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TN Code § 49-9-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-107. Trusts

  The University of Tennessee has express authority and power to act as trustee of charitable trusts, including annuity trusts, unitrusts and pooled income funds as defined in the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1969, heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to an agreement between the university and a donor or donors, by deed of gift to the university, or by a will, under or by which the university is a beneficiary or trustee of a charitable trust.    Any endowment fund of the University of Tennessee containing assets with a fair market value in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and representing contributions from nongovernmental sources to or for the use of the University of Tennessee may, at the written request of the donor or donors of the fund, be treated in all respects as trust funds.   Separate accounting may be set up to assure that the assets of the funds are at all times used in accordance with the deeds of gift accepted by the University of Tennessee or the contracts entered into by the University of Tennessee with respect to the funds.   All transactions between donors and the University of Tennessee shall be on an arm's length basis; and no assets shall be diverted directly or indirectly from the trust funds, either by application or transfer to other University of Tennessee uses or purposes or to other University of Tennessee funds, that are not in accordance with the written gift instrument, will or other document except at fair cash market value based on qualified appraisals of disinterested parties.   Where funds in a trust so established are specifically earmarked for the benefit of activities or branches of the University of Tennessee in a designated county of this state, the cash and assets of the fund will be recorded in separate accounts and accounted for in such a manner that the intent and purpose or purposes of such a trust will be accomplished.   Anyone refusing or neglecting to comply with this subsection (b) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 49-9-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-109. Monthly Payment for Dormitory and Cafeteria Services

   The board of trustees shall establish a program whereby each institution of higher education providing dormitory facilities and cafeteria services shall offer a room plan whereby students may pay for use of the facilities and services on a monthly basis.   Any increase in funds necessary to fund the administration of the program shall be charged as a special service charge to students participating in the program.     The board shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, that:  Require the room deposit of any student participating in the program to be retained until the end of the quarter, semester or session, as is appropriate; and   Deny readmittance to any student who participated in the program who left the institution without paying all charges pursuant to the program until all delinquent charges and interest on the charges are paid in full.
TN Code § 49-9-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-111. Contracting for Vending Operations

  If the department of human services does not, at any time, exercise its preference under § 71-4-503, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may award a contract to any qualified third-party provider to provide vending operations located in a residence hall or similar housing facility that relies upon profits from the vending operations for the facility's support and maintenance.   If, at any time, a vending facility is established under § 71-4-503, in a self-supporting residence hall or similar housing facility, and when profits generated by the machines would otherwise be dedicated in substantial part to the financial support and maintenance of the residence hall, it is the responsibility and obligation of the particular college or university to contribute to the support and maintenance of the residence hall, using revenue derived from vending machines on other parts of the campus, not already under the management of a licensed blind vendor, to offset in total the lost revenue.
TN Code § 49-9-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-112. Leasing of Employees to Nonprofit Hospital Corporation

  The University of Tennessee is expressly authorized to lease employees to any nonprofit corporation created under Tennessee law for the purpose of operating a hospital with which the university is affiliated through its medical education programs. Employees leased under the authority of this section shall remain eligible for all university benefits for which they are otherwise eligible and shall be subject to termination, layoff, suspension or demotion only in accordance with university personnel policies and procedures.   An agreement for the lease of employees under the authority of subsection (a) shall be subject to the prior approval of the attorney general and reporter as to form and legality.
TN Code § 49-9-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-115. American Sign Language — Satisfaction of Foreign Language Admission Requirements

 By July 1, 2019, each institution operated by the University of Tennessee shall adopt a policy to allow American sign language courses to satisfy any foreign language requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program.
TN Code § 49-9-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-201. Board of Trustees

 The governing body of the University of Tennessee shall be the board of trustees, established in § 49-9-202.
TN Code § 49-9-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-203. Term of Appointive Trustees

  The initial terms of the members of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee appointed by the governor pursuant to § 49-9-202(a) shall be two (2), four (4), and six (6) years. Three (3) members shall serve a two-year term; four (4) members shall serve a four-year term; and three (3) members shall serve a six-year term. For all subsequent appointments, members of the board of trustees appointed pursuant to § 49-9-202(a) shall be appointed to serve terms of six (6) years beginning July 1 of the year of appointment and ending on June 30.   Members appointed by the governor pursuant to § 49-9-202(a) are eligible to succeed themselves; provided, that no person may serve more than two (2) consecutive terms, whether appointed as an initial member, as a successor member, or to fill a vacancy. A member who serves two (2) consecutive terms may be reappointed after four (4) years have elapsed since the individual's last date of service on the board of trustees.    Code 1932, § 575; Acts 1967, ch. 179, § 11; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3303; Acts 1986, ch. 506, § 3; 1988, ch. 839, § 3; 1990, ch. 770, § 2; 2018, ch. 657, § 4.
TN Code § 49-9-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-204. Filling of Vacancies

  If a vacancy on the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee occurs by death or resignation, the governor shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the term, subject to § 49-9-202(c). If a vacancy occurs by reason of expiration of a term, the member whose term has expired shall serve until a successor is appointed and confirmed.   The cessation of any member's legal domicile in the grand division that the member represents pursuant to § 49-9-202(a)(2)(A), or the cessation of any member's legal domicile in the state that results in a failure to satisfy § 49-9-202(a)(2)(C), vacates the member's position. The governor shall appoint a person satisfying the requirement as a successor for the remainder of the term, subject to § 49-9-202(c).   The failure of a member to attend more than fifty percent (50%) of the regular meetings in a calendar year shall be cause for the member's removal and shall authorize the board to call on the governor to appoint a successor; provided, that this requirement does not apply to any ex officio member.    Code 1932, § 576; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3304; Acts 2018, ch. 657, § 5.
TN Code § 49-9-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-205. Meetings

  The board of trustees of the university shall hold at least one (1) stated meeting annually on a day or days determined by the board from year to year and at called meetings that may be necessary, to be called by the secretary, giving at least five (5) days' notice to the board members, but the board may adjourn the stated or called meetings to any date that it may set for adjournment.   Six (6) members shall constitute a quorum, and they are empowered to transact any business.   The board has the authority to transact at any called meeting any business it is authorized to transact at stated meetings.   Meetings of the board shall be made available for viewing by the public over the internet by streaming video accessible from the board's website. Archived videos of the board's meetings shall also be available to the public through the board's website.
TN Code § 49-9-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-207. Conflicts of Interest

 It is unlawful for any member of the board of trustees to be financially interested in any contract or transaction affecting the interest of the university, or to procure or be a party in any way to procuring, the appointment of any relative to any position of trust or profit connected with the university. A violation of this section subjects the member so offending to removal by the governor or board of trustees.
TN Code § 49-9-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-208. Reports

 The board of trustees shall make and submit a report to the governor ten (10) days before the general assembly convenes, giving the number of students, together with a detailed statement of the workings of the institution, and of receipts and expenditures, which shall be transmitted by the governor, along with the governor's regular message.
TN Code § 49-9-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-210. Code of Ethics — Material Violation — Hearing — Vacancy

  The board shall establish and adopt a code of ethics that will apply to and govern the conduct of all appointed members of the board.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its membership, the board may remove any appointed member of the board for a material violation of the code of ethics.   A board vote to remove one of its members shall only be taken after the accused member has been afforded a due process contested case hearing in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and a finding has been made that the member did violate the board's code of ethics.   If a member is removed in accordance with this section, the position shall be considered vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.   This section shall be in addition to the prohibition against conflicts of interest by members of the board and possible punishment for violations set out in § 49-9-207.
TN Code § 49-9-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-211. Orientation Training Program — Requirements

 The Tennessee higher education commission shall coordinate and administer an orientation training program, as well as an ongoing continuing education program, to inform members of the board of trustees of their powers and duties. This training shall include a perspective on higher education that incorporates national experts in higher education governance. This training shall address the roles and responsibilities of governing boards; the legal and ethical responsibilities of trustees; the board's role in upholding academic standards, intellectual diversity, and academic freedom; budget development; presidential searches and evaluation; the role of higher education in K-12 collaboration; and setting strategic goals. Initial training shall be conducted prior to the first called meeting of the board. In subsequent years, all newly appointed members shall attend orientation seminars within their first year of service.
TN Code § 49-9-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 2 - Board of Trustees|§ 49-9-212. Institutional Mission Statement

 All institutions governed by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall submit annually institutional mission statements to the Tennessee higher education commission for review and approval. An institutional mission statement shall:   Characterize distinctiveness in degree offerings by level, focus, and student characteristics, including, but not limited to, nontraditional students and part-time students; and   Address institutional accountability for the quality of instruction, student learning, and, when applicable, research and public service to benefit Tennessee citizens.
TN Code § 49-9-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 3 - Extension Department and Programs|§ 49-9-301. General Provisions

  There is established a department of university extension for the purpose of training citizens of the state in vocational and industrial employments, which shall be a department of the university and be administered, operated and controlled by the trustees of the university.    The trustees are directed to set apart from the funds of the university derived from the revenues of the state sums equal to the amounts appropriated to the university by the state board for vocational education operating under the act passed by the 64th Congress of the United States, known as the Smith-Hughes Act, approved February 23, 1917 (ch. 114, 39 Stat. 929).   The funds set apart shall be used solely for the promotion of trade and industrial education under the supervision of the state board for vocational education and the provisions of the federal statutes.      The extension courses shall be offered in the cities of this state having a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants by the 1950 federal census or any subsequent federal census and may also be offered, in the discretion of the trustees, in any industrial center of the state where classes of fifteen (15) or more shall petition the trustees for instruction in vocational and industrial training.   Such subjects may mean any subject given to enlarge the civic and vocational intelligence of workers over sixteen (16) years of age, which shall not include subjects known as strictly academic studies.   Such courses shall be such as the trustees of the university shall establish, by proper rules and regulations; and the trustees may charge a fee to be paid by those taking the courses, which fee shall not be greater than fifty cents (50¢) per week per student to defray the incidental expenses of the course, including textbooks.   There shall be no charge or cost of instructions other than as provided.     The trustees of the university, for the purposes of the extension courses, may, with the consent of the proper city or town officials or school committee, use the school buildings or other public buildings or grounds in any city or town in the state. The board of trustees may also arrange for the use of other buildings, grounds and facilities that may prove to be necessary for the conduct of its work and may expend in rents funds that may be necessary.   The trustees of the university shall, within thirty (30) days of the close of each calendar year, file with the commissioner of education, for the purpose of transmitting to the governor, a full report of the work done by them in the extension courses that are provided for in this section, giving a full and complete report of receipts and disbursements necessary in the conduct of the courses.   No part of the appropriation provided for in this section shall be available for use by the trustees in any other matters than for the expense of conducting the extension courses.
TN Code § 49-9-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-402. County Technical Advisory Service

  As a part of the Institute for Public Service, there is created a county technical advisory service to provide studies and research in county government, publications, educational conferences and attendance at the conferences, and to furnish technical, consultative and field services to counties of the state in problems relating to fiscal administration, accounting, tax assessment and collection, law enforcement, improvements and public works, and in any and all matters relating to county government.   This program shall be carried on in cooperation with and with the advice of counties in the state acting through the Tennessee County Services Association and its board of directors, which is recognized as their official agency or instrumentality.
TN Code § 49-9-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-403. Center for Industrial Services

  As a part of this Institute for Public Service, there is created a Center for Industrial Services to render service to the industries in this state by:  Providing information, data and materials relating to the needs and problems of industry that might be supplied and solved through research;   Providing information about available research facilities and research personnel in Tennessee colleges and universities and in governmental and private research laboratories;   Keeping Tennessee's industries informed about the supply of and demand for trained, qualified personnel; and   Cooperating with the department of economic and community development in carrying out its duties.     In addition to the services provided pursuant to subsection (a), the center shall develop and provide technical assistance services, programs and information to assist small manufacturers and small businesses with hazardous waste disposal. The center may contract within the University of Tennessee system and the state universities and college system to provide the services and information.
TN Code § 49-9-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-404. Residential Building Inspection Assistance

  The University of Tennessee, through the Institute for Public Service, may provide assistance to local governments for residential building inspection programs.   Assistance shall be provided on both the technical and financial levels with regard to the administration of inspection services and enforcement of building and housing codes.   Training programs for the personnel to staff local building inspection services, as well as minimum staffing requirements, shall be established for all local governments aided under this section.
TN Code § 49-9-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-405. Program Director and Waste Audit Engineers for Industrial Services Center

  Notwithstanding any law, regulation or personnel policy to the contrary, the following positions are authorized and established in the Center for Industrial Services:  One (1) program director; and   Two (2) waste audit engineers.     The program director shall be located in Knoxville, to establish and manage the program established in § 49-9-403(b). One (1) waste audit engineer shall be assigned to work in the middle Tennessee area and one (1) waste audit engineer shall be assigned to work in the west Tennessee area. Appropriate travel expenses and support personnel shall be provided for all positions created in subsection (a).
TN Code § 49-9-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-406. Continuing Education and Training Programs — Waste Audits — Assistance From University of Tennessee

  From available funds in the solid waste management fund, the institute for public service shall develop and offer short courses and workshop curricula concerning waste management, source reduction and recycling for continuing education and training programs for local government officials.   The center for industrial services of the institute shall perform waste audits for private businesses pursuant to guidelines developed by the [former] state planning office.   From available funds in the solid waste management fund, the institute shall provide assistance to regions, counties and municipalities in all aspects of solid waste management consistent with title 68, chapter 211, part 8. This assistance may be provided through programs established under title 68, chapter 211, part 8 and shall include all of the following:  Providing information on how to conduct a survey of the composition of solid waste;   Providing solid waste generators with information on how to manage solid waste consistent with the state plan;   Preparing sample ordinances, procedural handbooks and contracts;   Identifying sources of information regarding the creation and operation of a municipal or county program; and   Providing advice, upon the request of a region or county, on implementing the region's or county's solid waste management plan.
TN Code § 49-9-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-407. Municipal Technical Advisory Service

  As part of the Institute for Public Service, the Municipal Technical Advisory Service exists to provide studies and research in municipal government, publications, and educational conferences and to furnish technical, consultative, and field services to municipalities of the state in problems relating to fiscal administration, accounting, tax assessment and collection, law enforcement, improvements and public works, and in any and all matters relating to municipal government.   This program shall be carried on in cooperation with and with the advice of municipalities in the state acting through the Tennessee Municipal League and its board of directors, which is recognized as their official agency or instrumentality.
TN Code § 49-9-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-408. Law Enforcement Innovation Center

  As a part of the Institute for Public Service, the Law Enforcement Innovation Center exists to provide studies and research in law enforcement and public safety and in educational conferences and training and to furnish technical, consultative, and field services to law enforcement agencies.   This program shall be carried on in cooperation with and with the advice of law enforcement agencies.