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TN Code § 4-24-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 2 - Salary Supplements|§ 4-24-201. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commission” means the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education created by this chapter;   “Firefighter” means any person in the employ of a unit of government who is a member of the fire department of such unit, is trained in firefighting or prevention of fires, and is actively engaged in such work, and whose primary livelihood is derived from such work; and   “Unit of government” means any county, municipality, the state of Tennessee or any political subdivision or agency thereof, employing firefighters, all of whom must meet the minimum employment standards established by the commission.
TN Code § 4-24-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 2 - Salary Supplements|§ 4-24-202. Bonus Pay — Eligibility

  Any unit of government with firefighters who successfully complete in each year an in-service training course, appropriate to the firefighter's rank and responsibility and the size and location of the firefighter's department, of at least forty (40) hours duration at a school certified or established by the commission shall be entitled to receive a pay supplement of eight hundred dollars ($800) from the commission to be paid to the firefighter in addition to the firefighter's regular salary.   Any or all firefighters shall be eligible for such educational incentive upon satisfactory completion, as determined by the commission, of forty (40) hours of such training in each year.    Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any firefighter who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during either the Desert Storm or Desert Shield Operations shall receive the cash salary supplement provided pursuant to this section, if such service prevented such firefighter from attending the in-service training program pursuant to this section. The provisions are retroactive in application.   In addition, any firefighter who served or serves on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during Operation Enduring Freedom or any other period of armed conflict prescribed by presidential proclamation or federal law that occurs following the period involving Operation Enduring Freedom shall receive the cash salary supplement provided pursuant to this section, if such service prevented or prevents such firefighter from attending the in-service training program pursuant to this section.
TN Code § 4-24-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 2 - Salary Supplements|§ 4-24-203. Funding

 Funds made available under this part to units of government shall be received and expended as follows:   Funds shall be used only as a cash salary bonus supplement to firefighters;   Each firefighter shall be entitled to receive the educational incentive that such firefighter's qualifications brought to such unit;   Funds provided shall not be used to supplant existing salaries or as substitutes for normal salary increases periodically due to firefighters; and   In accordance with rules and regulations of the commission.
TN Code § 4-24-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 2 - Salary Supplements|§ 4-24-204. Equal Opportunity for Training

 All units of government are hereby expressly prohibited from discriminating against any firefighter by interfering with or denying any firefighter the opportunity to participate in any training or educational program established by such unit of government for the purpose of compliance with this part.
TN Code § 4-24-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 2 - Salary Supplements|§ 4-24-205. Minimum Employment and Training Standards

 The commission is empowered to establish minimum employment and training standards for firefighters who are to be eligible for educational incentives.
TN Code § 4-24-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 3 - Adequate Facilities in Fire Station|§ 4-24-301. Separate Facilities in New Construction for Men and Women

 With respect to any fire station constructed after June 26, 2007, each municipal or county fire department, and each volunteer fire department or company is encouraged to have separate restroom facilities, showers and locker rooms for men and women.
TN Code § 4-24-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 3 - Adequate Facilities in Fire Station|§ 4-24-302. Gender-Friendly Conditions in Existing Facilities

  Each municipal or county fire department, and each volunteer fire department or company, are urged to develop plans that, to the greatest extent possible, will create gender-friendly conditions in existing facilities.   The purpose of the plans is to identify which stations could be upgraded to accomplish a gender-friendly facility and identify which stations cannot be made gender-friendly due to space constraints, historical significance of the station, or other documented reasons why this could not be accomplished.   The plans, once developed, shall be made available upon request by the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education and from interested persons in the community.
TN Code § 4-24-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 24 - Firefighting Training and Standards|Part 3 - Adequate Facilities in Fire Station|§ 4-24-303. Existing Facilities That Cannot Be Upgraded

 Existing facilities that cannot be upgraded to gender-friendly stations should be made gender-friendly to the greatest extent possible by:   Using empty or unused rooms in the station. In no event shall existing rooms, including, but not limited to, bedrooms, weight rooms, T.V. rooms, or other rooms utilized by the firefighters for relaxation or rest, be taken or redesignated for purposes of complying with this part;   With regard to restrooms, shower rooms or locker rooms, using a male/female flip sign with locks on the door when the room is being utilized by either a male or female. No restroom, shower room or locker room that is designated specifically for male or female may be used at any time by the opposite sex;   With respect to sleeping arrangements created for the purpose of complying with this part, if it is not possible to have individual sleeping quarters, privacy for everyone shall be provided by installing individual cubicles in a room or rooms designated for sleeping with a curtain or screen blocking the entrance to each individual cubicle. The cubicles shall contain at least a bed, desk, lamp and a sufficient number of lockers to provide each firefighter on a shift with a designated, private area to rest or sleep.
TN Code § 4-29-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law.”
TN Code § 4-29-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-103. Review Committees — Joint Evaluation Committee

  The speakers of the senate and the house of representatives shall designate appropriate committees in their respective houses to conduct the review of governmental entities as provided in this chapter.   The chairs of such committees shall appoint a subcommittee to conduct the review of each governmental entity.   The appropriate subcommittees appointed in the senate and in the house of representatives shall meet as a joint committee as the evaluation committee to review each governmental entity assigned to such committee. There shall be an equal number of senators and representatives on the two (2) subcommittees and committees when meeting as a joint evaluation committee for the review of any specific governmental entity.   Members of the evaluation committee shall serve until their successors are appointed in accordance with this section so long as such members remain members of the general assembly. Any member of the evaluation committee who ceases to be a member of the general assembly shall cease to be a member of the evaluation committee on the same date such member's membership in the general assembly ceases, as provided in the Constitution of Tennessee. In the event a majority of the membership of any subcommittee comprising an evaluation committee shall cease to be members of the general assembly, the speaker of the house in which such vacancies occur shall designate members of that house to interim appointments until such time as the evaluation committee is reconstituted as provided in this section.
TN Code § 4-29-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-104. Hearings

  Prior to the termination, continuation, reestablishment or restructuring of any governmental entity, the evaluation committee created in § 4-29-103 shall hold at least one (1) public hearing and receive testimony from the public and from the administrative head of the governmental entity.   The governmental entity shall have the burden of demonstrating the public need for its continued existence and the extent to which any change in organization, structure or transfer to another department of state government for administrative purposes would increase the operational or administrative effectiveness and efficiency of such entity.    Notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in each of the state's major metropolitan areas, Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the tri-cities area composed of Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport, ten (10) days prior to the hearing.   [Deleted by 2016 amendment.]   Funding allocated for purchasing publication of such notices in Nashville, Memphis, rural west Tennessee, Knoxville and Chattanooga newspapers may be expended to purchase publication of such notices within newspapers published primarily for distribution within the African-American communities within Nashville, Memphis, rural west Tennessee, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
TN Code § 4-29-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-105. Evaluation Committee Objectives

 The evaluation committee shall have as its objectives:   The review of present programs and strategies of entities to determine the quality, efficiency, and success of such programs and strategies in implementation of legislative mandates;   The continuation of successful and efficient entities that are beneficial to the citizens of the state and the modification of any organizational structure that would result in more efficient or effective service to the public;   The elimination of inactive entities;   The elimination of entities that duplicate other entities or other governmental programs and activities, or an appropriate consolidation of them; and   The elimination of inefficient, ineffective, unnecessary or undesirable entities.
TN Code § 4-29-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-107. Vote to Terminate Entity — Recommended Legislation

 If the evaluation committee by a majority vote determines that a governmental entity should be terminated, the evaluation committee shall cause to be introduced legislation necessary to transfer or abolish such entity's functions, duties and powers and repeal or amend any section of the code or the public acts that would be repealed or amended by implication if the governmental entity is terminated.
TN Code § 4-29-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-108. Vote to Continue Entity — Recommended Amendments

 If the evaluation committee by a majority vote determines that a governmental entity should be continued, restructured or reestablished, if the duties, powers, authority or functions of the governmental entity are changed, or if the governmental entity is transferred to another department of state government for administrative purposes, the evaluation committee shall cause to be introduced legislation to amend the appropriate sections of the code or the public acts.
TN Code § 4-29-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-109. Periodic Review or Automatic Termination of Entities

 Each governmental entity that is continued, restructured or reestablished under §§ 4-29-107, 4-29-108 and 4-29-110 shall terminate eight (8) years following its continuation or reestablishment, and shall be subject every eight (8) years thereafter during its existence to the review and procedures provided for in this chapter.
TN Code § 4-29-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-110. Tie Vote in Joint Evaluation Committee — Action by Joint Review Committee

  If, by a tie vote of the evaluation committee, no determination of status of a government entity can be decided, the evaluation committee shall refer the final decision to the appropriate committees of the respective houses that shall meet jointly to hear the recommendations of each member of the evaluation committee.   The vote of the majority of the members, present and voting, of such appropriate committees meeting jointly shall decide the final recommendation on the abolition, transfer, or continuation or restructure of the governmental entity, and the evaluation committee shall cause the introduction of legislation required by this vote.
TN Code § 4-29-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-111. Information, Assistance, Audits Provided to Evaluation Committee

  All governmental entities shall provide the evaluation committee with any information or assistance it requires.   The comptroller of the treasury shall perform limited program review audits to aid the review of the evaluation committee and shall, from time to time, counsel and consult with the committee on its informational requirements on the governmental entities being reviewed.
TN Code § 4-29-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-112. Winding Up Affairs of Terminated Entity

 Upon the termination of any governmental entity under this chapter, it shall continue in existence until June 30 of the next succeeding calendar year for the purpose of winding up its affairs. During that period, termination shall not diminish, reduce, or limit the powers or authorities of each respective governmental entity. When the wind-up period expires, the governmental entity shall cease all activities.
TN Code § 4-29-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-113. Continuation of Claims or Rights Against Terminated Entity

  This chapter shall not cause the dismissal of any claim or right of any person against any governmental entity or any claim or right of a governmental entity terminated under this chapter that is the subject of litigation. Such claims and rights shall be assumed by the state as of the date of termination.   If any entity terminated under this chapter has any outstanding bonds or other indebtedness, the state shall preserve the rights of the holders of such bonds or other indebtedness and the obligations and rights of such entity shall accrue to the state.
TN Code § 4-29-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-114. Recommended Amendatory Legislation — Form

 Any legislation that the evaluation committee causes to be introduced shall concern only one (1) governmental entity, and the name of such entity shall be contained in the caption of the bill. However, if the evaluation committee causes legislation to be introduced that would restructure two (2) or more entities by combining their functions, duties or administration, then such legislation may concern all the entities thereby restructured; provided, that the names of all such entities are contained in the caption of the bill.
TN Code § 4-29-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-115. Extension of Entity's Life Pending Action

 If any governmental entity is scheduled to be terminated before the review by the evaluation committee under this chapter is completed and before any legislative action is taken pursuant to §§ 4-29-107 — 4-29-110, such entity shall continue its operations for an additional year after which it shall cease to exist without legislation pursuant to §§ 4-29-107 — 4-29-110.
TN Code § 4-29-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-116. Change or Termination of Entity Before Review Date

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the general assembly from terminating an entity covered by its provisions at a date earlier than that provided in this chapter, nor to prohibit the general assembly from considering any other legislation relative to such an entity.
TN Code § 4-29-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-117. Study and Recommendations by Other Committees

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit an evaluation committee or any other committee from studying or making recommendations on or concerning any governmental entity.
TN Code § 4-29-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-119. Review of Entities Not Enumerated in Chapter

  If any state governmental entity is not scheduled for review in part 2 of this chapter, the comptroller of the treasury shall advise the chairs of the appropriate evaluation committee of the schedule for the limited program review audit for such entity, and such entity shall be reviewed by such evaluation committee in accordance with such schedule and every eight (8) years thereafter.   It is the duty of the commissioner of finance and administration to advise the comptroller of the treasury and the chairs of the appropriate evaluation committee of any such entity.
TN Code § 4-29-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-120. Notification of Interested Persons — Notification Registry — Rules and Regulations

  Except as provided in subsection (f), prior to issuing a permit or hearing an appeal from a person who has been denied a permit for a proposed project or action, each department and agency of the state shall provide personal notification to all interested persons who have given the department or agency the information required pursuant to subsection (b). The notification shall be given at least fifteen (15) days prior to the issuance of a permit or hearing an appeal for the purpose of giving all interested persons an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed project or action.   To effectuate subsection (a), each department and agency of the state shall create and maintain a notification registry for the purpose of allowing individuals who would be affected by the issuance of a permit to contact the department and agency and have the individual's full name and electronic mail address entered in the registry for notification purposes.   Notice by mail is not required under this section. This section shall not be construed or applied to limit any other law requiring notice.   The commissioner of each department or executive director of each agency is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title.   This section shall not apply to persons applying for oil and gas well permits issued by the department of environment and conservation, or to persons who appeal the department's denial of oil and gas well permits.   Permits issued for subsurface sewage disposal systems pursuant to title 68, chapter 221, part 4 shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
TN Code § 4-29-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-121. Regulatory Agencies Not Collecting Fees Sufficient to Pay Operating Costs

  On or before December 31 each year, the commissioner of finance and administration shall certify to the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives and to the office of legislative budget analysis a list containing the name of each regulatory board, commission and entity administratively attached to the division of regulatory boards within the department of commerce and insurance or to the division of health-related boards within the department of health that did not, during the preceding fiscal year, collect fees in an amount sufficient to pay the cost of operating the board, commission or entity.   Notwithstanding this chapter to the contrary, any such board, commission or entity that is so certified by the commissioner for two (2) consecutive years shall be reviewed by a joint evaluation committee during the next legislative session following the second consecutive fiscal year during which the board, commission or entity operated at a deficit. The review of any such board, commission or entity shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter.
TN Code § 4-29-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law|Part 1 - Entity Review|§ 4-29-123. Infringement of an Entity Member's Freedom of Speech Prohibited

  No board, commission, council, committee, authority, task force, or other similar multi-member governmental entity created by statute and subject to review under this part shall promulgate rules, issue statements concerning only the internal management of state government, or issue intra-agency memoranda as described in § 4-5-102(12), that infringe on an entity member's freedom of speech in violation of the Constitution of Tennessee, Article I, § 19 or the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. As used in this subsection (a), “freedom of speech” includes, but is not limited to, a governmental entity member's freedom to express an opinion concerning any matter relating to that governmental entity, excluding matters deemed to be confidential under § 10-7-504.   Upon a determination by a joint evaluation committee created under § 4-29-103 that reasonable cause exists to believe a governmental entity has infringed on a member's freedom of speech as described in subsection (a), that entity shall be reviewed by that evaluation committee during the next legislative session following the determination. The evaluation committee may make recommendations for legislation to the general assembly concerning the entity's sunset status and rulemaking authority, and the termination of state funding to the entity.