2021 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government
Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions

§ 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...

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2021 Tennessee Code Title 4 - State Government Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions

2021 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government
Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions