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TN Code § 4-3-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1005. [reserved.]

 The department of finance and administration has the power and is required to:   Prepare and submit to the governor, annually, a state budget document in accordance with title 9, chapter 4, part 51;   Prescribe forms for the preparation of the budget estimates by all the spending agencies of state government, and furnish every state officer, department and agency with a sufficient number of the budget estimate forms not later than October 15 of each year;   Prescribe the classifications of expenditures and revenues for the purposes of budget making and accounting;   Examine and recommend for approval the work program and quarterly allotments of each spending agency of state government before the appropriations made for such agency shall become available for expenditure;   Examine and recommend for approval any changes made in the work program and quarterly allotments of any spending agency during the fiscal year;   Investigate duplication of work among the departments and other agencies of state government, study the organization and administration of such departments and agencies, and formulate plans for better management and more efficient and economical operation;   Prepare and report to the governor when requested, any financial data or statistics that the governor may require, such as monthly or quarterly estimates of the state's income, and cost figures on the current operations of state institutions and other agencies; and   Examine all requisitions for purchases as the department may deem necessary, with power and authority to refuse to approve or honor any and all requisitions for purchases, except requisitions for purchases of the general assembly, state court system, attorney general and reporter, secretary of state, comptroller of the treasury, and state treasurer.   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]
TN Code § 4-3-1008 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 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 the governor, has the power and is required to:   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]   Prepare uniform rules and regulations for the payment of travel expenses for officers and employees of all state departments, institutions and agencies. It is the legislative intent that such rules and regulations provide that an employee under normal circumstances shall be responsible for bearing travel expenses for no more than thirty (30) days from the date of filing a claim, subject to an audit of the claim as required. The commissioner is further authorized to prepare special regulations when the commissioner determines that special circumstances necessitate them. Proposed uniform rules and regulations and proposed special regulations shall become effective upon approval by the attorney general and reporter. Prior to filing with the attorney general and reporter, the commissioner shall submit the proposed uniform rules and regulations and proposed special regulations to the comptroller of the treasury for comment.   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]
TN Code § 4-3-1009 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1009. Powers Relating to Public Buildings and Property

  The department of finance and administration has the power to:  Prepare or cause to be prepared general plans and preliminary sketches and estimates for the public buildings to be erected for any department;   Have general supervision and care of storerooms, offices and buildings leased for the use of the state government or any department, office or institution thereof; and   Perform the duties with respect to the inventory of state property set forth in title 12, chapter 2.     The department, through its division of real property management, has the authority and responsibility of allocating space in the Knoxville state office building and the Knoxville office building annex, but such authority does not extend to the Knoxville supreme court building.    The commissioner, through the division of real property management, has the authority and responsibility to review periodically the contract terms of leased facilities and to analyze proposed contract terms of leased facilities to determine if, whether for financial or program purposes, it is in the best interest of the state to directly own the facility. If the commissioner determines that direct ownership by the state is in the best interest, such recommendation shall be presented to the governor.   Upon the approval by the governor for any recommendation that will cost more than one million dollars ($1,000,000), the commissioner shall present a recommendation to the fiscal review committee. Upon the approval by the fiscal review committee, the commissioner shall present a recommendation to the state funding board, including the analysis supporting the determination as to the best interest of the state, the anticipated cost, the funds currently appropriated for the lease payments, and any available debt authority.   Upon approval by the governor for any recommendation that will cost one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less, the commissioner shall present a recommendation to the state funding board, including the analysis supporting the determination as to the best interest of the state, the anticipated cost, the funds currently appropriated for the lease payments, and any available debt authority.
TN Code § 4-3-1010 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1010. Posting of Report of Travel and Expense Reimbursements on State Website

  In addition to their other powers and duties, the department of finance and administration and its commissioner are vested with all the authority, powers and duties given them by title 12, chapter 2.   [Deleted by 2016 amendment.]   The commissioner of finance and administration shall cause to be posted on the official website of the state a report that contains all out-of-state travel expenditures and any expense reimbursements made for the expenditures to the governor, any member of the governor's cabinet, and cabinet level staff in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations of the state or any policy of the governor; provided, however, that information shall not be posted if the out-of-state travel occurred for the purpose of recruiting industry or economic development in the state and the information, in the judgment of the commissioner, has the potential to harm contract negotiations or otherwise place the state at a competitive disadvantage in seeking industrial or economic development opportunities. For the purposes of this subsection (c), “out-of-state travel expenditures” includes: expenses for which corresponding reimbursements are made; and direct travel expenditures, including airfare, travel, hotel, and any other expenses paid for directly by using a state-approved vendor or with the use of a state-issued payment card. The report shall include the purpose of the expenditures and any reimbursements made, and shall be reported by the person making the expenditures. The initial report shall be filed no later than fifteen (15) days following the last day of April 2006 and shall include all payments made from the first day of January 2006, until the last day of March 2006. Thereafter, the report shall be updated quarterly, no later than fifteen (15) days following the end of the quarter. The reports shall remain on the website until one (1) month following the end of the governor's term of office. The last quarter reported in each such term shall include the period of time from the last quarter reported until the regular November election at which the next governor will be elected, and the first report in each governor's term shall include the period of time from the regular November election until the end of the first quarter.
TN Code § 4-3-1011 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1011. Background Checks of Certain Employees and Contractors

 As a condition of employment, the department of finance and administration is authorized to require its employees and contractors who have elevated and privileged access to data and personal information of state employees or citizens, or who support a governmental department, agency, office, or other entity whose employees, contractors, or vendors are subject to federal fingerprint background check requirements, to supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history background check to be performed by the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The department shall develop a policy identifying which employees and contractors must supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a background check as a condition of employment.
TN Code § 4-3-1014 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1014. Authority to Create Prescription Drug Purchase Program

 In accordance with applicable law:   The department of finance and administration is authorized to create a program whereby local government entities, including, but not limited to county jails, can purchase prescription drugs through state methods at reduced prices;   The department of general services is authorized to sell drugs to participating local entities that have certified pharmacists on staff or require wholesalers contracting with the department of general services to sell prescription drugs to participating local entities at discounted rates.
TN Code § 4-3-1017 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1017. Energy Management Program — Development and Implementation Through the State Building Energy Management Program

  In developing and implementing an energy management program for state government under §§ 4-3-1017 — 4-3-1019, the department, through the state building energy management program, may include:  Development, in coordination with the emergency management agency, of contingency plans for the most efficient use of energy by state buildings;   Development and implementation of projects using renewable energy resources in state operations and procedures; and   Development of a program to ascertain the energy use of each state department, agency, college, university or other institution, to recommend specific plans for energy use reduction to such entities, and to monitor the implementation of such plans.     This program shall be implemented by all departments and agencies of the executive branch and by all state colleges and universities operated by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the state board of regents.
TN Code § 4-3-1019 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1019. Energy Management Program — Interagency Cooperation

  To facilitate coordination of state building energy conservation and retrofit measures to be developed or to be implemented within state government, including public institutions of higher education, and to prevent duplication of such plans or programs, the departments of general services, environment and conservation, the state building commission, the Tennessee higher education commission, the state board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and the state board of education shall cooperate with the department of finance and administration and shall supply information concerning any retrofit proposals or consulting projects involving energy conservation within the proposing or consulting entity that are developed independently of the department of finance and administration.   The information provided for in subsection (a) would include requests for funding or consulting contracts for building energy management programs or requests for funding of energy conservation retrofits, and should be furnished prior to approval of the request.   The department of finance and administration may comment on any such plan or program, including noting the existence of a similar plan or program, but shall have no power to postpone or deny this request.
TN Code § 4-3-1020 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1020. Energy Management Program — Expenditure of Federal Funds

 Any federal funds expended pursuant to §§ 4-3-1017 — 4-3-1019, shall only be obligated or expended in accordance with the program, terms, conditions and agreement under which such funds were received, unless specific authority to modify such program, terms, conditions or agreement has been received in writing from the granting authority.
TN Code § 4-3-1022 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 10 - Department of Finance and Administration|§ 4-3-1022. Control of State Portal — E-Commerce Payment Activity Assessment — Annual Report — Liability for Underlying Obligation

  The commissioner of finance and administration shall have the responsibility for the overall management of the state's portal, which shall include the following:  The commissioner may authorize the assessment of additional charges on e-commerce payment activity to recover the costs of delivering e-commerce services, accepting electronic payments online, or both and shall be responsible for the development and administration of the policy guidelines governing such charges. The guidelines shall be consistent with federal laws and regulations governing electronic payment transactions. Such additional charges shall only be assessed when an optional method of payment is available. In no event shall such charges exceed the actual costs incurred to deliver e-commerce services and accept electronic payments online; and   The review of the chief information officer's annual report concerning the operation of the state's portal.     No person making a payment to the department by credit card, debit card, or other similar financial transaction card shall be relieved from liability for the underlying obligation, except to the extent that the department realizes final payment of the underlying obligation in cash or the equivalent. If final payment is not made by the card issuer or other guarantor of payment, then the underlying obligation shall survive, and the department shall retain all remedies for enforcement that would have applied if the transaction had not occurred.
TN Code § 4-3-1101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1101. Creation

 There is hereby created the department of general services.
TN Code § 4-3-1102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1102. Commissioner

 The department of general services shall be under the charge and general supervision of the commissioner of general services.
TN Code § 4-3-1103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1103. General Functions

 The department of general services shall coordinate and administer the state's purchases, personal properties, printing and motor vehicle facilities, surplus property, postal services and general public works services, and will provide for state agencies all additional support services that are not assigned by law to specific departments.
TN Code § 4-3-1104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1104. Divisions — Creation

  In order to discharge the functions of this department, there are hereby created within the department the following divisions:  The food services management division;   The motor vehicle management division;   The photographic division;   The printing division;   The property services management division;   The public works division; and   The purchasing and administration division.     The commissioner shall assign to the divisions the functions and duties imposed upon the department. The commissioner may combine, consolidate or abolish any of the divisions, or create such new divisions as are necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon the department, subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 4-3-1106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1106. Special Police Commissions

  The commissioner of general services shall be authorized to issue special police commissions to qualified state security personnel, who are full-time salaried employees of the state, to go armed or carry pistols while on active duty engaged in enforcing § 4-3-1105(8), (11), (12) and (15).   Such commissions shall only be issued by the commissioner to those personnel who have satisfactorily completed appropriate training and who are certified as qualified, including mental and physical competency, to carry firearms by the Jerry F. Agee Tennessee law enforcement training academy or other similar agency.
TN Code § 4-3-1107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1107. Display of Vehicle Abuse Hotline Decal on Vehicles Managed by Department of General Services

  The department of general services shall ensure that all vehicles purchased or leased with funds appropriated by the state and managed by the department of general services for the use of any department, office, or agency of the state display a vehicle abuse hotline decal. This subsection (a) shall apply only to vehicles displaying a governmental service registration plate of distinctive design issued under § 55-4-219; provided, that this subsection (a) shall not apply to vehicles used by state law enforcement agencies or the department of military.   The decal shall contain a telephone number or website information through which complaints regarding potential misuse of a state vehicle, including speeding, texting and driving, or reckless driving, can be submitted.   The department shall establish and maintain a vehicle abuse hotline and website through which complaints regarding potential misuse of a state vehicle can be submitted. The department shall also establish procedures for notifying departments, offices, and agencies of the state regarding any complaints received and for responding as necessary to those persons submitting complaints.   The cost of implementation of this section shall be provided from within existing resources of the department.
TN Code § 4-3-1112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1112. Rain Forest Materials and Products — Study of Purchases — Reduction or Elimination

 The commissioner of general services is requested to conduct a study of the purchase by the state of any materials or products having their origin in raw materials derived from the endangered rain forest and how the state might reduce or eliminate the purchase of such materials or products. The commissioner is also requested to purchase non-rain forest products if comparable in quality and cost to products derived from endangered rain forests.
TN Code § 4-3-1113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1113. Lighting of Tennessee Tower

 The commissioner of general services shall, whenever practicable, provide the lighting patterns of the Tennessee Tower in Nashville for holidays and for appropriate messages from local nonprofit organizations and causes.
TN Code § 4-3-1114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 11 - Department of General Services|§ 4-3-1114. Emergency Keyed Lock Boxes Next to Functioning Elevators

  Not later than November 28, 2005, each state-owned public building under the department's control, including the state capitol and capitol annexes, must ensure that an emergency keyed lock box is installed next to each bank of functioning elevators located on the main level. Such lock boxes shall be permanently mounted seventy-two inches (72") from the floor to the center of the box, be operable by a universal key, no matter where such box is located, and shall contain only fire service keys and drop keys to the appropriate elevators. General standards for the design of such boxes shall be approved by the department of labor and workforce development not later than July 31, 2005; provided, however, that such standards must be consistent with all applicable building and life safety standards governing the facility.   Failure to comply with this section shall be a Class C misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine only of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
TN Code § 4-3-1201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 12 - Department of Human Services|§ 4-3-1201. Creation

 There is hereby created the department of human services.
TN Code § 4-3-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 12 - Department of Human Services|§ 4-3-1202. Commissioner

 The department of human services shall be under the charge and general supervision of the commissioner of human services.
TN Code § 4-3-1203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions|Part 12 - Department of Human Services|§ 4-3-1203. General Functions of Department

 The department of human services shall administer all functions to be established in this state under the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), except those functions that may be expressly delegated by either state statute or by federal law to other state departments, offices or agencies.