TN Code § 12-2-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 2 - Administration and Disposition of State Property|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-2-117. Sale or Lease of Department Property — Trust Fund

  All property owned or held by mental health facilities and controlled by the department of mental health and substance abuse services which is not in use may be sold or leased in accordance with this part. The procedures for selling or leasing such property shall be those required by law and the state building commission for other state owned real property.    Notwithstanding § 12-2-112(a)(7), the proceeds received from the sale or lease of such land shall be deposited in a special trust fund created by subsection (c).   The interest and principal from such trust shall be used as provided in the general appropriations act for the specific purposes of planning and construction of mental health facilities as well as for the transition of patients from an institutional setting into community programs.   Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(2), on June 30, 2013, the commissioner of finance and administration shall transfer from the special trust fund to the general fund an amount of $1,923,100 in order to recognize the fiscal year 2011-2012 transition costs related to the closure of Lakeshore mental health institute, which were funded by an appropriation from the special trust fund in chapter 1029, § 38 of the Public Acts of 2012, and, if the 2013 general appropriations bill provides for such additional transfer, an amount not to exceed $2,700,000, relative to an appropriation in the 2013 general appropriations act from the special trust fund for additional transition costs which may be incurred in fiscal years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014. The commissioner of finance and administration shall determine the amount of the additional transfer in accordance with provisions stated in the 2013 general appropriations act.   If the 2014 or future general appropriations acts provide for funding of additional transition costs related to the closure of Lakeshore mental health institute, then the commissioner of finance and administration is authorized to transfer from the special trust fund to the general fund such additional amounts as may be specified in the general appropriations act.   The general assembly expressly declares that the transition costs addressed in subdivisions (b)(3) and (4) may include, without limitation, severance benefits, terminal leave, other pay and benefits costs, build-out costs, transition to community services costs, and other costs of closure of the institute.     There is hereby created within the general fund a special trust fund earmarked for the sole purpose of providing funds to the department for the purposes set forth in subdivision (b)(2).   The department shall not submit a budget that proposes to use funds derived from the sale or lease of property owned or held by the department to supplant its current level of appropriated funding.    All property owned or held by the state developmental centers as defined in § 33-1-101 and controlled by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities services that is not in use may be sold or leased in accordance with this part. The procedures for selling or leasing such property shall be those required by law and the state building commission for other state-owned real property.   Notwithstanding § 12-2-112(a), the proceeds received from the sale or lease of such land shall be deposited in a special trust fund created by subdivision (e)(4).   The interest and principal from such trust shall be used as provided in the general appropriations act for the specific purposes of planning and developing intellectual disability programs for persons with intellectual disabilities as defined in § 33-1-101, including, but not limited to, the transition of persons from an institutional setting into community services, start-up funding for individuals and agencies, and the purchase of homes.   There is hereby created within the general fund a special trust fund earmarked for the sole purpose of providing funds to the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities for the purposes set forth in subdivision (e)(3).   The department of intellectual and developmental disabilities shall not submit a budget that proposes to use funds derived from the sale or lease of property owned or held by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to supplant its current level of appropriated funding.