and Regulations Regarding Administration - The commissioner of safety has the authority to establish and...

§ 4-3-2012. Rules and Regulations Regarding Motor Carriers - The department of safety has the power to exercise all...

§ 4-3-2013. Required Driving Under the Influence Information to Be Posted on Website of Department - The department of safety shall develop and maintain, upon its...

§ 4-3-2016. Connecting Cell Phone Callers to the Nearest Highway Patrol Dispatcher Through *Thp (*847) Program - The department of safety is encouraged to increase its consumer...

Part 21 - Department of State

§ 4-3-2101. Creation — Secretary of State as Chief Officer - There is created the department of state through which the...

§ 4-3-2102. Department and Secretary Subject to General Laws - The secretary of state, as the chief officer of the...

§ 4-3-2103. Administrative Attachment of State Election Commission - The state election commission is hereby attached to the department...

Part 22 - Department of Tourist Development

§ 4-3-2201. Creation — Commissioner as Chief Administrator - There is hereby established the department of tourist development, the...

§ 4-3-2203. Divisions — Creation - The commissioner is authorized to create, with the approval of...

§ 4-3-2208. Annual Appropriation — Expenditure - The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annually, or...

§ 4-3-2210. Marketing of Reelfoot Lake as Tennessee Heritage Site - The commissioner may strategically market Reelfoot Lake as a Tennessee...

Part 23 - Department of Transportation

§ 4-3-2301. Creation - There is hereby established the department of transportation.

§ 4-3-2303. Powers and Duties of Commissioner - The commissioner has the power and duty to:

Part 24 - Department of the Treasury

§ 4-3-2401. Creation — State Treasurer as Chief Officer - There is created the department of the treasury through which...

§ 4-3-2402. Department and Treasurer Subject to General Laws - The state treasurer, as the chief officer of the department,...

§ 4-3-2404. State Building Commission Personnel - There shall be attached to the department of treasury personnel...

Part 25 - Department of Veterans Services

§ 4-3-2501. Creation - There is hereby created the department of veterans services.

§ 4-3-2502. Commissioner - The department of veterans services is under the charge and...

§ 4-3-2503. Powers and Duties - The department of veterans services and the commissioner of veterans...

§ 4-3-2504. Youth Programs — Department's Activity Restricted - The department of veterans services is prohibited from developing, coordinating,...

Part 27 - Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

§ 4-3-2704. Construction With Federal Law, Rule or Regulation - Any provision of chapter 1100 of the Public Acts of...

§ 4-3-2707. Authority of the Department - On January 15, 2011, the department of intellectual and developmental...

§ 4-3-2708. Continuing Effect of Current Rules, Regulations, Orders, Decisions and Policies - All current rules, regulations, orders, decisions and policies heretofore issued...

§ 4-3-2709. Construction of Part - Nothing in this part shall be construed as expanding or...

Part 28 - Nonprofit Organization for Support and Enhancement of Volunteer Tennessee

§ 4-3-2801. Creation of a Nonprofit Citizen Support Organization - In order to maintain and enhance the purposes, programs and...

§ 4-3-2802. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 4-3-2803. Agreement With Citizen Support Organization - The commissioner, upon the approval of the board of directors...

§ 4-3-2804. Activities - A citizen support organization which enters into an agreement with...

§ 4-3-2805. Use of Property and Facilities of the Volunteer Tennessee Program - If the commissioner enters into an agreement with a citizen...

§ 4-3-2806. Assistance by the Commissioner - The commissioner, through the executive director of Volunteer Tennessee, may...

§ 4-3-2809. Dissolution - In the event a citizen support organization dissolves, then any...

§ 4-3-2810. Rules and Regulations - The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to...

Part 30 - Human Trafficking Advisory Council

§ 4-3-3001. Human Trafficking Advisory Council — Purpose — Meetings - The Tennessee bureau of investigation shall form a human trafficking...

§ 4-3-3002. Advisory Council - The Tennessee bureau of investigation shall appoint appropriate persons as...

Part 49 - Tennessee Visual Content Modernization Act of 2018

§ 4-3-4901. Short Title — Purpose - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-3-4902. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

Part 50 - Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission Act of 1987

§ 4-3-5001. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-3-5002. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 4-3-5006. Use and Disclosure of Information - No member of the commission or the council shall use...

Part 51 - State Board of Equalization

§ 4-3-5103. Powers and Duties of Board - The state board of equalization has the following duties and...

§ 4-3-5105. Powers and Duties of Executive Secretary - Under the direction of the state board of equalization, the...

§ 4-3-5106. Employment of Personnel - The executive secretary may employ such personnel as are approved...

Part 54 - Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Act of 2019

§ 4-3-5401. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-3-5402. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

§ 4-3-5407. Powers of the Commissioner - The commissioner may:

Part 55 - Information Systems Council

§ 4-3-5502. Duties and Responsibilities - The duties and responsibilities of the information systems council include...

§ 4-3-5505. Disposition of Surplus Computers - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, including title 12,...

§ 4-3-5507. Licensure or Sale of State Information Systems - The information systems council has the authority to approve license...

§ 4-3-5508. Information Systems Council Creation and Functions - The information systems council shall perform the functions for which...

Chapter 4 - Administration of State Departments

§ 4-4-103. Department Regulations - The commissioner of each department is empowered to prescribe regulations,...

§ 4-4-106. Appointment of Personnel - Except as may be provided in this chapter, such officers,...

§ 4-4-107. Compensation of Personnel — Discharge - The governor may strike from the state payroll any state...

§ 4-4-109. Services Performed by One Department for Another - Whenever, in the carrying on of the work of any...

§ 4-4-110. Interdepartmental Payments by Agreement - When costs provided in § 4-4-109 have been incurred between...

Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-5-101. Short Title - This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures...

§ 4-5-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 4-5-105. Informal Settlements - Except to the extent precluded by another provision of law,...

§ 4-5-107. Majority Needed to Determine Rules or Contested Cases — Exceptions - Unless otherwise provided by statute, no state board, commission or...

Part 2 - Rulemaking and Publications

§ 4-5-207. Effective Dates of Rules - No rule shall become effective unless it complies with §§...

§ 4-5-209. Reference to Public Necessity Rules Deemed References to Emergency Rules - Any reference in this code to public necessity rules shall...

§ 4-5-211. Approval of Rules by Attorney General and Reporter - No rule shall be filed in the office of the...

§ 4-5-212. Remand of Rule That May Constitute Potentially Unreasonable Restraint of Trade - Prior to a rule being filed by a regulatory board,...

§ 4-5-216. Invalidity of Improperly Adopted Rules - Any agency rule not adopted in compliance with this chapter...

§ 4-5-217. Rules of Practice Required - In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each...

§ 4-5-227. Designation of Date for Automatic Termination of Rule - Upon filing a rule with the secretary of state, an...

Part 3 - Contested Cases

§ 4-5-313. Rules of Evidence — Affidavits — Official Notice - In contested cases: The accompanying affidavit of (here insert name...

§ 4-5-316. Stay - A party may submit to the agency a petition for...

Part 4 - Regulatory Flexibility Act of 2007

§ 4-5-401. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-5-403. Preparation of Economic Impact Statement - As part of the rulemaking process for any proposed rule...

§ 4-5-404. Application - This part shall not apply to rules that are adopted...

Part 5 - Right to Earn a Living Act

§ 4-5-501. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-6-101. Charitable Institutions Free From Charters - All charitable institutions owned and operated by the state are...

§ 4-6-102. Penitentiaries for Adults — Management by Department of Correction - The management and government of the state penitentiaries for adults...

§ 4-6-103. Wardens and Superintendents — Appointment - The state penitentiary shall be under the immediate executive control...

§ 4-6-105. No Impairment, Interruption or Diminution of Employee Rights, Salary, Benefits, Leave Accumulation or Employment on Transfer of Career Service Employees to the Department of Correction - The initial transfer of any career service employee pursuant to...

§ 4-6-106. Compensation Plan for Correctional Officers - The commissioner of correction shall formulate and implement a compensation...

§ 4-6-109. Hospitalization of Inmates - Whenever, in the judgment of the physician or physicians in...

§ 4-6-110. Dentists — Appointment and Removal - The commissioner of the department having control of the state...

§ 4-6-111. Dentists — Facilities - The superintendent of each of the institutions specified in §...

§ 4-6-113. Dentists — Compensation - Each dentist appointed pursuant to § 4-6-110 shall receive compensation...

§ 4-6-114. Architects and Construction Supervisors - The commissioner vested with the administration of the institutions named...

§ 4-6-115. Detail of Construction Personnel Between Penitentiaries - The commissioner of correction has the authority to detail any...

§ 4-6-117. Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures - It is the duty of each warden and superintendent to...

§ 4-6-118. Estimates — Monthly Estimates Required - For the purpose of proper regulation, recording and auditing the...

§ 4-6-119. Estimates — Review by Commissioner of Correction - The commissioner of correction shall review the estimates required by...

§ 4-6-120. Estimates — Staple Articles - Estimates for periods longer than one (1) month may be...

§ 4-6-121. Estimates — Contingent Funds - Each estimate under §§ 4-6-118 — 4-6-123 may include a...

§ 4-6-122. Estimates — Approved Copies - The commissioner of correction shall return to the managing officer...

§ 4-6-123. Estimates — Review by Commissioner of Finance and Administration — Warrants - The commissioner of finance and administration shall ascertain that the...

§ 4-6-124. Vouchers — Form and Disposition - Itemized payrolls or vouchers for penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102...

§ 4-6-125. Vouchers — Officer's Certification - Each voucher shall contain a statement of the managing officer...

§ 4-6-126. Vouchers — Form of Certificate — Temporary Employment Payrolls - The statement provided for in § 4-6-125 shall be made...

§ 4-6-129. Appropriations — Requests - Each superintendent and warden of an institution named in §...

§ 4-6-130. Appropriations — Tabulation of Requests — Presentation to General Assembly - The commissioner having control of such institution shall tabulate such...

§ 4-6-131. Appropriations — Maintenance Allowance Included in Requests - For the purpose of requesting appropriations from the general assembly,...

§ 4-6-132. Appropriations — Special Needs Itemized in Requests - Every special need shall be itemized and the appropriation asked...

§ 4-6-133. Appropriations — Information on Requests - The commissioner of correction shall furnish to the governor and...

§ 4-6-134. Appropriations — Commissioner's Control - It is the intent that all requests for appropriations for...

§ 4-6-137. Sale of Mining Products — Petros Mines - The commissioner of correction, by and with the consent and...

§ 4-6-138. Use of Inmates for Personal Gain - It is unlawful for any person having supervision or control...

§ 4-6-139. Unlawful Use of Inmates — Class E Felony - A violation of § 4-6-138 is a Class E felony.

§ 4-6-141. Investigations Ordered by Governor - The governor, in the governor's discretion, may at any time...

§ 4-6-142. Interstate Traveling Expenses - No expenditures for traveling expenses to other states, or for...

§ 4-6-145. Information From Clerks, Superintendents, and Jailers - The clerks of all trial courts exercising criminal jurisdiction, the...

§ 4-6-148. Temporary Retention of Disabled Correctional Officer or Youth Service Worker - Whenever a correctional officer or youth service worker is injured...

Part 2 - Volunteer Inmate Work Program

§ 4-6-202. Funding - Funds available for the development and implementation of a volunteer...

Chapter 7 - Highway Patrol

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-7-101. Establishment — Personnel - There shall be a police force to be known and...

§ 4-7-102. Members — Conditions of Employment — Oath - I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution...

§ 4-7-104. Duties - It is the duty of the members of the Tennessee...

§ 4-7-105. Enforcement of Motor Carrier Laws - The members of the Tennessee highway patrol have jurisdiction and...

§ 4-7-108. Carrying Pistol - It is lawful for Tennessee highway patrol officers employed by...

§ 4-7-115. Use of Dogs to Detect Drugs - The Tennessee highway patrol is authorized to utilize dogs trained...

§ 4-7-119. [reserved.] - No member of the Tennessee highway patrol shall engage in...

§ 4-7-121. Officers Trained to Enforce Federal Immigration Laws - Highway patrol officers certified as trained in accordance with a...

§ 4-7-122. Retired Members — Employment by Local Enforcement Agencies - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, retired members of...

Part 2 - Compensation

§ 4-7-201. Annual Compensation Survey - The commissioner of human resources shall annually conduct a survey...

§ 4-7-202. Report of Survey - The commissioner of human resources is directed to annually report...

§ 4-7-203. Corresponding Duty Classifications and Compensation in Adjacent States - Impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 93, § 1; Acts 1986,...

§ 4-7-204. Establishment of Compensation Schedule - (1) The survey shall determine the lowest step in the...

§ 4-7-206. Duty Classifications for Initial Implementation - Impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 93, § 1; Acts 1986,...

§ 4-7-207. Promotions - Any promotion to a higher class of position shall result...

§ 4-7-208. Determination of Compensation for Each Step - For implementation purposes of the compensation survey in fiscal year...

Part 3 - Litter Prevention and Control Law

§ 4-7-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-7-303. Jurisdiction, Authority and Duty - The members of the special unit created by this part...

§ 4-7-304. Reporting of Violations — Prosecutions - The special unit created by this part shall encourage citizens...

§ 4-7-305. Training — Rules and Regulations - The commissioner of safety shall provide for appropriate training for...

§ 4-7-306. Citizen Cooperation - The special unit created by this part shall encourage the...

Part 4 - Criminal Investigation Division

§ 4-7-401. Creation - There is created the criminal investigation division within the Tennessee...

§ 4-7-403. Staffing - The CID shall be staffed in an appropriate and professional...

§ 4-7-404. Authority - Members of the CID shall have the authority to:

§ 4-7-405. Assisting the Tbi - The CID may also assist the Tennessee bureau of investigation...

Chapter 8 - State Capitol and Annexes

Part 1 - Capitol Grounds and Annexes

§ 4-8-102. Superintendence of Deliveries and Shipments - The department of general services shall superintend the delivery of...

§ 4-8-105. Supervision of Porters - The commissioner of general services has general supervision and control...

Part 2 - Capitol Parking

§ 4-8-202. Marking of Parking Space - Such parking space as exists on Capitol Hill shall be...

§ 4-8-204. Car Pool Section Parking — Designation of Area - There shall be reserved a priority section of a sufficient...

Part 3 - State Capitol Commission

§ 4-8-304. Reports - The commission shall make an annual written report to the...

Part 4 - David Crockett Commission

§ 4-8-401. Creation — Purpose - There is created the David Crockett commission, hereinafter “the commission,”...

§ 4-8-405. Report on Operation and Accomplishments — Termination of Commission - Within thirty (30) days of the erection of the monument...

Chapter 9 - Commission for Uniform Legislation

§ 4-9-102. Duties - It is the duty of the board of commissioners to:

§ 4-9-103. Record — Reports - The board of commissioners shall keep a record of its...

Chapter 10 - Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

§ 4-10-101. Legislative Findings - The general assembly finds and declares that there is a...

§ 4-10-102. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations — Creation - There is hereby created the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental...

§ 4-10-104. Duties - The commission shall:

§ 4-10-106. Staff Assistance - In addition to its own staff, and at the request...

§ 4-10-108. Reports - The commission shall issue reports of its findings and recommendations,...

§ 4-10-112. Monitoring of Current Wholesale Power Supply Arrangements Between the Tva and Municipal Utilities and Electric Cooperatives - The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) is directed...

§ 4-10-113. Report Update on Broadband Service - The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations is directed to...

Chapter 11 - Historian and Historical Commission

Part 1 - State Historian and Historical Commission

§ 4-11-104. Criteria for Evaluation of Historic Sites - The commission shall develop criteria for the evaluation of state...

§ 4-11-107. Acquisition of Historical or Archaeological Property - The commission may accept gifts, bequests and endowments from any...

§ 4-11-110. Appropriations - For carrying out the purposes and objects of this chapter,...

Part 2 - Tennessee Register of Historic Places

§ 4-11-201. Creation — Authority - The Tennessee historical commission is authorized and directed to maintain...

§ 4-11-203. Properties Listed in National Register - The Tennessee register of historic places shall consist of all...

§ 4-11-204. Public and Private Properties Eligible — Notice to Owner — Objections - Both publicly and privately owned property shall be included in...

§ 4-11-205. Publication and Distribution of Register - The register will be published annually when funds are available,...

§ 4-11-206. Removal of Properties From Register - A property listed in the Tennessee register of historical places...

§ 4-11-207. Keeper of the Register - The executive director of the Tennessee historical commission is designated...

Part 3 - Tennessee Wars Commission

§ 4-11-301. Creation - There is hereby created the Tennessee wars commission, hereafter referred...

§ 4-11-303. Composition - The Tennessee historical commission established by § 4-11-102, is designated...

§ 4-11-306. Compliance With Laws and Regulations - In the conduct of its affairs, the commission shall comply...

Chapter 12 - State Museum

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-12-101. Creation - There is created a state museum for the purpose of...

§ 4-12-104. Location — When Open - The museum shall occupy space in Nashville at the James...

§ 4-12-106. Appropriation — Other Funds - In order to establish, maintain and operate the state museum,...

§ 4-12-107. Future Reorganization Permitted - Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a future reorganization that...

§ 4-12-109. Items to Be Sold - The facility authorized by § 4-12-108 shall sell Tennessee produced...

Part 2 - Museum Inventory Act

§ 4-12-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-12-202. Exemption From Inventory Procedures - It is the intention and purpose of the general assembly...

§ 4-12-203. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

Part 3 - Museum Donation Act

§ 4-12-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-12-302. Tennessee State Museum — Defined - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires,...

§ 4-12-303. Powers of Executive Director - It is the intention and purpose of the general assembly...

Chapter 13 - Historic Properties

Part 1 - The Hermitage

§ 4-13-103. Conditions of Conveyance - The trust conveyance described in this part is subject to...

§ 4-13-104. Reports Furnished to State - Except as otherwise provided in this part, the association shall...

§ 4-13-110. Conveyance of All Interest of Board of Trustees - The right, title and interest of any real or personal...

§ 4-13-111. Open Meetings - Meetings of the association and its board of directors shall...

Part 2 - James K. Polk Home

§ 4-13-201. Property Conveyed to Association - There is hereby conveyed in trust to the James K....

§ 4-13-202. Purposes of Conveyance in Trust - This conveyance in trust is made so that the James...

§ 4-13-203. Annual Report to Governor - The James K. Polk Memorial Association shall make an annual...

§ 4-13-204. Revocability of Trust - In the event the James K. Polk Memorial Association or...

Part 3 - Sam Davis Home

§ 4-13-302. Object of Trust Creation - The object for which this trust is created is to...

§ 4-13-304. Trustees' Tenure — Vacancies - The trustees appointed as provided in § 4-13-301 shall each...

§ 4-13-305. Appropriation - There is hereby appropriated the sum of one thousand eight...

§ 4-13-306. Reversion of Property — Conditions - In the event the Sam Davis Memorial Association should at...

§ 4-13-307. Revocability of Trust - The state may revoke this trust at will.

Part 4 - Cragfont

§ 4-13-401. Purchase of Property - The Tennessee historical commission, as defined by chapter 11, part...

§ 4-13-403. [reserved.] - The Tennessee historical commission shall hold legal title to the...

§ 4-13-405. Continued Operation as Museum House - It is the intent of this part that Cragfont shall...

Part 5 - Mccampbell House

§ 4-13-502. Administration, Operation and Maintenance - The Tennessee state museum shall hold legal title to the...

Part 6 - Cordell Hull Birthplace

§ 4-13-603. Expenditure of Funds - The department of environment and conservation is authorized to expend...

§ 4-13-604. Designation of Personnel — Rules and Regulations - The department of environment and conservation has the right to...

Part 10 - General Provisions

§ 4-13-1001. Sale or Transfer of Land Containing Historically Significant Buildings or Adjacent to Such Land - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, subject to the...

§ 4-13-1002. Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Properties specified in § 4-13-1001 shall be sold or transferred...

Chapter 14 - Industrial Development

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-14-104. Industrial Development Division — Travel Expenses - In the event the director of the industrial development division,...

§ 4-14-105. Department of Economic and Community Development — Duties - It is the duty and function of the department of...

§ 4-14-106. Department of Economic and Community Development — Powers - To achieve the aims stated in § 4-14-105, the department...

§ 4-14-107. Industrial Development Division — Appropriation - There is hereby appropriated for expenditure by the industrial development...

Part 3 - Tennessee Technology Development Corporation

§ 4-14-301. Corporation Established - There is hereby established, to carry out the purposes of...

§ 4-14-302. Charter and Bylaws — Review — Hearing - If the corporation satisfies the conditions imposed by § 4-14-304...

§ 4-14-304. Contents of Articles and Bylaws - The articles and bylaws shall provide that:

§ 4-14-305. Functions of Corporation - The corporation, after being certified by the secretary of state,...

§ 4-14-306. Corporate Debts - Debts incurred by the corporation under authority of this chapter...

§ 4-14-307. Duration of Certification - The certification by the secretary of state pursuant to §...

§ 4-14-308. Confidentiality of Records - Any documentary materials or data made or received by any...

§ 4-14-309. Rules and Regulations - The commissioner of economic and community development shall be authorized...

Chapter 15 - State Building Commission

§ 4-15-107. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

Chapter 16 - Office of Local Government

§ 4-16-102. Other State Agencies Unaffected - Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to detract from...

Chapter 17 - Economic Development and Growth

Part 3 - Property Tax Incentives for Economic Development

§ 4-17-301. Legislative Findings and Intent - The general assembly finds and declares that property tax incentives,...

§ 4-17-302. Economic Development Agreement Defined - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 4-17-303. Agreements — Writing — Submission — Approval — Late Filing Payment in Lieu of Tax - All economic development agreements shall be reduced to writing and...

§ 4-17-304. Petitions to Boards for Adjudication of Issues - For purposes of establishing the taxable value, classification, or exempt...

§ 4-17-305. Applicability - This part shall not affect rights or duties that matured,...

Chapter 18 - False Claims Act

§ 4-18-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-18-102. Chapter Definitions - For purposes of this chapter:

§ 4-18-108. Inapplicable to Medical Claims - This chapter shall not apply to any conduct, activity or...

Chapter 19 - State Examining Boards—general Provisions

§ 4-19-101. Retention of Examination Papers - All state boards, except the board of law examiners, charged...

Chapter 20 - Art

Part 1 - Arts Commission

§ 4-20-104. Duties and Objectives - The duties and objectives of the commission are to:

§ 4-20-106. Federal Funds - The commission is the official agency of the state to...

§ 4-20-107. Duties as to Underserved and Underrepresented Artists and Art Organizations - The executive director shall employ at least one (1) full-time...

Part 2 - Stieglitz Collection

§ 4-20-202. Appropriation to Further Artistic and Cultural Purposes - There is appropriated an additional sum of eighty thousand dollars...

Part 3 - Douglas Henry State Museum Commission

§ 4-20-305. Commission Official Agency to Receive Federal Funding - The commission is the official agency of the state to...

Chapter 21 - Human Rights

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-21-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

Part 2 - Human Rights Commission

§ 4-21-202. Powers and Duties - In the enforcement of this chapter, the commission has the...

Part 3 - Violations—procedures

§ 4-21-310. Resistance To, Obstruction, etc., of Commission - Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes or interferes with...

§ 4-21-314. Simultaneous Action in State and Federal Courts Concerning Common Nucleus of Operative Facts Prohibited - No employee may concurrently maintain any cause of action in...

Part 4 - Employment-Related Discrimination

§ 4-21-402. Labor Organization Practices - It is a discriminatory practice for a labor organization to:

§ 4-21-403. Employment Agency Practices - It is a discriminatory practice for an employment agency to...

§ 4-21-404. Training Program Practices - It is a discriminatory practice for:

§ 4-21-405. Religious Groups Exempted - This chapter shall not apply to religious corporations, associations, educational...

§ 4-21-406. Religion or Sex as Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications — Affirmative Action Plans - on the basis of religion or sex in those certain...

Part 5 - Discrimination in Public Accommodations

§ 4-21-501. Discrimination Prohibited - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is a...

§ 4-21-502. Advertisement Indicating Discriminatory Policy - It is a discriminatory practice for a person, directly or...

§ 4-21-503. Segregation on Basis of Sex - Nothing in this part shall prohibit segregation on the basis...

Part 6 - Discrimination in Housing and Financing

§ 4-21-601. Discriminatory Housing Practices Generally - Nothing in this subsection (b) requires that a dwelling be...

§ 4-21-603. Blockbusting - It is a discriminatory practice for a real estate operator,...

§ 4-21-605. Agency No Defense in Proceeding - It shall be no defense to a violation of this...

§ 4-21-607. Violations by Real Estate Brokers or Salespersons — Notice to Real Estate Commission - Where a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson...

Part 7 - Malicious Harassment

§ 4-21-702. Alternative Remedies Preserved - The remedy for malicious harassment provided in this part shall...

Part 8 - Civil Rights Act of 1990

§ 4-21-801. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 4-21-804. Higher Education Adjunct Organizations — Provision of Discriminatory Club Membership Prohibited - No adjunct organization, including, but not limited to, booster groups,...

Part 9 - Title Vi Implementation Plans

§ 4-21-901. Development of Plan — Annual Reports - Each state governmental entity subject to the requirements of Title...

§ 4-21-902. Federal Funding - It is the legislative intent that any increased costs incurred...

§ 4-21-903. [reserved.] - It is a discriminatory practice for any state agency receiving...

Part 10 - Tennessee Anti-Slapp Act of 1997

§ 4-21-1001. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

Chapter 22 - State Owned Motor Vehicle Fleets

§ 4-22-102. Modified Vehicles - If an entity has, as part of the entity's motor...

Chapter 23 - Executive Residence Preservation

Part 1 - Tennessee Residence Foundation -

Part 2 - Tennessee Residence Commission Act of 2010

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