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TN Code § 8-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-106. Contingent Expenses of Executive Department

 The following contingent expenses of the executive department shall be a charge upon the state treasury:   Such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses attendant on exchanging laws and documents with the several states of the union;   Such sums of money as may be necessary to provide stationery for the governor's and secretary's offices, and postage and expressage on public letters and documents;   An amount to pay for cleaning the public arms of the state and keeping them in good serviceable order; and   Such sums of money as may be requisite to defray the expenses of all messengers and messages which it may be necessary for the governor to dispatch.    Code 1858, § 191 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 85, §§ 1, 3; 1813, ch. 79, § 1; 1853-1854, ch. 266, § 1); Shan., § 238; mod. Code 1932, § 180; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-104.
TN Code § 8-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-107. Succession to Office

 Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of governor from death, resignation or other cause, creating a vacancy therein, and there is no speaker of the senate nor speaker of the house at such time, then and in that event the secretary of state shall become governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the secretary of state, then the comptroller of the treasury shall become governor.
TN Code § 8-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-108. Power to Forbid Starting of Fires During Drought — Violation

  During periods of extreme drought in this state, or in any area of the state, the governor is hereby authorized and empowered to issue proclamations forbidding the starting of any open air and unconfined fire on or near woodlands where dangerous fire hazards exist during the period of such drought.   If the governor issues a proclamation pursuant to this section, anyone igniting an open air or unconfined fire in violation of the proclamation commits a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 8-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-109. Governor to Sign Certain Documents — Power of Attorney for Purpose of Affixing Governor's Signature

  The governor shall personally affix the governor's signature to bills, joint resolutions, executive orders or veto messages, and to reprieves, pardons and commutations.    In the event the governor is physically incapacitated due to health or is out of the state on official business and is unable to sign those items enumerated in subsection (a), the governor may authorize a power of attorney to an individual for a specified period of time for the purpose of affixing the governor's signature to such items.   If the governor is physically incapacitated due to health and unable to sign such items, the power of attorney shall be accompanied by a physician's affidavit that the governor is physically incapacitated due to health and is unable to personally sign such items.   The power of attorney shall only be for the affixing of the governor's signature and not for the decision of approval or nonapproval of such items. It is the express intent of this section that the governor may delegate only the affixing of the governor's signature and not the decision of approval or nonapproval of such items.
TN Code § 8-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-110. Criminal Justice Agency Statistics

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governor may designate an agency to coordinate the gathering, analysis and dissemination of state and local criminal justice agency statistics for the purpose of providing the governor, general assembly, and state and local criminal justice agencies with relevant and timely criminal justice data and information.   As used in this section, “criminal justice agency” includes all state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies, the office of attorney general and reporter, the offices of the district attorneys general, the offices of municipal prosecutors, all state and local courts, all state, county and municipal correctional agencies, and all state and local agencies or entities charged by law with the responsibility of reviewing or monitoring any or all aspects of the criminal justice system.
TN Code § 8-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-1-111. Appointment of Senior Citizens and Racial Minorities to Governing or Advisory Entities of the Executive Branch

 In appointing citizens to serve on boards, commissions, committees, and other governing or advisory entities of the executive branch of state government, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) such citizen serving on each such board, commission, committee, or other governing or advisory entity is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) such citizen serving on each such board, commission, committee, or other governing or advisory entity is a member of a racial minority.
TN Code § 8-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 2 - Transition Act of 1970|§ 8-1-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Transition Act of 1970.”
TN Code § 8-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 2 - Transition Act of 1970|§ 8-1-202. Governor-Elect — Office Facilities and Staff

 The governor-elect, in order to facilitate the transition period between administrations, shall be provided, at the expense of the state, office space, appropriate furniture and three (3) secretaries in Nashville for the governor-elect and the members of the governor-elect's staff between the date of the election and the date on which the governor-elect assumes office.
TN Code § 8-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 2 - Transition Act of 1970|§ 8-1-203. Interim Office Space — Appointees of Cabinet Level Rank

 Any state official of cabinet level rank appointed by a governor-elect between the date of election and the date on which the governor-elect assumes office shall, upon request of the governor-elect to the then incumbent governor, accompanied by notification of the appointment, be provided with suitable office space and equipment and secretarial help in or as near as possible to the administrative offices of the department or staff division which the person has been appointed to head. Only if no suitable space is available in existing state facilities shall space be secured and provided in other places.
TN Code § 8-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 1 - Governor|Part 2 - Transition Act of 1970|§ 8-1-204. Immediate Past Governor — Office Space

 For a period of thirty (30) days following the inauguration of a governor who is not thereby serving a successive term in office, the immediate past governor shall be provided with suitable office space and equipment and one (1) secretary in Nashville, to enable such past governor to handle any correspondence or other personal matters not concluded at the time such past governor leaves office.
TN Code § 8-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-101. Election — Term of Office

 A secretary of state shall be elected by joint vote of the general assembly, and commissioned for a term of four (4) years.   Code 1858, §§ 194, 812 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 3, § 17); Shan., §§ 242, 1136; Code 1932, §§ 188, 1903; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-301.
TN Code § 8-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-102. Complaint Regarding Annexation by Municipality — Administrative Hearing

  If a dispute arises between an individual property owner and a municipality as to whether a property has been annexed by the municipality, the individual property owner or the municipality may file a complaint against the opposing party with the secretary of state to determine whether the person's property has been annexed by a municipality. The burden of proof shall be on the municipality to prove annexation of the subject property by a preponderance of the evidence.   Within ten (10) days of the filing of the complaint, the secretary of state shall appoint an administrative judge from the administrative procedures division of the secretary of state's office who shall set an administrative hearing to be held under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3, within ninety (90) days of the date of filing the complaint, unless for good cause shown that a later time is deemed necessary. Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designee has the authority to render a final order following entry of an initial order by the administrative judge. Such order shall be appealable as provided by § 4-5-322.   Once a complaint has been filed under subsection (a), the municipality shall file with the administrative procedures division within twenty (20) days of the filing of the complaint, all annexation ordinances of the municipality and all results of referendums on annexation held within the municipality that are specific to the annexation of the subject property.   If the final order includes a finding that the subject property has not been annexed, any property taxes paid by the individual property owner to the municipality shall be reimbursed to the individual property owner, with interest.
TN Code § 8-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-103. Oath of Office

 The secretary of state shall also take an oath to support the Constitutions of Tennessee and of the United States, and an oath that such person will faithfully execute the duties of the office.   Code 1858, § 196 (deriv. Acts 1796 (Mar.), ch. 2, § 1); Shan., § 244; Code 1932, § 190; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-303.
TN Code § 8-3-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-105. Office of Assistant Secretary — Appointment

  There is created the office of assistant secretary of state who shall serve as secretary of state during any emergency when the regular secretary of state is disabled or disqualified from performing the duties of the office.   If the general assembly is not in session when such emergency exists, the governor shall appoint such assistant secretary of state to serve until the general assembly convenes, at which time the general assembly shall elect the assistant in the event the emergency then continues. If the general assembly is in session when the emergency commences, the assistant secretary of state shall be elected by the joint vote of the general assembly.
TN Code § 8-3-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-106. Acting During Emergency

  In no event shall the person appointed as assistant secretary of state serve as such except during the existence of the emergency, and the governor shall determine when such emergency exists and when it terminates and shall so declare.   The action of the governor in declaring the existence of an emergency shall be subject to review by writ of certiorari.
TN Code § 8-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-107. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretary

 Such person appointed or elected as assistant secretary of state shall possess all the qualifications required of the secretary of state and shall file such bond as is required to be filed by the secretary of state under the statutes, and shall take the oath of office prescribed by statute for the secretary of state, and shall serve only during the continuance of the emergency as determined by the governor and shall be paid such compensation as the governor may fix, but in no event shall the compensation so fixed exceed that prescribed by law for the duly elected secretary of state.
TN Code § 8-3-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-3-108. Donations for Publication of the Tennessee Blue Book

  The secretary of state is authorized to accept donations from persons, political subdivisions, foundations, corporations, firms or any other business entity for the express purpose of publishing the Tennessee Blue Book. The secretary of state shall control all aspects of the publication and distribution of the book, including, but not limited to, complete editorial control, quantity published and distribution. No benefactor shall have authority to interfere with any aspect of development, publication, quantity published or distribution of the book.   The secretary of state will determine the amount of money needed to publish the quantity desired and shall have the sole authority to select the benefactor or benefactors. The funds received shall be used for the publication and distribution of the book. Such funds shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year and remain available to the secretary of state until expended for the publications and distribution of future editions. None of these funds shall be used for the payment of employees' salaries.   Acknowledgement of the chosen benefactors shall be included in the preface of the book. An appropriate acknowledgement shall be given based on the generosity of the benefactor. Acknowledgement shall be in the form of a letter from the secretary of state acknowledging the gift in a separate listing in the preface of the book. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a benefactor shall have the first option of being chosen as the benefactor or benefactors of the next edition of the Tennessee Blue Book.   The secretary of state shall maintain a list of all benefactors that shall include names, addresses and the amount of the benefactor's donation. Such a list shall be open and available to public inspection.
TN Code § 8-3-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 2 - Ascertaining Action on Local or Private Acts|§ 8-3-201. Private or Local Acts — Transmission to Local Body or Agency for Approval

 It is the duty of the secretary of state to send promptly by registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested, a certified copy of every act which requires a notification of the secretary of state pursuant to § 8-3-205 passed by the general assembly, which is private or local in form or effect, to the presiding officer of the body having jurisdiction to approve or disapprove the act if, in the effective date, the act provides for such action by the local legislative body, or to the chair of the county election commission if, in the effective date, the act provides for approval or disapproval in an election. The secretary of state, in a separate communication with each such act, shall call attention to the time limit for local action, either as provided in the act itself or as provided in § 8-3-202.
TN Code § 8-3-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 2 - Ascertaining Action on Local or Private Acts|§ 8-3-202. Certification of Result of Local Action — Default Deadline for Action

  If any act which requires a notification of the secretary of state pursuant to § 8-3-205 provides a deadline for local approval or disapproval, within thirty (30) days after approval or disapproval it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the local legislative body or the chair of the county election commission, as the case may be, to certify to the secretary of state whether the act was approved or disapproved.(b)  If any act which requires a notification of the secretary of state pursuant to § 8-3-205 does not specify such a deadline, a failure to approve by December 1 of the year the act was passed shall render it null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
TN Code § 8-3-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 2 - Ascertaining Action on Local or Private Acts|§ 8-3-203. Secretary of State to Ascertain Result of Local Action on Private or Local Act

 It is the duty of the secretary of state to ascertain whether local action has been taken on all acts which are private or local in form or effect which requires a notification of the secretary of state pursuant to § 8-3-205. When a certificate of local action taken has not been received within the time limit specified in such act, the secretary of state shall take steps to find out whether any action has been taken and to obtain the necessary certificate, including the sending of a courier to examine local records and to procure a certificate if all other measures fail.
TN Code § 8-3-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 2 - Ascertaining Action on Local or Private Acts|§ 8-3-204. Local Action on Private or Local Act to Be Indicated in Published Acts

 The secretary of state shall indicate, in the published volumes of private acts, what action has been taken on every act which is private or local in form or effect which requires a notification of the secretary of state pursuant to § 8-3-205. If the deadline for local action, either as fixed in the act or by § 8-3-202, has passed with no action having been taken, the secretary of state shall so indicate in the published volumes. In no case shall such an act in the published volumes have appended thereto a statement that local action is unknown.
TN Code § 8-3-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Secretary of State|Part 2 - Ascertaining Action on Local or Private Acts|§ 8-3-205. Notification Requirements of the Secretary of State

 The notification requirements of the secretary of state pursuant to this part only apply to any act passed by the general assembly which:   Does not amend the general law;   Within the body of the act, names and specifically only applies to the named municipality or county; and   In the effective date, pursuant to the Constitution of Tennessee, Article XI, § 9, requires a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of the specifically named municipality or county to approve or disapprove the act, or requires approval or disapproval of the act in an election by a majority of those voting in the election in the municipality or county affected.
TN Code § 8-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Comptroller of the Treasury|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-4-101. Election — Term of Office

 There shall be a comptroller of the treasury, who shall be elected by joint vote of both houses of the general assembly, and hold such office for two (2) years, and until a successor shall be elected and qualified.   Code 1858, §§ 199, 812 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 1); Shan., §§ 248, 1136; Code 1932, §§ 192, 1903; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-401.
TN Code § 8-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Comptroller of the Treasury|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-4-102. Examination of Incumbent's Accounts

 Previous to the convening of each biennial general assembly, the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house jointly may contract for the services of an independent public accounting firm to audit or review the operations of the office of the comptroller of the treasury, or may call upon the director of the division of state audit to review with them a current audit of the comptroller of the treasury. The speakers may appoint a committee of the general assembly for the purpose of such review.   Code 1858, § 200 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 93); Shan., § 249; Code 1932, § 193; Acts 1977, ch. 4, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-402.
TN Code § 8-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Comptroller of the Treasury|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-4-104. Oath of Office

 The comptroller of the treasury shall take an oath, before a judge of the circuit, chancery, appeals or supreme court, to support the Constitutions of Tennessee and of the United States, and an oath of office.   Code 1858, § 203 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 1); Shan., § 253; Code 1932, § 197; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-404.
TN Code § 8-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Comptroller of the Treasury|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-4-105. Location of Office

 The office of the comptroller of the treasury shall be kept at the seat of government.   Code 1858, § 205 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 2); Shan., § 255; Code 1932, § 199; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-405.
TN Code § 8-4-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Comptroller of the Treasury|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-4-106. Seal

 The comptroller of the treasury shall keep a seal, with the motto, “The Seal of the Comptroller of Tennessee.”   Code 1858, § 206 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 3); Shan., § 256; Code 1932, § 200; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-406.
TN Code § 8-4-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Comptroller of the Treasury|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-4-107. Interest in Transactions Prohibited

 The comptroller of the treasury shall not have any financial interest in the transactions of any department, institution, office, or agency of the state government.
TN Code § 8-4-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Comptroller of the Treasury|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-4-108. Duties Generally

  The comptroller of the treasury shall perform all such services as may be required of the comptroller of the treasury by law or by resolution of the general assembly. The comptroller is authorized to provide such services to a county or other local government as may be requested by that entity and determined by the comptroller to be appropriate, and to charge that entity an administrative fee with respect thereto.(b)  This section shall not be construed either to extend or limit the authority of the division of property assessments with respect to taxpayer audits and reviews to the extent such authority exists under present law.    Code 1858, § 207 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, §§ 4, 6-11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19; 1835-1836, ch. 27, § 8; 1839-1840, ch. 160, §§ 2-9; 1841-1842, ch. 93; 1843-1844, ch. 69, § 1; 1843-1844, ch. 103, § 4; 1843-1844, ch. 136, § 2); Acts 1873, ch. 2, § 1; 1883, ch. 132, § 3; 1891 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 17, §§ 1, 2; 1899, ch. 395, § 1; 1907, ch. 541, § 5; 1907, ch. 602, § 77; Shan., § 257; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 109; mod. Code 1932, § 201; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 24, 29, 50, 51, 73; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 201; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-407; T.C.A., § 8-408; Acts 2001, ch. 63, § 1.