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TN Code § 4-56-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 56 - Procurement|§ 4-56-103. Proposed Rules Related to Procurement — State Protest Committee — Creation — Commission's Authority — Appeals

  Creation of Committee.  There is created a state protest committee, which shall consist of the commissioners of general services and finance and administration, and the treasurer.   The committee shall adopt procedures governing its operations, and the chief procurement officer shall keep a permanent and accurate record of all of its proceedings.   If a member is not available to hear a scheduled protest, the member is authorized to appoint a designee to hear the scheduled protest on the member's behalf.     Appeals to Committee.  The committee is authorized to act on any appeal of the chief procurement officer's decision of a protest.   Any committee member whose department is the requestor of a procurement or the resulting contract may not hear the protest.   The chief procurement officer shall provide the minutes of the protest proceedings to each committee member and to the comptroller of the treasury and shall post the final determination within fifteen (15) business days to the single public procurement website.
TN Code § 4-56-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 56 - Procurement|§ 4-56-109. Vendor Indictment of Antitrust Act — Notice — Fine — Contract Termination

  As used in this section, “vendor” means a legal entity that:  Is currently under contract with a department or agency of this state;   Bids on a contract with a department or agency of this state; or   Attempts to amend a current contract with a department or agency of this state.     If a vendor is indicted for or convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, any violation under the Sherman Antitrust Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1-7); mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341; any federal or state criminal statute in connection with any contract let or funded, in whole or in part, by this state or any other state or territory of the United States; or any federal or state crime as the result of any investigation into such violations or crimes, the vendor shall provide notice of such indictment, conviction, or plea to the chief procurement officer by submitting a copy of the indictment, final judgment of conviction, or plea agreement to the chief procurement officer not later than thirty (30) days after being indicted, convicted, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere.   Upon receiving notice under subsection (b), the chief procurement officer shall forward a copy of the indictment, final judgment of conviction, or plea agreement to the executive director of fiscal review and the comptroller of the treasury.   If a vendor knowingly fails to provide notice under subsection (b), the chief procurement officer may fine the vendor ten thousand dollars ($10,000); provided, that, if the vendor is under contract and the total price of the contract is greater than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), the chief procurement officer may fine the vendor in an amount not to exceed five percent (5%) of the total price of the contract.   A department or agency of this state may terminate any contract with a vendor who is found to be in violation of this section.
TN Code § 4-57-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 57 - Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act|§ 4-57-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act.”
TN Code § 4-57-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 57 - Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act|§ 4-57-102. Legislative Intent

 It is the intent of the general assembly that the commission created herein shall be the sole body in Tennessee charged with administering a state fair and exposition.
TN Code § 4-57-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 57 - Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act|§ 4-57-103. Chapter Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commission” means the Tennessee state fair and exposition commission;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of agriculture;   “Department” means the department of agriculture;   “Exhibition” means one (1) or more displays or demonstrations which are of educational or entertainment value to those witnessing such exhibition; and   “Fair” or “exposition” means an exhibition of agricultural, business, manufacturing, or other industries and labor, education service organizations, social and religious groups or any other events or activities consistent with the general welfare and interests of the people of the state, and includes such services as are necessary for the care and comfort or amusement of the public. Such services include rest areas, sanitary and other such comforts, and concessions for food, drink, amusements, and the sale of trinkets.
TN Code § 4-57-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 57 - Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act|§ 4-57-104. State Fair and Exposition Commission

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary establishing a state fair board, there is hereby created a state fair and exposition commission which shall be composed of the following members to be appointed by the governor:  The dean of the University of Tennessee extension;   The president of the Tennessee Farm Bureau;   The state advisor of the Future Farmers of America;   The executive director of the Tennessee Association of Fairs;   The chair of the Tennessee State Fair Association;   The commissioner of agriculture; and   The dean of the Tennessee State University, college of agriculture cooperative extension program.     Within sixty (60) days of creation of the commission, the commission members shall establish by rule a method of selecting a chair for the commission and shall select a chair. The chair shall serve a two-year term but shall be limited to no more than two (2) consecutive terms. Commission members shall serve on the commission as long as the member holds the position the member held at the time of initial appointment.
TN Code § 4-57-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 57 - Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act|§ 4-57-105. Authority and Powers of the Commission

 The commission is authorized and empowered to:   Advise, facilitate, and coordinate with the Tennessee State Fair Association, a not-for-profit corporation, for the purpose of the Tennessee State Fair Association operating, managing, and conducting at least one (1) fair or exposition annually, under the supervision of the commission, with such additional fairs, expositions, or exhibitions as the commission determines are in the general public interest;   Enter into any contracts and agreements necessary and do and perform any acts necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;   Maintain and manage property held by the state for the purpose of conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits;   Accept gifts, contributions and bequests of unrestricted funds from individuals, foundations, corporations and other organizations or institutions for the purpose of furthering the objectives of the commission's programs;   Accept on behalf of the state conveyances of property for the purposes of conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits, subject to any terms and conditions agreed to by the commission;   Sell or convey all or a portion of the property, land, or buildings under its management subject to the approval of the state building commission;   Grant leases on all or any part of the property, land, or buildings under the management of the commission to private or public organizations, which appear to be in the best interests of the state;   Recommend to the commissioner such rules and regulations that should be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title, in order to carry out the purposes of the commission; and   Form advisory panels, as needed, from qualified persons within the state to obtain their advice and counsel on matters pertaining to the state fair. Members of these panels shall serve at the will and pleasure of the commission and shall receive no compensation.
TN Code § 4-57-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 57 - Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act|§ 4-57-106. Use of the Name “Tennessee State Fair” or “Tennessee State Exposition”

 The use of the name “Tennessee State Fair” or “Tennessee State Exposition” in Tennessee to denote a fair serving the state shall only be granted by the department of agriculture with the approval of the commission.
TN Code § 4-57-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 57 - Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act|§ 4-57-107. State Audit Included as Part of the Department of Agriculture Audit

 The division of state audit shall include as part of its scheduled audit of the department of agriculture a review of the Tennessee state fair and exposition commission including, but not limited to, the commission's authority and function.
TN Code § 4-58-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act.”
TN Code § 4-58-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   “Federal public benefit”:  Has the same meaning as provided in 8 U.S.C. § 1611; and   Does not mean a benefit listed in 8 U.S.C. § 1611(b);     “Political subdivision” means any local governmental entity, including, but not limited to, any municipality, metropolitan government, county, utility district, school district, public building authority, and development district created and existing pursuant to the laws of this state, or any instrumentality of government created by any one (1) or more of the named local governmental entities;   “Qualified alien” means:  A qualified alien as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1641(b); or   An alien or nonimmigrant eligible to receive state or local public benefits under 8 U.S.C. § 1621(a);     “SAVE program” means the systematic alien verification for entitlements program created pursuant to the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq.), and operated by the United States department of homeland security, or any successor program thereto;   “SEVIS system” means the student and exchange visitor information system created pursuant to § 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Public Law 104-208 (as amended) (8 USCS § 1372), and operated by the United States department of homeland security, or any successor program thereto;   “State governmental entity”:  Means a state agency, department, board, commission, and other body which carries out state functions and programs; and   Does not mean a political subdivision; and     “State or local public benefit”:  Means any public benefit as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1621, that is provided or administered by a state governmental entity or a local health department; and   Does not mean a benefit listed in 8 U.S.C. § 1621(b).
TN Code § 4-58-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-104. Liability for False, Fictitious or Fraudulent Statements or Representations

  Any natural person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly and willfully makes a false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation under this chapter shall be liable under either:  The Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act, compiled in §§ 71-5-181 — 71-5-185; or   The False Claims Act, compiled in chapter 18 of this title.     Any natural person who conspires to defraud the state or any local health department by securing a false claim allowed or paid to another person in violation of this chapter shall be liable under § 4-18-103(a)(3).   A state governmental entity or local health department shall file, with the attorney general and reporter of this state, a complaint alleging a violation of subsections (a) or (b), as applicable.   Any moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited with and utilized by the applicable entity or local health department that filed a complaint pursuant to subsection (c). The applicable entity or local health department shall establish a fund for the deposit of such moneys, and shall use such moneys for the sole purpose of enforcing this chapter. Any interest accruing on investments and deposits of the fund shall be credited to such fund, shall not revert to any general fund, and shall be carried forward into each subsequent fiscal year.
TN Code § 4-58-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-105. Filing With United States Attorney Complaints Alleging Criminal Violations of 18 u.s.c. § 911

 A state governmental entity or local health department shall file, with the United States attorney, a complaint alleging a criminal violation of 18 U.S.C. § 911, for each person who willfully makes a false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation of United States citizenship.
TN Code § 4-58-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-106. Violation of Chapter Prohibited — Report on Compliance

  No state governmental entity or local health department shall provide or offer to provide any federal, state or local public benefit in violation of this chapter.   Each entity and local health department, subject to this chapter, shall include in any annual report to the general assembly, as required by law, a report of its compliance with this chapter through June 30 of each year.
TN Code § 4-58-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-107. Sending to or Receiving From Naturalization Service Information Regarding Immigration Status of Aliens

 Unless otherwise provided by federal law, no state governmental entity or local health department shall be prohibited, or in any way restricted, from sending to or receiving from the immigration and naturalization service information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an alien in the United States.
TN Code § 4-58-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-108. Interpretation Consistent With Federal and State Law

 This chapter shall be interpreted consistently with all federal laws, including, but not limited to, federal laws regulating immigration, labor, and medicaid, and all state laws.
TN Code § 4-58-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-109. No Limitation Regarding Application Process — Cost of Verification

  Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as limiting a state governmental entity or local health department regarding its current application process for administering a federal, state or local public benefit, including, but not limited to, requesting additional information from the applicant or requiring additional verification of eligibility.   The state shall defray the cost to a local health department of verifying each applicant's status for a benefit.
TN Code § 4-58-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 58 - Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act|§ 4-58-110. Limitations on Application of Chapter

 This chapter shall not apply to:   Any person applying for benefits who:  Lacks the mental capacity to commit perjury under oath; and   Has not been judicially appointed a guardian or conservator;     Legal services provided by a district public defender, court-appointed counsel, or other counsel for indigent services;   Prenatal care administered by the department of health; or   The special supplemental food program for women, infants and children administered by the department of health.
TN Code § 5-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-101. New Counties — General Requirements

  New counties may be established by the general assembly that consist of not less than two hundred seventy-five square miles (275 sq. mi.), and that shall contain a population of not less than seven hundred (700) qualified voters.   No line of such county shall approach the courthouse of any old county from which it may be taken nearer than eleven (11) miles, nor shall such old county be reduced to less than five hundred square miles (500 sq. mi.).   No part of a county shall be taken off to form a new county or a part thereof without the consent of two thirds (2/3) of the qualified voters in such part taken off; and where an old county is reduced for the purpose of forming a new one, the seat of justice in the old county shall not be removed without the concurrence of two thirds (2/3) of both branches of the general assembly.    Code 1858, § 82 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 10, § 4); Shan., § 100 (as mod. by Const. 1870, art. 10, § 4); Code 1932, § 117; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-201.
TN Code § 5-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-102. New Counties — Notice of Petition for Creation

 When it is intended to petition the general assembly to create a new county, notice of such intention shall be posted on meeting days of the county legislative bodies, at least sixty (60) days next preceding the annual election of representatives to the general assembly, at the front doors of the courthouses of the counties from which the new county is proposed to be formed, which notice shall set forth the names of such counties, and the metes and bounds proposed for the new county.   Code 1858, § 83 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 112); Shan., § 101; Code 1932, § 120; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-202.
TN Code § 5-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-103. Memorial for Division of County

  Any person desiring to divide a county shall prefer a memorial to the general assembly for that purpose.   The memorial shall describe the line or lines of the proposed division and be accompanied by a fair and accurate plat of the county to be divided, representing together the old counties and the new one, the survey and plat to be made by a sworn surveyor, and by such surveyor subscribed and certified to be just and true.    Code 1858, §§ 88, 89 (deriv. Acts 1796 (March S.), ch. 13, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 110, 111; Code 1932, §§ 129, 130; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-203.
TN Code § 5-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-104. Boundary Changes — Plats and Surveys

  All applications for legislation changing county lines shall be accompanied by:  An accurate survey and plat, showing the changes asked for, and giving courses and distances of the county line as it will be left after such change should be made; and   A resolution approved by two thirds (2/3) of the county commissioners of all counties affected by such boundary line change.     No bill providing for such change shall be in order unless so accompanied.
TN Code § 5-2-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-107. Transcription of Records

 The county legislative bodies of new counties so formed may appoint a commissioner or commissioners to transcribe the records of all title deeds to lands and mortgages and other pertinent instruments affecting lands lying in the new counties, and when the transcript is completed, the register of the county from which the same is taken shall affix such register's certificate to the transcript, and the same shall be filed with the register of the new county, and a copy from the transcript shall be as valid evidence of title in all courts of law and equity in this state as the original would be; provided, that the expenses of the transcript shall be paid by the county or counties for whose benefit the same is made.
TN Code § 5-2-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-108. New or Altered Counties — Pending Litigation

  All actions at law or in equity, or causes in the court of general sessions of any old county where new counties have been formed from the territory of the same, if the parties interested in the suits live in the new counties so formed, and the subject matter of the suits originated within the limits of the new county, upon application of the parties litigant, or either of them, may be removed to the new county.   When the plaintiff and defendant in any litigation both reside in a new county established by law, the litigation, if pending in one (1) of the old counties from which the new county is taken, may be transferred to the court established for the new county, either common law, chancery, or criminal, according to the nature of the case.    Code 1858, § 84 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 86, § 1); Acts 1870-1871, ch. 112, § 1; Shan., §§ 102, 108; Code 1932, §§ 121, 127; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 5-208, 5-209, 5-2-109.
TN Code § 5-2-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-110. Transfer of Court Records

 In all cases where new counties are formed out of fractions of old counties, or where fractions of one county are attached to another county, it shall be the duty of the judge or judges of the court of general sessions of the old county, or of the county from which the fraction is taken, to deliver all the dockets, papers, public laws and statutes belonging to that judge's office to the nearest judge of the new county, or of the county to which the fraction is attached, and the judges to which the dockets, etc., are delivered, shall have the same authority over the dockets, etc., and the judgments thereon, as is by law conferred on the judge rendering such judgment.
TN Code § 5-2-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-112. Dissolution of New County — Pending Litigation

  When a new county that has been established by act of the general assembly and that has gone into operation is subsequently dissolved in any way or for any reason, the pending litigation in the courts and before the judges of the court of general sessions of that county shall not abate, but shall be transferred to the courts and judges of the old county from which the new county was formed.   The suits before judges of the court of general sessions, in such cases, will follow the place where the judge holds such judge's court.   Suits in court shall be transferred to the county in which the defendant resides, if the defendant resides in either of the old counties from which the new county was taken, and, if not, to the old county selected by the plaintiff.    Code 1858, §§ 85, 86; Shan., §§ 103, 104; Code 1932, §§ 122, 123; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-212.
TN Code § 5-2-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties|§ 5-2-113. Dissolution of New County — Fiduciaries

 The executors, administrators and guardians appointed in such dissolved counties, who have not settled and closed their trusts, shall make settlements in the court of general sessions of the county that would have had jurisdiction if such new county had never been organized; and such persons may be proceeded against as if appointed in the old county.   Code 1858, § 87 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 28, § 1); Shan., § 107; Code 1932, § 126; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-213.