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TN Code § 4-38-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 38 - Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act|§ 4-38-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   “Absorptive capacity” is a determination made by a local government evaluating, for a host community within that jurisdiction:  The capacity of the community's social service and healthcare agencies to meet the existing needs of the community's current residents;   The availability of affordable housing, low-cost housing, or both, and existing waiting lists for such housing in the community;   The capacity of the local school district to meet the needs of the existing or anticipated refugee student population; and   The ability of the local economy to absorb new workers without causing competition with local residents for job opportunities, displacing existing local workers, or adversely affecting the wages or working conditions of the local workforce;     “Local government” or “local governments” refers to either the city council, governing body of any county having a metropolitan form of government, or county legislative body which regulates any host community being considered for refugee resettlement activity;   “Tennessee office for refugees” means the state office which administers the refugee program for this state, or the entity or agency to whom the state has delegated such function and that has been designated and recognized by the federal government to administer such program; and   “Tennessee refugee coordinator” means the official designated by the Tennessee office for refugees.
TN Code § 4-38-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 38 - Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act|§ 4-38-103. Duties of Tennessee Office for Refugees

 The Tennessee office for refugees shall:   Provide at least a written quarterly report to representatives of local governments to plan and coordinate the appropriate placement of refugees in advance of the refugees' arrival, and appear before the local government to provide additional information at the request of the local government. Specifically, the local government may request reporting of information related to the factors of absorptive capacity as stated in § 4-38-102;   Ensure that representatives of local resettlement agencies, local community service agencies, and other publicly-funded or tax-exempt agencies that serve refugees in this state shall upon request meet with representatives of local governments to plan and coordinate the appropriate placement of refugees in the host community in advance of the refugees' arrival;   Execute a letter of agreement with each agency providing refugee resettlement services in this state. The letter of agreement shall require the parties to mutually consult and prepare a plan for the initial placement of refugees in a host community and set forth the continuing process of consultation between the parties. The provisions of the letter of agreement shall be consistent with federal law regulating the resettlement of refugees;   At least quarterly transmit to the chairs of the state government committee of the house of representatives and state and local government committee of the senate, and to the chair of the budget committee of either the city council or the county legislative body regulating the host community copies of:  The letters of agreement;   Any initial refugee placement plans prepared pursuant to letters of agreement; and   Any communications received and responded to pursuant to subdivision (5), including how or to the extent any issue regarding the concerns of host communities and representatives of local governments was resolved; and     Ensure that residents of host communities and representatives of local governments are aware that any and all concerns regarding local refugee resettlement activities in any host community shall be filed with the Tennessee office for refugees and further that the Tennessee office for refugees shall respond timely in writing to all such communications.
TN Code § 4-38-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 38 - Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act|§ 4-38-104. Request for Moratorium

  Based on the factors in § 4-38-102(1), upon the adoption of a resolution the legislative body of a local government may request a moratorium on new refugee resettlement activities, documenting that the host community lacks absorptive capacity and that further resettlement of refugees in the host community would result in an adverse impact to existing residents. Such resolution shall be forwarded to the Tennessee office for refugees for appropriate action pursuant to subsection (b).   The Tennessee office for refugees shall accept and may forward to the United States state department, the request from a local government for a moratorium on new refugee resettlement activities in a host community which lacks absorptive capacity. The United States state department may thereafter implement the request for a moratorium.   Upon notice of a determination made pursuant to this section, the United States state department may thereafter suspend additional resettlement of refugees in that community, until the state refugee coordinator and the local government have jointly determined that absorptive capacity for refugee resettlement exists to implement any further refugee resettlement activities in the host community.   The period of validity of a moratorium described in subsection (c) or any extension thereof, shall not exceed one (1) year.
TN Code § 4-39-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Payment of Taxes by State Vendors and Subcontractors|§ 4-39-101. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   “Major procurement contract” means any good or service costing in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), including major advertising contracts, annuity contracts, consulting services, equipment, and other products and services unique to the functions performed by the state governmental entity, but not including materials, supplies, equipment, and services common to the operations of any ordinary business;   “Retailer” means a person or entity that sells goods or services on behalf of a state governmental entity;   “State governmental entity” means a state agency, department, board, or commission, or a public corporation or quasi-public instrumentality that performs essential public functions entrusted to it by the state; and   “Vendor” means a person or entity that provides or proposes to provide goods or services to the state governmental entity pursuant to a major procurement contract, but does not include an employee of the state governmental entity, retailer or a state governmental entity.
TN Code § 4-39-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Payment of Taxes by State Vendors and Subcontractors|§ 4-39-102. Major Procurement Contract to Contain Provision for Payment of Sales and Use Taxes by Vendor and Subcontractors

 A state governmental entity shall include in any major procurement contract with a vendor a provision that the vendor and the vendor's subcontractors, shall remit sales and use taxes on sales of goods or services made by the vendor or the vendor's subcontractor.
TN Code § 4-39-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 39 - Payment of Taxes by State Vendors and Subcontractors|§ 4-39-103. Vendor Contract With Subcontractor to Include Provision for Payment of Sales and Use Taxes by Subcontractor

 If any portion of the cost of a vendor's major procurement contract with a state governmental entity is subcontracted, the vendor shall include in the contract with the subcontractor a provision that the subcontractor shall remit sales and use taxes on taxable sales of goods or services made by the subcontractor.
TN Code § 4-41-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-101. Short Title. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Go Build Tennessee Act.”
TN Code § 4-41-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-102. Chapter Definitions. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

 As used in this chapter:   “Board” means the state board for licensing contractors, created by § 62-6-104; and   “Corporation” means a nonprofit corporation, which shall be properly incorporated under the laws of this state and approved by the United States internal revenue service as an organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(a)) by virtue of being an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)).
TN Code § 4-41-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-103. Creation of Go Build Tennessee Program — Administration by Corporation — Composition of Corporation. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

  There is created the Go Build Tennessee Program, referred to in this chapter as “the program.”   The program shall be implemented and administered by a corporation, whose duties shall include, but not be limited to, securing funding to promote and foster the development of a comprehensive statewide program designed to attract and increase career opportunities for secondary and postsecondary students in the construction industry.   The corporation shall be comprised of an equal number of representatives of commercial and industrial building contractors and subcontractors, residential building contractors and subcontractors, and road building contractors and subcontractors.
TN Code § 4-41-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-104. Authority to Enter Contractual and Promotional Agreements — Permitted Expenditures. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

 The corporation may enter into contractual and promotional agreements necessary to effectively stimulate the program for the purposes of educating persons regarding the construction industry and recruiting persons for careers in the industry. The corporation's expenditures may include, but are not limited to, the following:   Print, digital, and radio and television advertising;   Promotional materials;   Media campaigns;   Videos;   Brochures;   Website development and maintenance; and   Database development and maintenance.
TN Code § 4-41-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-105. Go Build Account Created. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

  To fund the program, there is created within the state board for licensing contractors a Go Build Account, referred to in this chapter as “the account.” Amounts remaining in the account at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund. Money in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, part 6, for the sole benefit of the account.   A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the total fiscal year fund balance resulting from contractor licensing revenue collected pursuant to title 62, chapter 6, part 1, after expenditures, shall be transferred by the board to the account, to be allocated to the corporation solely for the implementation, administration, and management of the program. This transfer shall occur on an annual basis in accordance with § 4-41-107.   The board, in consultation with the corporation, may promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title, for disbursing the funds for the program, as necessary, pursuant to subsection (b).   There shall be participation and inclusion of the commissioner of labor and workforce development or the commissioner's designee in the board's administration and implementation of this chapter, including the provision of input from the commissioner or the commissioner's designee related to labor market information, safety and health, and the development of performance metrics consistent with industry growth indicators.
TN Code § 4-41-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-106. Duties and Powers of Corporation. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

  The corporation shall implement the program to promote and encourage the recruitment of potential construction workers, and to encourage the development of training programs and create opportunities for new, skilled construction workers in this state.   The corporation may cooperate with state and local governments, private organizations, and citizens, as it plans and engages in activities related to the program. In addition to the funds received pursuant to § 4-41-105(b), the corporation may receive funds from individuals, businesses, governmental entities, foundation grants, and the state as appropriated by the general assembly.   All costs to underwrite the corporation's activities related to the program shall be paid from revenues of the corporation, and no state employee or any other person associated with the corporation shall benefit from the expenditures, either directly or indirectly.   The corporation may exercise all powers authorized pursuant to the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, compiled in title 48, Chapters 51 68.   The corporation may request assistance from any agency of state government, subject to existing statutes, rules, and policies.
TN Code § 4-41-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-107. Transfer of Revenue From Account to Corporation. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

 Beginning in the first full quarter of fiscal year 2015-2016 and in the first quarter of every subsequent fiscal year, the board shall transfer revenue from the account to the corporation to be allocated in the manner set forth in § 4-41-105(b).
TN Code § 4-41-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-109. Reporting Requirements. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

  The corporation shall submit quarterly reports to include acceptable fiscal accounting practices and performance accountability metrics to the commissioner of labor and workforce development. The commissioner shall have oversight authority over the corporation's performance accountability and shall determine and establish required accountability metrics.   The corporation shall submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives that includes a statement of its operations. The report shall be submitted within ninety (90) days after the end of the corporation's fiscal year.
TN Code § 4-41-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-110. Annual Audit. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

 An independent audit of the program shall be performed annually by a certified, independent public accountant who shall be paid from fees collected by the corporation. The independent audit shall be submitted to the comptroller of the treasury.
TN Code § 4-41-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Go Build Tennessee Act [Effective Until July 1, 2024]|§ 4-41-111. Repealer. [Effective Until July 1, 2024.]

 This chapter is hereby repealed on July 1, 2024.
TN Code § 4-42-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 42 - Sanctuary Policies Prohibited|§ 4-42-101. Compliance With Federal Immigration Laws

 The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that:   Because the matters contained in this chapter have important statewide ramifications for compliance with and enforcement of federal immigration laws and for the welfare of all citizens in this state, these matters are of statewide concern;   Allowing illegal immigrants to reside within this state undermines federal immigration laws and state laws allocating available resources; and   The attorney general and reporter and all appropriate state law enforcement agencies are to vigorously pursue all federal moneys to which the state may be entitled for the reimbursement of moneys spent to comply with federal immigration laws.
TN Code § 4-42-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 42 - Sanctuary Policies Prohibited|§ 4-42-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   “Law enforcement agency”:  Means an agency in this state charged with enforcement of state or federal laws, or with managing custody of detained persons in this state, and includes, but is not limited to, state police, campus police, and the department of safety; and   Includes officials, representatives, agents, and employees of an agency described in subdivision (1)(A);     “Official” means an agent, employee, member, or representative of a state governmental entity, but does not mean the attorney general and reporter;   “Sanctuary policy” means any directive, order, ordinance, resolution, practice, or policy, whether formally enacted, informally adopted, or otherwise effectuated, that:  Limits or prohibits any state governmental entity or official from communicating or cooperating with federal agencies or officials to verify or report the immigration status of any alien;   Grants to aliens unlawfully present in the United States the right to lawful presence within the boundaries of this state in violation of federal law;   Violates 8 U.S.C. § 1373;   Restricts in any way, or imposes any conditions on, a state or local governmental entity's cooperation or compliance with detainers from the United States department of homeland security, or other successor agency, to maintain custody of any alien or to transfer any alien to the custody of the United States department of homeland security, or other successor agency;   Requires the United States department of homeland security, or other successor agency, to obtain a warrant or demonstrate probable cause before complying with detainers from the department to maintain custody of any alien or to transfer any alien to its custody; or   Prevents law enforcement agencies from inquiring as to the citizenship or immigration status of any person; and     “State governmental entity” means any state agency, bureau, commission, council, department, law enforcement agency, or unit thereof, but does not mean the office of the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 4-42-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 42 - Sanctuary Policies Prohibited|§ 4-42-103. Enactment of Sanctuary Policy Prohibited

 No state governmental entity or official shall adopt or enact a sanctuary policy. A state governmental entity that adopts or enacts a sanctuary policy is ineligible to enter into any grant contract with the department of economic and community development until the sanctuary policy is repealed, rescinded, or otherwise no longer in effect.
TN Code § 4-42-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 42 - Sanctuary Policies Prohibited|§ 4-42-104. Complaint — Injunction — Time for Compliance — Violation

  A person residing in a municipality or county who believes a state governmental entity or official has violated § 4-42-103 may file a complaint in chancery court in that person's county of residence.   The person filing the complaint has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a violation of § 4-42-103 has occurred.   If the court finds the state governmental entity or official is in violation of § 4-42-103, the court shall issue a writ of mandamus against the entity or official ordering the entity or official to comply with § 4-42-103, enjoin the entity or official from further interference, and take other action to ensure compliance as is within the jurisdiction of the court.   A state governmental entity or official has no less than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of the court's order to comply with the order. If, after one hundred twenty (120) days, the entity or official has not complied with the court's order, the court may take whatever action necessary to enforce compliance.   Upon a finding by the court that a state governmental entity or official has adopted or enacted a sanctuary policy, the state governmental entity, or the entity to which the official belongs, becomes ineligible to enter into any grant contract with the department of economic and community development. Ineligibility commences on the date the court finds that the state governmental entity or official is in violation of § 4-42-103 and continues until such time that the court certifies that the sanctuary policy is repealed, rescinded, or otherwise no longer in effect.
TN Code § 4-43-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Office of State Geographer|§ 4-43-101. Creation

 There is hereby created the office of state geographer.
TN Code § 4-43-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Office of State Geographer|§ 4-43-102. Appointment — Term of Office

 The state geographer shall be appointed by the governor to serve a term of three (3) years and may be reappointed to serve additional terms. The state geographer shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall report to the governor or the governor's designee and to the appropriate official of any agency for which such geographer has contracted to perform work.
TN Code § 4-43-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Office of State Geographer|§ 4-43-103. Qualifications

 The state geographer shall hold a graduate degree in geography, have the confidence of professional colleagues and possess a record of public service.
TN Code § 4-43-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Office of State Geographer|§ 4-43-104. Duties

 The state geographer shall be available at all times to serve as a consultant, advisor or director of research on geographic matters of interest to, and at the request of, appropriate officials in state government on a task-by-task contract basis.
TN Code § 4-43-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 43 - Office of State Geographer|§ 4-43-105. Service Without Staff, Expenses or Salary

 The state geographer shall serve without staff, expenses, or salary.
TN Code § 4-44-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 44 - Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act [Effective Until December 31, 2027]|§ 4-44-101. Short Title. [Effective Until December 31, 2027.]

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act.”
TN Code § 4-44-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 44 - Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act [Effective Until December 31, 2027]|§ 4-44-102. Part Definition. [Effective Until December 31, 2027.]

 As used in this chapter, “Commission” means the Tennessee commission for the United States semiquincentennial commission.
TN Code § 4-44-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 44 - Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act [Effective Until December 31, 2027]|§ 4-44-103. Establishment. [Effective Until December 31, 2027.]

 The commission is established to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, and recognize Tennessee's integral role in that event and the impact of its people on the nation's past, present, and future.