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TN Code § 9-4-5604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5604. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Agency” or “state agency” means any unit organization of the executive department, including any official, department, board, commission, division, bureau, section, district, office, authority, committee, or council or any other unit of state government, however designated, including, without limitation, higher education. For purposes of this part, “agency” or “state agency” shall not include the governor's office, the judicial department, the comptroller of the treasury state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general and reporter or the legislative department. For purposes of this part, “judicial department” means the court system, district attorneys general conference, district public defenders conference, and the office of post-conviction defender;   “Baseline data” means indicators of a state agency's current performance level, pursuant to guidelines established by the commissioner of finance and administration;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of finance and administration;   “Outcome” means an indicator of the actual impact or public benefit of a program;   “Output” means the actual service or product delivered by a state agency;   “Performance measure” means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess state agency performance, including outcome and output indicators;   “Program” means a set of activities undertaken in accordance with a plan of action organized to realize identifiable goals and objectives. These activities are chosen by the department of finance and administration in consultation with the agency or state agency to be measured in order to support the overall goals and objectives of the department; and   “Standard” means the desired level of performance of a program, measured by outcome or output.
TN Code § 9-4-5605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5605. Legislative Intent

  It is the legislative intent that the requirements of this part constitute a new approach to measuring the strategic functions and operations of each department in order for the state government to operate more efficiently and effectively.   The comptroller of the treasury shall have authority to employ outside consultants and entities with expertise in governmental finance and performance review for the purpose of conducting performance reviews or otherwise fulfilling the comptroller's duties under this part. The performance reviews required under this part may be conducted by a private entity selected by the comptroller, subject to the competitive bidding requirements of title 12, chapter 4.
TN Code § 9-4-5606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5606. Development of Performance Measures and Standards — Submission of Strategic Plan and Proposed Performance Measures and Standards

  The commissioner of finance and administration shall annually issue instructions for the strategic plans and for the development of performance measures and standards for each program.   By August 15 of each year, each state agency subject to this part is required to submit to the commissioner of finance and administration, in a form to be specified by the commissioner, a draft strategic plan and proposed performance measures and standards for each program. Such state agencies shall also identify the outputs or outcomes produced by each program, baseline data associated with each performance measure, and performance standards. Performance measures and standards shall be reviewed by the commissioner of finance and administration and revised as deemed necessary by the commissioner of finance and administration.   Each state agency subject to this part shall submit to the commissioner of finance and administration any documentation required by the commissioner regarding the validity, reliability, and appropriateness of each performance measure and standard and regarding how the strategic plan and the performance measures are used in management decision-making and other agency processes.    Annually, at a time to be determined by the commissioner of finance and administration after the general appropriations act becomes law, state agencies may submit to the commissioner any adjustments to their performance measures and standards based on the amounts appropriated for each program by the general assembly. The chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives may request updated performance measures based on the increase or decrease of appropriations in the given year.   At any time during the fiscal year in which a state agency, by restraining order, injunction, consent decree, settlement, or any final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by law or executive order, is required to modify its operations, or the state agency receives additional federal or other funding, the state agency may submit to the commissioner of finance and administration any necessary adjustments to its performance measures and standards.   When an adjustment is made pursuant to subdivisions (d)(1) and (2), all performance measures and standards, including any adjustments made, shall be submitted to and reviewed and revised as necessary by the commissioner of finance and administration. The commissioner shall maintain the official record of adjustments to the performance measures and standards and shall update the reports accordingly. Programs that have been eliminated or added from the report in a given year shall be indicated in the annual report or when the report is updated.
TN Code § 9-4-5607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5607. [reserved.]

  The commissioner of finance and administration shall evaluate at least annually each state agency's strategic plan and program performance measures. When necessary the commissioner of finance and administration shall update each state agency's strategic plan and program performance measures. Such updates shall include comments from the state agency when necessary to explain how the program is performing.   The commissioner of finance and administration may make recommendations to the governor and the finance, ways, and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives concerning the following nonexhaustive performance measure incentives or disincentives for potential inclusion in the appropriations bill:  Incentives may include, but are not limited to:  Additional flexibility in budget management;   Additional flexibility in salary rate and position management, notwithstanding title 8, chapter 23, or any other law to the contrary;   Retention of up to fifty percent (50%) of unexpended and unencumbered balances of appropriations, excluding special categories and grants in aid, that may be used for nonrecurring purposes including, but not limited to, lump-sum bonuses, employee training, or productivity enhancements, including technology and other improvements; and   Additional funds to be used for, but not limited to, lump-sum bonuses, employee training, or productivity enhancements, including technology and other improvements;     Disincentives may include, but are not limited to:  Mandatory quarterly reports to the governor on the agency's progress in meeting performance standards;   Mandatory quarterly appearances before the governor to report on the agency's progress in meeting performance standards;   Elimination or restructuring of the program, which may include, but not be limited to, transfer of the program or outsourcing all or a portion of the program;   Reduction of total positions for a program;   Restriction on or reduction of the appropriation for the program; and   Reduction of managerial salaries, notwithstanding the requirements of title 8, chapter 23, or any other law to the contrary.
TN Code § 9-4-5609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5609. Preparation of Strategic Plan

   Beginning August 15, 2013, and each year thereafter, each state agency subject to this part, shall submit a draft strategic plan and the agency's programs chosen for the program performance measures to the department of finance and administration for review, modification, and approval. Each strategic plan and program performance plan shall be submitted to the general assembly and the governor not later than September 30 of each year and shall cover the fiscal year in effect as of the date of the report.   The programs report shall include, but not be limited to, the following matters:  A clear statement of the purpose for each program;   A description of the program, when such information is needed to explain the program;   The funding amount of each program, when such information is identifiable by agency;   The outcomes or outputs produced by each program; and   The historical trends of outputs or outcomes of the program, when such information is available.         The Tennessee higher education commission shall submit to the commissioner of finance and administration a single strategic plan, with the advice of the University of Tennessee, the state university and community college system, and the Tennessee student assistance corporation.   The comptroller of the treasury, state treasurer, secretary of state, and attorney general and reporter shall prepare their strategic plans separately.   The administrative office of the courts shall prepare a strategic plan separately on behalf of the court system. Such plan shall include the court system, the district attorneys general conference, the district public defenders conference, and the office of post-conviction defender.   The joint legislative services committee shall prepare a strategic plan separately on behalf of the legislative department.     Each strategic plan shall be submitted to the general assembly and the governor not later than September 30 of each year and shall cover the fiscal year in effect as of the date of the report.
TN Code § 9-4-5610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5610. Performance Review

  Each state agency shall be subject to a performance review of its activities by the comptroller of the treasury.   The performance review shall include such matters as the comptroller of the treasury deems appropriate related to the manner in which the entity is delivering its services and achieving its objectives, including but not limited to:  The efficient use of all state and federal resources and user fees;   Additional non-state revenue or cost savings that the entity could achieve; and   The extent to which the entity has achieved the objectives of its strategic plan.     Each entity subject to a performance review shall cooperate fully with the comptroller of the treasury and shall timely provide all relevant documents and requested information. If any entity refuses to provide any requested documents or information, the comptroller shall include such refusal in its report, as well as the reasons given by the entity for not furnishing the documents or information.
TN Code § 9-4-5611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5611. Admissibility of Information in Judicial Proceeding or Administrative Hearing

  Notwithstanding subsection (c), to achieve full and candid participation in the planning and audit process, no strategic plan or performance review, or any information generated solely for or by any such plan or review, shall be admissible in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing.   Any documents or information referenced in any such plan or audit that exist independently of the planning and review process shall not be subject to the prohibition of subsection (a). The admissibility of such documents and information shall be determined in accordance with the rules of evidence and standards otherwise applicable to any such proceeding.   Each strategic plan and performance review shall be a public record under title 10, chapter 7.
TN Code § 9-4-5612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 4 - State Funds, State Budget and Appropriations|Part 56 - Tennessee Governmental Accountability Act of 2013|§ 9-4-5612. Proposed Instructions for the Development of Performance Measures for the Legislature

 The director of the office of legislative administration shall develop and submit to the joint legislative services committee proposed instructions for the development of performance measures for the legislative department. The joint legislative services committee shall review such proposed instructions, may revise or amend the proposed instructions, and shall adopt final instructions for the development of such performance measures.
TN Code § 9-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 1 - Establishment and Operation of Board|§ 9-8-101. Board Established — Membership — Chair — Claims Not Within Jurisdiction

  A board of claims whose membership is composed of the commissioner of human resources or such commissioner's designee, the commissioner of finance and administration or such commissioner's designee, the state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee, the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, and the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designee is hereby established.   The state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee shall be the ex officio chair of the board of claims.   Claims arising after January 1, 1985, that do not fall within the jurisdiction of the claims commission may only be paid after approval by the principals of the board of claims.
TN Code § 9-8-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 1 - Establishment and Operation of Board|§ 9-8-102. Board Attached to Department of the Treasury — Secretary

  For the purpose of administration, including fiscal and personnel operations, the board is attached to the department of the treasury.   The chair has the authority to designate an employee of the department of the treasury as secretary to the board of claims, who will keep the records and minutes of the board and perform other administrative tasks as assigned by the board.
TN Code § 9-8-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 1 - Establishment and Operation of Board|§ 9-8-109. Risk Management Fund

  A risk management fund shall be established as a separate account in the state treasury. Amounts remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund. Moneys in the risk management fund shall be invested by the state treasurer pursuant to chapter 4, part 6 of this title, for the sole benefit of that fund.   The board of claims shall recommend annually to the commissioner of finance and administration the total occurrence basis funding required to satisfy the liabilities arising under this chapter, the liabilities arising under title 12, chapter 3, part 9 and the contribution required of each state department, agency and institution, including higher education, needed to achieve the required funding.   The claims commission shall forward to the division of claims and risk management all of its decisions after they become final. The division of claims and risk management shall pay all claims for which the state is liable after the decision becomes final. Claim awards from the commission or the board of claims, as well as settlements, shall be paid only from funds appropriated or reserved for that purpose. There is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient to the risk management fund for the purpose of paying claims; provided, that awards made pursuant to actions founded upon express contract or breach thereof or awards made for the recovery of taxes shall not be paid from the risk management fund, but instead shall be paid from other funds in accordance with procedures established by the board of claims and approved by the commissioner of finance and administration.   Expenses payable from the risk management fund shall include those attributable to: defending state employees pursuant to title 8, chapter 42, part 1; defending the state pursuant to part 3 of this chapter; the division of claims and risk management; the Tennessee claims commission; the department of the treasury's casualty risk program; and expenses and losses arising pursuant to title 12, chapter 3, part 9. The expenses pursuant to this subsection (d) are subject to annual appropriations and chapter 4, part 51 of this title. Subsequent to the close of each fiscal year, the attorney general and reporter shall provide to the state board of claims a report describing the manner in which funds received from the risk management fund were used in defending actions brought against the state and its employees.
TN Code § 9-8-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 1 - Establishment and Operation of Board|§ 9-8-110. Division of Claims and Risk Management

 The state treasurer shall administer a division of claims and risk management to compile information and administer risk management programs. This division shall serve as staff to the board of claims in matters relating to casualty risk.
TN Code § 9-8-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 1 - Establishment and Operation of Board|§ 9-8-111. Compensation for Loss, Damage or Destruction of Personal Property

   The state shall compensate state employees for the loss, damage or destruction of personal property which is not otherwise compensable which occurs in the course of employment and which is required by the state to be used in the course of employment.   For purposes of this section, a motor vehicle shall be considered required by the state to be used in the course of employment only if:  The employee was reimbursed for mileage by the state for use of such motor vehicle at the time of the incident giving rise to the claim; or   The employee was authorized to use a rental motor vehicle paid for by the state at the time of the incident giving rise to the claim.     The requirement that the employee's personal property be required by the state to be used in the course of employment shall be waived if:  The loss, damage or destruction resulted from an assault and battery upon the state employee;   The loss, damage or destruction occurred while the employee was performing duties outside the normal scope of such employee's employment at the direction of an immediate supervisor; or   The loss, damage or destruction occurred as a result of a special hazard of the employee's employment which is not encountered by the general public.       Notwithstanding subsection (a), the state shall not compensate state employees for the loss, damage or destruction of personal property if:  The loss, damage or destruction resulted from an act of God or natural disaster;   The loss, damage or destruction of personal property which is not a motor vehicle resulted from the employee's negligence;   The loss, damage or destruction of personal property which is a motor vehicle resulted from the employee's gross negligence; or   The loss, damage or destruction represents normal wear and tear of personal property.     In cases where the employee has the benefit of insurance coverage for the personal property, the employee shall not be compensated by the state unless the employee has attempted to obtain compensation from such insurer. The state shall compensate the employee only to the extent the employee is not compensated by the insurer.   In cases where the loss, damage or destruction is to a motor vehicle and the employee does not have the benefit of insurance coverage for the motor vehicle, the employee shall not be compensated by the state in an amount in excess of five hundred dollars ($500).   The burden shall be upon the employee to prove the extent of the loss, damage or destruction of personal property and the failure of an insurer to compensate for such loss, damage or destruction. The state shall only be responsible for compensating employees to the extent that such proof is submitted.
TN Code § 9-8-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 2 - Educator Protection Act of 2015|§ 9-8-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as “The Educator Protection Act of 2015.”
TN Code § 9-8-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 2 - Educator Protection Act of 2015|§ 9-8-202. Purpose of Part — Tennessee Educator Liability Fund

 The purpose of this part is to create the Tennessee educator liability fund to provide excess professional liability insurance coverage for all teachers and student teachers, subject to the appropriations of the general assembly. The fund shall protect against damages for claims arising out of the performance of teachers' and student teachers' duties within the scope of their employment or assignment. The fund shall be administered by the board of claims.
TN Code § 9-8-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 2 - Educator Protection Act of 2015|§ 9-8-203. Part Definitions

  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Fund” means the Tennessee educator liability fund;   “Student teacher” means an individual enrolled as a student in an institution of higher education approved by the state board of education for teacher training, who is jointly assigned by the institution of higher education and either a local board of education or a charter school to teach under the direction of a licensed teacher employed by the local board of education or the charter school;   “Teacher”:  Means any individual employed by a local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state, or federal funds; and   Includes an individual employed at a public charter school in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in a public elementary and secondary school of this state.       For the purposes of this part, teachers and student teachers shall not be considered “state employees” as defined in § 8-42-101.
TN Code § 9-8-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 8 - Board of Claims|Part 2 - Educator Protection Act of 2015|§ 9-8-204. Establishment of Tennessee Educator Liability Fund — Source of Funds — Investment of Funds

  The Tennessee educator liability fund shall be established as a separate account in the state treasury and shall be separate and apart from the risk management fund established by § 9-8-109.   The fund shall be funded from appropriations by the general assembly, and shall include interest earned on the appropriated money. Appropriations to the fund may be adjusted based on the number of claims filed and amounts paid from the fund. Amounts remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year, including interest, shall not revert to the general fund.   Moneys in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer pursuant to chapter 4, part 6 of this title, for the sole benefit of the fund.