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TN Code § 12-4-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 2 - Surety Bonds|§ 12-4-207. Bond to Pay Taxes, Licenses, and Other Amounts Due

  Any person, firm or corporation entering into a formal contract with this state, or any county thereof, municipality or political subdivision, or any public board, department, commission or institution thereof for the construction or maintenance of public buildings, works or projects, or the doing of repairs to any public building, works or projects, shall be required, before commencing on such work covered by such contract, to execute the usual bond with good and sufficient sureties, as required by law, with the additional obligation that such contractor shall promptly make payment of all taxes, licenses, assessments, contributions, penalties, and interest thereon when, and if, the same may be lawfully due this state, or any county, municipality or political subdivision thereof by reason of and directly connected with the performance of such contract or any part thereof. Any such bond shall be deemed to include the foregoing obligation irrespective of whether or not the same be expressly written into such bond.   On any contract of less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the foregoing obligation need not be undertaken, nor shall it be implied, if the contractor presents sufficient evidence that the payments required by this section have been paid. The sufficiency of the evidence presented shall be determined in the following manner:  The state building commission shall make the determination of sufficiency for projects under its jurisdiction pursuant to rules lawfully promulgated by the commission;   The state procurement commission shall make the determination of sufficiency in any case involving any state agency, department or institution by whatever name called, except as otherwise provided by subdivision (b)(1) or (b)(4), pursuant to rules lawfully promulgated by the procurement commission;   The governing bodies of counties and municipalities or appropriate central administrative authority designated by vote of the governing bodies shall make the determination of sufficiency in the case of county or municipal agencies pursuant to rules lawfully adopted by the governing bodies or their designated central administrative authority. In making such designations and developing such rules, county and municipal operating departments and agencies shall not be given authority to determine the application of this law to specific cases without the approval of some higher central authority, whether the governing body or some central administrative authority; and   For other political subdivisions, public boards, departments, commissions or institutions not otherwise covered by subdivision (b)(1), (b)(2) or (b)(3), the legally constituted governing board, or, if such does not exist, the administrative authority shall make the determination of sufficiency pursuant to rules lawfully adopted by the board or authority.
TN Code § 12-4-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 2 - Surety Bonds|§ 12-4-208. Action on Bond

 In default of the prompt payment of all such taxes, licenses, assessments, contributions, damages, penalties and interest thereon, as may be due by any such contractor, a direct proceeding on the bond may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the proper officer or agency having lawful authority so to do, to enforce such payment. The right to so proceed in this matter is cumulative and in addition to such other remedies as may now be provided by law.
TN Code § 12-4-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-301. Establishment of Rules and Regulations for Determining Payment

  It is hereby made the duty of the commissioner of health, in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury, to establish rules and regulations for the determination of payment to the contracting health care providers who contract with the several state agencies for the care of persons.   This part shall not apply to health care providers, for purposes of payment to such health care providers pursuant to title 71, chapter 5, except as expressly provided by rules and regulations promulgated by the department of health pursuant to § 71-5-105; provided, that this part shall not apply to payments made pursuant to title 8, chapter 27.
TN Code § 12-4-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-302. Determination of Payment

 For the purposes herein set out, payment shall be determined by the comptroller of the treasury in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the department of health pursuant to § 12-4-301, in consultation with the several state departments and agencies contracting with health care providers for services and the Tennessee Hospital Association.
TN Code § 12-4-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-303. Eligibility to Receive Payment

 To be eligible to receive payment, the contracting health care providers shall use uniform statistics and classification of accounts as published by the American Hospital Association for all accounting records, or any other acceptable accounting methods approved by the department of health, in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury and the Tennessee Hospital Association.
TN Code § 12-4-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-304. Penalty for Improper Accounting

 For the purpose of this part, any contracting provider that does not adopt the uniform classification of accounts, or other acceptable accounting methods as shall be established by the department of health, in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury and the Tennessee Hospital Association, or does not submit cost data as required by the department, shall be assessed a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day such provider is not in compliance with this section.
TN Code § 12-4-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-305. Certification of Figures — Noncertified Statements

 The department of health, in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury, may require that figures submitted by the health care provider be certified by the administrator of the provider and by a licensed public accountant or certified public accountant. The final authority for the determination and certification of figures submitted by the provider to the department shall be the comptroller of the treasury; provided, that any provider that does not submit certified statements, when required, shall be assessed the penalty provided by § 12-4-304.
TN Code § 12-4-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-306. Forms for Reports and Statements

 All forms for reporting figures by health care providers shall be designed and specified by the department of health, in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury and the state departments purchasing health care services and the Tennessee Hospital Association. All providers shall be required to submit statements on the form or forms prescribed and designed by the department for this purpose.
TN Code § 12-4-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-307. Audits

 The comptroller of the treasury is empowered and has the right and privilege to audit any contracting health care provider to verify statements and data submitted by the provider; provided, that all legal aids granted to the comptroller of the treasury elsewhere, by law, are expressly reserved to the comptroller of the treasury in such audits.
TN Code § 12-4-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 3 - Reimbursement of Health Care Provider Costs|§ 12-4-308. Reimbursement of Licensed Residential Homes for Mentally Ill

   The department of mental health and substance abuse services shall, by rule, establish a pilot program to reimburse licensed supportive living facilities for the mentally ill, as defined by departmental rules, in those counties having a population according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent such census of:  not less than  nor more than   23,850  23,900   26,400  26,500   32,600 32,700   32,760  32,800   34,600  34,700   56,000  56,100   74,500 74,600   287,700  287,800   319,625 319,725   400,000  500,000   770,000  780,000    The rules may, in the discretion of the department, distinguish between the types of facilities and between beds within a facility to implement the pilot program, the cost of which shall not exceed the amount provided for such purpose in the general appropriations act.      The department shall reimburse licensed supportive living facilities for the mentally ill in a daily or monthly amount to be established by the department for each resident whose income is limited to payments under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), and does not exceed the monthly SSI federal benefit rate (FBR). No supportive living facility participating in the pilot program shall receive reimbursement under the pilot program for more than thirty percent (30%) of its licensed residential capacity. If necessary to implement this program within the limits of its annual appropriation, the department may promulgate rules to further limit the number of residents for whom reimbursement may be claimed.   For the period beginning January 1, 2006, and until May 4, 2006, only, any payments withheld due to a resident's income exceeding the six-hundred-dollar per month limit shall be paid in accordance with subdivision (b)(1).      This section shall have no application unless funding is specifically provided for and included in the general appropriations bill. During any fiscal year, departmental reimbursement paid to licensed supportive living facilities under the authority of subsection (b) shall not exceed the level of funding specifically provided for such purpose within the general appropriations bill.   The implementation of this section and the expenditure of any funds to implement such provisions shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration.     The department is authorized to promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, such rules as may be necessary to effectively and efficiently implement this section.
TN Code § 12-4-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects.”
TN Code § 12-4-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-402. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commission” means the prevailing wage commission;   “Highway contractor” means any contractor, subcontractor, person, firm, or corporation engaged in a state construction project for the purpose of building, rebuilding, locating, relocating, or repairing any public highway;   “Prevailing wage” means the rate of pay as determined according to this part;   “Public highway” means any street, road, highway, expressway, bridge, or viaduct, including an adjacent right-of-way, that is constructed or maintained by the state, or any municipality or political subdivision of the state, and that is funded in whole or in part with federal or state highway funds;   “State contract” means any contractual agreement, written or oral, entered into by any person, firm or corporation with this state for the performance of work on a state highway construction project; and   “State highway construction project” means any construction project for the purpose of building, rebuilding, locating, relocating, or repairing any public highway.
TN Code § 12-4-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-403. Establishment and Payment of Prevailing Wage

  It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that the prevailing wage rate be determined by defined standards and that such rate be paid workers on all state highway construction projects.   Any highway contractor entering into a state contract for the performance of work on state highway construction projects shall pay not less than the prevailing wage rate for all types and classifications of such work as determined by this part.
TN Code § 12-4-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-404. Prevailing Wage Commission

  There shall be a prevailing wage commission composed of five (5) members, including the commissioner of labor and workforce development, who shall serve as chair, the state architect, and the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee. Two (2) members shall be appointed by the governor who shall serve terms of two (2) years.   The commission has the duty of determining the prevailing wage rate for state highway construction.   All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 12-4-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-406. Review of Prevailing Wage Determination

  The commission shall conduct a public hearing within ten (10) days of the notice required in § 12-4-405. At such public hearing, the commission shall present the documentation provided for in this part other than payroll records, and any other facts upon which the prevailing wage determination was made. Any interested party may present any other facts or documentation material to the determination of the prevailing wage rate at such hearing. Within ten (10) days after such public hearing, the commission shall give notice of its final determination on such prevailing wage rate to all highway contractors who submitted documentation in accordance with this part and to any others making written request for such notice.   Judicial review of such final determination of the prevailing wage rate shall be in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 12-4-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-407. Rates Set Out in Specifications

 Before advertising for bids or entering into any contract for a state highway construction project, every state agency under whose jurisdiction such work is to be performed shall ascertain from the commission prevailing wage rates for all classifications as herein provided in the areas where the work is to be performed. This schedule of wages shall be attached to and made a part of the specifications for the work, and shall be printed on the bidding blanks and made a part of every contract for the construction of any state highway construction project.
TN Code § 12-4-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-408. Wage Rates Promulgated — Contract Provision Required

 After the prevailing wage determination has been made by the commission, the same shall be furnished to all state agencies which may be charged with the responsibility of entering into any state contract, and shall specify what wage rates shall be paid on all classifications of work that may be used by such person, highway contractors, firm or corporation in carrying out such contractual agreement. In all cases where the commission has established a prevailing rate of wages, the contract executed between any state agency and the successful bidder or highway contractors shall contain a provision requiring the successful bidder and all of the successful bidder's subcontractors to pay the rate of wages so established. The successful bidder or highway contractors and all subcontractors shall strictly comply with these provisions of the contract.
TN Code § 12-4-409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-409. Bond for Compliance

 In all cases where any state agency awards a contract for any state highway construction project under this part, the bond of the highway contractor or subcontractor shall contain a provision obligating such highway contractor or subcontractor to a faithful performance of each and every requirement imposed upon such highway contractor or subcontractor under the terms of this part.
TN Code § 12-4-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-410. Posting of Wage Rates

 Each highway contractor and subcontractor subject to this part shall post and keep posted in a conspicuous place at the site of the construction work a copy of the prevailing wage rates prescribed in the state contract.
TN Code § 12-4-411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-411. Payroll Records of Contractors

  Any person, highway contractor, firm or corporation who may enter into any state contract shall furnish to the state agency entering into such contractual agreement any necessary forms, papers, payroll copies or any other information that may be required of any such person, highway contractor, firm or corporation by the state agency to show compliance with this part.   Payroll records shall not be destroyed for one (1) year following the completion of the state highway construction project.
TN Code § 12-4-412 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-412. Breach of Contract Provisions — Actions Against Highway Contractors — Advertising and Reletting Contract

 The commission or any employee of any highway contractor or subcontractor whose wages are determined pursuant to this part may maintain an action against any highway contractor or subcontractor for the breach of any condition of any performance bond given under this part, and, in case of breach of any provision of such bond, the particular state agency which awarded the contract may advertise the work and relet the contract in the same manner as the original letting.
TN Code § 12-4-413 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-413. Delegation of Administrative Responsibilities

 The commission may delegate administrative responsibilities conferred hereunder to the department of labor and workforce development.
TN Code § 12-4-414 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-414. Inspection of Records

 All records and documentation provided for in this part, other than payroll records, shall be made available for public inspection by the commission and the department of labor and workforce development during normal business hours.
TN Code § 12-4-415 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 4 - Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects|§ 12-4-415. Rules and Regulations

 The commission may promulgate such rules and regulations, neither inconsistent nor contradictory with this part, which it deems necessary to effectuate this part.
TN Code § 12-4-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 5 - State Construction Projects Liability Act of 1977|§ 12-4-501. Liability of Contractor in Construction Projects

 This part shall be known as the “State Construction Projects Liability Act of 1977.”
TN Code § 12-4-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 5 - State Construction Projects Liability Act of 1977|§ 12-4-502. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Acceptance” means notification by an authorized officer or employee of the state that the work completed has been in accordance with the terms and conditions of the state contract;   “State” means the state of Tennessee;   “State construction project” means any construction project for the purpose of erecting, remodeling, altering, repairing, demolishing, or making any additions to any building or buildings, any other type of building and construction work, or any construction project for the purpose of building, rebuilding, locating or relocating or repairing any streets, highways or bridges, wherein any state funds may be appropriated or expended for such building or construction work;   “State contract” means any contractual agreement, written or oral, inclusive of plans and specifications incidental thereto, entered into by any person, firm or corporation with the state for the performance of work on a state construction project; and   “State contractor” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in a state construction project pursuant to a state contract.
TN Code § 12-4-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 5 - State Construction Projects Liability Act of 1977|§ 12-4-503. Discharge of Contractor From Liability

 Upon acceptance by the state of a state contractor's work, provided that such state contractor's work is done in accordance with the plans and specifications, such state contractor is discharged from all liability to any party by reason of its lack of ordinary care in the performance of, or failure to perform, such work on such state construction project.
TN Code § 12-4-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 4 - Public Contracts|Part 6 - Ineligibility for Employment on Public Contracts|§ 12-4-601. Other State Entities

 As used in this part, “other state entities” includes counties, cities, municipalities, and any other political subdivision of this state.