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TN Code § 4-16-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 16 - Office of Local Government|§ 4-16-102. Other State Agencies Unaffected

 Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to detract from the function, powers and duties legally assigned to any other agency of the state, nor to interrupt or preclude direct relationships by any such agency with local governments in carrying out its operations.
TN Code § 4-18-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 18 - False Claims Act|§ 4-18-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “False Claims Act.”
TN Code § 4-18-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 18 - False Claims Act|§ 4-18-102. Chapter Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter:   “Claim” means any request or demand for money, property, or services made to any employee, officer, or agent of the state or of any political subdivision, or to any contractor, grantee, or other recipient, whether under contract or not, if any portion of the money, property, or services requested or demanded issued from, or was provided by, the state, referred to in this chapter as “state funds” or by any political subdivision thereof, referred to in this chapter as “political subdivision funds”;    “Knowing” and “knowingly” mean that a person, with respect to information, does any of the following:   Has actual knowledge of the information;   Acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or   Acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information;     Proof of specific intent to defraud is not required;     “Person” means any natural person, corporation, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business, or trust;   “Political subdivision” means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with jurisdictional boundaries; and   “Prosecuting authority” means the county counsel, city attorney, or other local government official charged with investigating, filing, and conducting civil legal proceedings on behalf of, or in the name of, a particular political subdivision.
TN Code § 4-18-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 18 - False Claims Act|§ 4-18-105. Prohibition Against Preventing Employees From Disclosing Information — Violations — Remedies

  No employer shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy preventing an employee from disclosing information to a government or law enforcement agency or from acting in furtherance of a false claims action, including investigating, initiating, testifying, or assisting in an action filed or to be filed under § 4-18-104.   No employer shall discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, deny promotion to, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of lawful acts done by the employee on behalf of the employee or others in disclosing information to a government or law enforcement agency or in furthering a false claims action, including investigation for, initiation of, testimony for, or assistance in, an action filed or to be filed under § 4-18-104.   An employer who violates subsection (b) shall be liable for all relief necessary to make the employee whole, including reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee would have had but for the discrimination, two (2) times the amount of back pay, interest on the back pay, compensation for any special damage sustained as a result of the discrimination, and, where appropriate, punitive damages. In addition, the defendant shall be required to pay litigation costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. An employee may bring an action in the appropriate chancery court of the state for the relief provided in this subsection (c).   An employee who is discharged, demoted, suspended, harassed, denied promotion, or in any other manner discriminated against in terms and conditions of employment by such person's employer because of participation in conduct that directly or indirectly resulted in the submission of a false claim to the state or a political subdivision shall be entitled to the remedies under subsection (c) if, and only if, both of the following occur:  The employee voluntarily disclosed information to a government or law enforcement agency or acted in furtherance of a false claims action, including investigation for, initiation of, testimony for, or assistance in an action filed or to be filed; and   The employee had been harassed, threatened with termination or demotion, or otherwise coerced by the employer or its management into engaging in the fraudulent activity in the first place.
TN Code § 4-18-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 18 - False Claims Act|§ 4-18-106. Statute of Limitations

  A civil action under § 4-18-104 may not be filed more than three (3) years after the date of discovery by the official of the state or political subdivision charged with responsibility to act in the circumstances or, in any event, no more than ten (10) years after the date on which the violation of § 4-18-103 was committed.   A civil action under § 4-18-104 may be brought for activity prior to July 1, 2001, if the limitations period set in subsection (a) has not lapsed.   In any action brought under § 4-18-104, the state, the political subdivision, or the qui tam plaintiff shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a guilty verdict rendered in a criminal proceeding charging false statements or fraud, whether upon a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, except for a plea of nolo contendere made prior to July 1, 2001, shall estop the defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action that involves the same transaction as in the criminal proceeding and that is brought under § 4-18-104(a), (b), or (c).
TN Code § 4-18-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 18 - False Claims Act|§ 4-18-107. Provisions Are Not Exclusive — Severability — Liberal Construction

  This chapter is not exclusive, and the remedies provided for in this chapter shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for by law or available under common law.   If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end this chapter is declared to be severable.   This chapter is declared to be remedial in nature and this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
TN Code § 4-18-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 18 - False Claims Act|§ 4-18-108. Inapplicable to Medical Claims

 This chapter shall not apply to any conduct, activity or claims covered by the Medicaid False Claims Act, §§ 71-5-181 — 71-5-185, including without limitation, claims arising out of funds paid to or by TennCare managed care organizations.
TN Code § 4-19-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 19 - State Examining Boards—general Provisions|§ 4-19-101. Retention of Examination Papers

 All state boards, except the board of law examiners, charged with the duty of giving examinations to determine the qualifications of individuals who seek to be licensed to engage in a special profession, position or business, are required to retain all examination papers for a period of at least one (1) year, during which time the examination papers will be subject to review upon request.
TN Code § 4-19-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 19 - State Examining Boards—general Provisions|§ 4-19-102. Applicants — Number of Times Examination May Be Taken

  No board, commission or agency of this state that issues licenses to persons to engage in an occupation, trade or profession based upon written or oral examination shall adopt or enforce any rule, regulation or law limiting the number of times that any person, otherwise qualified, may apply for and stand for such written or oral examination at any regular examination session regardless of the number of times such person has taken such examination.   This section shall specifically apply to the state board of law examiners.
TN Code § 4-19-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 19 - State Examining Boards—general Provisions|§ 4-19-103. Accommodations for Person Taking Examination for Licensure

  As used in this section:  “Agency” has the same meaning as defined in § 4-5-102; and   “License” has the same meaning as defined in § 4-5-102.     An agency that requires a person applying for a license to engage in an occupation, trade, or profession in this state to take an examination shall ensure the provision of appropriate accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.).   A state agency that administers a required examination for licensure shall promulgate rules to implement this section. The rules must:  Establish the eligibility criteria that a person must meet for an accommodation to be provided pursuant to this section; and   Be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title.     The requirements of this section do not apply to an examination mandated and administered pursuant to federal law.
TN Code § 4-22-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 22 - State Owned Motor Vehicle Fleets|§ 4-22-101. Plans to Reduce Use of Petroleum Products

  All state agencies, universities, and community colleges that have state owned motor vehicle fleets consisting of more than ten (10) motor vehicles shall develop and implement plans to increase the state's use of alternative fuels, synthetic lubricants, and energy-efficient motor vehicle or low-emission vehicles. Each entity's plan shall have a goal of reducing or displacing at least twenty percent (20%) of the current petroleum products consumed by each entity's motor vehicle fleet by January 1, 2015. All entities shall initiate plan implementation by January 1, 2014.   Reductions may be met by displacing the use of petroleum or oils through the use of biodiesel, ethanol, synthetic oils or lubricants, or other alternative fuels; the use of hybrid electric vehicles, natural gas vehicles, propane vehicles or other energy-efficient motor vehicle or low-emission vehicles; or additional methods that reduce harmful emissions as may be approved by the department of general services, thereby reducing the amount of harmful emissions.   No plan shall impede mission fulfillment of the entity and every plan shall allow for changes in vehicle usage and total miles driven and provide exceptions for technological or budgetary limitations and emergencies. Technological exceptions may include, but not be limited to, that the entity's vehicles will be operating primarily in an area in which there is no refueling station established for alternative fuels.   For purposes of this section:  “Energy-efficient motor vehicle” means a passenger motor vehicle that is:  An alternative fuel vehicle as defined by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-486);   A flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) utilizing ethanol, biodiesel, or any other commercially available alternative fuel approved by the United States department of energy;   A hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV);   A compact fuel-efficient vehicle, defined as a vehicle powered by unleaded gasoline that has a United States EPA estimated highway gasoline mileage rating of at least twenty-five miles per gallon (25 mpg) or greater for the model year purchased;   An electric vehicle (EV);   A vehicle powered by natural gas or propane; or   A vehicle powered by ultra low sulfur diesel fuel that meets Bin 5, Tier II emission standards mandated by the EPA and that has an EPA estimated highway mileage rating of at least thirty miles per gallon (30 mpg) or greater for the model year purchased; and     “Motor vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle licensed for highway use.
TN Code § 4-22-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 22 - State Owned Motor Vehicle Fleets|§ 4-22-102. Modified Vehicles

 If an entity has, as part of the entity's motor vehicle fleet, motor vehicles that have been modified from the vehicles' original construction for an educational, emergency services, or public safety use or motor vehicles that are used for emergency services or law enforcement purposes, then the entity shall provide for a reduction or displacement of at least ten percent (10%) of the current petroleum products consumed by those motor vehicles in the entity's reduction and displacement plan.
TN Code § 4-25-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 25 - Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976|§ 4-25-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976.”
TN Code § 4-25-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 25 - Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976|§ 4-25-102. Legislative Intent

 The legislative intent of this chapter is declared to be as follows:   Information reporting requirements of the state government have proliferated to the point that they have placed an unprecedented paperwork burden upon citizens and businesses. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to reduce, simplify and minimize these requirements and the forms they necessitate to the fullest extent consistent with the necessity of gathering data sufficient to assure the efficient and effective operation of the necessary programs of state government. It is essential that there be a comprehensive and ongoing examination of the policies and procedures of the state government that have produced this paperwork burden in order to assure that this policy is fully implemented on a continuing basis.
TN Code § 4-25-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 25 - Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976|§ 4-25-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   “Agency” means any administrative unit within state government that utilizes one (1) or more printed forms for information reporting by citizens or businesses;   “Department” means the department of general services;   “Director” means the commissioner of the department;   “Form” means a printed or otherwise mass-duplicated document of standard format distributed by an agency for the purpose of gathering information from citizens or businesses; and   “Program” means the forms reduction and management program.
TN Code § 4-25-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 25 - Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976|§ 4-25-104. Forms Reduction and Management Program

 The director shall establish and implement a forms reduction and management program in the department that shall apply to every agency of state government. In so doing, the director is authorized and directed to:   Make an inventory of all forms used by every agency, together with a brief statement of the authorization, need and use for each;   Assign a number to each form determined to be properly authorized, needed and used;   Direct the destruction and prohibit the further use of each form determined not to be properly authorized, needed and used;   Establish basic state design and specification criteria to effectuate the standardization of all forms to which numbers are assigned. The revised design and specification criteria shall become effective with respect to each form as the current inventories of each form are exhausted;   Design and require the use of composite forms by agencies seeking and needing the same or similar information from individuals or businesses;   Deny the use by any agency of a form to obtain information from individuals or businesses that can be obtained from another agency already gathering that information;   Provide assistance to all agencies in determination of the need for and design of new forms;   Develop procedures for the most efficient, economical and timely procurement, receipt, storage and distribution of forms by all agencies;   Coordinate the program with the existing state archives and records management programs; and   Develop and promulgate rules, regulations and standards necessary to implement the foregoing authority and the legislative intent of this chapter, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title.
TN Code § 4-25-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 25 - Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976|§ 4-25-105. Forms Require Director's Approval — Elimination or Redesign of Forms — Agency Compliance

  No agency shall issue, cause to be printed or otherwise duplicated or distributed any form that does not have the prior approval of the director and to which the director has assigned a number.   Each agency shall comply immediately and fully with directives of the director for the elimination or redesign of any form in use on July 1, 1976, and shall provide the director with whatever personal or staff assistance is required to carry out those directives.   Compliance with this chapter and rules, regulations and standards promulgated by the director pursuant to the director's authority is mandatory upon the chief executive officer of each agency, although such chief executive officer may delegate the authority to act in such chief executive officer's behalf in so doing to a subordinate official within the agency.
TN Code § 4-25-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 25 - Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976|§ 4-25-106. [reserved.]

  The director shall make a written report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the chairs of the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives at least once each year, such report to be made no later than December 1.   The director shall include in the report:  Proposals for legislative action needed to improve forms reduction and management;   A summary of accomplishments and planned initiatives to reduce the number of forms used by agencies;   A statement of targeted areas of reduction of paperwork within agencies of state government;   A tabulation of areas of duplication in agency forms identified during the preceding year and efforts made to preclude the collection of duplicate information; and   A summary of procedures developed to improve efficient procurement, receipt, storage and distribution of forms by all agencies.
TN Code § 4-25-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 25 - Paperwork Reduction and Simplification Act of 1976|§ 4-25-108. Liberal Construction

 This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes and objectives of reducing the paperwork burden of state government and to achieve the statement of legislative intent contained in this chapter.
TN Code § 4-26-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 26 - Business Enterprise Office|§ 4-26-101. Establishment

 There is established within the department of economic and community development an office of business enterprise.
TN Code § 4-26-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 26 - Business Enterprise Office|§ 4-26-103. Powers and Duties

  The department is authorized to:  Provide assistance to disadvantaged businesses by advising and counseling on all phases of procurement policies, by obtaining information concerning prime contractors in letting subcontracts and by encouraging the letting of subcontracts by prime contractors to disadvantaged businesses;   Receive funding from sources other than the state;   Make studies and conduct workshops, conferences and seminars, with owners and employees of disadvantaged businesses to enhance their understandings of business management, bidding, licensing procedures, procurement procedures and any other activities incident to their positions in business;   Develop training and educational programs in cooperation with institutions, associations, and other state, local and federal agencies, and coordinate the training efforts of the various organizations presently providing technical assistance to disadvantaged businesses;   Encourage and provide the direction and coordination necessary to secure franchises and dealerships from private firms for disadvantaged businesses;   Review and evaluate legislation and determine its effect upon disadvantaged businesses and make appropriate recommendations to the governor and the general assembly;   Employ such personnel as may be required to implement and administer this chapter; and    Develop sources of capital for minority entrepreneurs;   Assist in setting up new minority banks, small business investment companies, as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 681(a), and minority enterprise small business investment companies, being the companies authorized in 15 U.S.C. § 681(d) [repealed]; and   Develop loan packages to assist minority business persons in the start-up or expansion of businesses, or any other financial counseling necessary to enable minority business operations to operate on a sound financial basis.        The department shall continually evaluate the progress of disadvantaged businesses through monitoring and techniques of evaluation, such as surveys and feasibility studies.   The department shall maintain complete and consistent program data.
TN Code § 4-26-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 26 - Business Enterprise Office|§ 4-26-104. Purpose and Construction

 This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the following purposes and objectives that:   Disadvantaged businesses share in the American economic system of private enterprise through free and vigorous competition;   Such competition be fostered through the encouragement and development of disadvantaged businesses; and   The state aid, counsel and assist in every practical manner disadvantaged businesses in order to preserve free competition on equal terms with those businesses constituting the major part of the business community.
TN Code § 4-26-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 26 - Business Enterprise Office|§ 4-26-105. Reports

  The department shall make a written report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the commerce and labor committee of the senate, the chair of the commerce committee of the house of representatives, and any governor's advisory committee on minority economic development, at least once each year, such report to be made no later than December 1.   The report shall advise the officials and committees mentioned in subsection (a) on the administration and operation of this chapter.