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TN Code § 3-3-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-116. Violation of § 3-3-115 as Continuing Offense — Venue — Limitation of Prosecutions

  Any person violating § 3-3-115 commits a continuing offense during all the time such person is so willfully absent from the county of such person's usual residence for the purpose of evading any subpoena that might be issued for such person during the session of the general assembly which has ordered such investigation.   Such continuing offender shall be subject to indictment, trial and conviction, in any county of this state to which such person has gone, or in which such person remains or may be found during the continuance of such offense, as well as in the county of such person's usual residence from which such person has willfully gone and is absent for the purpose of evading the service of any such subpoena.   No such person guilty of violating § 3-3-115 shall be subject or liable to more than one (1) conviction for any one (1) violation, and any indictment under § 3-3-115 shall be returned within five (5) years after the date of the final adjournment of the session of the general assembly at which the inquiry or investigation, at which such offender has willfully sought to avoid appearing, was made or authorized.
TN Code § 3-3-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-117. Issuance of Attachments

  Power is given to such committees or subcommittees to issue attachments to be served on all persons who may willfully violate any subpoena, rule or order, made or promulgated by such committee.   Such attachment may be served by a sergeant-at-arms of any such committee on the offending person, who shall be kept in the custody of the sergeant-at-arms and brought before such committee to be dealt with as such committee may determine, under the power and authority provided and given in this chapter.
TN Code § 3-3-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-118. Oaths of Witnesses

  All such witnesses, when so subpoenaed, before giving their testimony before the bodies or committees subpoenaing them, shall take an oath or make affirmation as provided by law for witnesses appearing in a court of record of this state to give testimony in such court.   The speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, or a chair of a committee of the whole of either or both houses, or the chair or chair pro tem of any committee of either or both houses, is authorized and empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before any such committee.
TN Code § 3-3-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-119. Self-Incrimination

  No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing papers, documents, records, or other items of evidence, before houses of the general assembly, or any such committee of either or both houses, in obedience to a subpoena of those bodies or any such committee, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of such person, may tend to incriminate or subject such person to a penalty or forfeiture; but the testimony so given shall not be used in evidence against such person in any criminal prosecution in the courts of this state, seeking conviction for any offense about which such person has been required to testify, except for perjury in giving the testimony.   No such person so testifying, or producing such evidence, documentary or otherwise, in obedience to such subpoena shall thereafter be liable to indictment, prosecution or punishment for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning or with reference to which such person may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before those bodies or either of them or before any such committee, in obedience to any subpoena issued by them or either of them, in the course of such inquiry and investigation pending before them or any of them. Such person may plead or prove the giving of testimony accordingly in bar of such indictment or prosecution; provided, that the above immunity from use of any such testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, against such person and witness, and the above immunity from indictment, prosecution or punishment of such person and witness, shall be claimed by such person and witness declining to answer the particular question or questions which such person may think has a tendency to incriminate such person, upon the expressly stated claim or objection that an answer or answers may tend to incriminate the witness.   When, after making such claim and objection, the witness is nevertheless directed to make answer, and obeys such direction and makes answer accordingly, then the full immunity hereinbefore given and declared shall be possessed by such person and witness after being directed to make answer, notwithstanding the claim or objection that an answer may tend to incriminate the witness; provided, that any witness upon being called to testify or required to produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before such bodies, or a committee of either or both of them, may be given the option of signing a waiver of all such immunity, and if witness shall sign the waiver, then the testimony and evidence, documentary or otherwise, given or produced by such witness, shall be admissible against such person, if otherwise competent and relevant, in any criminal prosecution brought against any such person and witness.
TN Code § 3-3-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-120. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury — Penalty

  Any person who willfully and corruptly swears or affirms falsely in any material manner, upon any oath or affirmation, in respect of any matter under inquiry before either house, or such committee of either house or joint committee of both houses, commits perjury and shall be subject to indictment, trial and conviction for such perjury.   Any person who corruptly procures another to swear or affirm falsely in any such inquiry commits subornation of perjury and shall be subject to indictment, trial and conviction for such offense.   A violation of this section is a Class E felony.
TN Code § 3-3-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-121. Prosecution by District Attorney General

  Whenever a witness, summoned by subpoena issued as hereinbefore provided, fails to appear, or, having appeared, fails to answer, as provided in § 3-3-112, and the facts are reported to either house, the speaker of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, as the case may be or the chair of the committee in any event, shall certify such facts forthwith to the district attorney general for any county or counties in which such failing or refusing witness is subject to indictment and trial under this chapter, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action, at the first opportunity, and to prosecute such offending witness by virtue of the office as such district attorney general, and is also the district attorney general's duty ex officio to prefer an indictment against such offending person.   It is also the duty of the district attorney general for any county or counties in which any person or witness is subject to indictment and trial under §§ 3-3-113, 3-3-114 and 3-3-120, to bring the matter of any violations of those sections before the grand jury for its action, at the first opportunity, and to prosecute such offending person by virtue of the office as such district attorney general, and it is the district attorney general's duty ex officio to prefer an indictment against such offending person.
TN Code § 3-3-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-122. Compensation of Witnesses

  Any person or persons subpoenaed to appear as a witness before any such committee, or subcommittee, shall be entitled to compensation including travel pay, as is now provided by law in respect of witnesses subpoenaed to appear in civil cases in courts of record of this state.   Such compensation for witnesses, when certified as due and payable by the chair of any such committee, or the member or members thereof acting as such subcommittee, shall be paid by the state treasurer, upon warrants drawn by the commissioner of finance and administration, out of any funds of the state not otherwise appropriated.
TN Code § 3-3-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-123. Committee Reports on Investigations

 Upon the completion of any investigation, made as herein contemplated and provided, the committee making such investigation shall then report its findings, embodying its recommendations, to the house or houses of the general assembly by which such committee was authorized and empowered to act.
TN Code § 3-3-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-124. Legislative Powers Unabridged

  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as inconsistent with the continued reservation by each house of the general assembly of the right and purpose at all times directly to exercise, in all proper cases, all other powers necessary for a branch of the general assembly as expressly declared in article II, § 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee.   Nor shall anything in this chapter be construed as inconsistent with the continued power and purpose of each house of the general assembly directly to deal with any matter of contempt intrinsic to the right of either house to preserve the means of discharging its legislative duties, when any person willfully fails and refuses to appear and testify regarding any matter under inquiry or investigation as provided and authorized by the direct action of either or both houses of the general assembly.   Nor shall anything in this chapter be construed as providing that any person who commits any contempt of either house of the general assembly, which, under the law, can be directly dealt with by either house for the purpose of enabling the house to perform its legislative duties, shall be imprisoned, as the result of the action of either house, or any committee of either or both houses of the general assembly, without indictment and court trial, for any term of imprisonment which shall extend beyond the session of the general assembly during which such imprisonment shall have been ordered.
TN Code § 3-3-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-125. Liberal Construction

 This chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of making more effective any investigation ordered by either or both houses of the general assembly for the purpose of obtaining information to aid the general assembly, or either house thereof, in the performance of its legislative duties and obligations to the people of this state.
TN Code § 3-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Committee Provisions|§ 3-4-101. Subpoena Powers

  Any standing committee or select committee of the general assembly shall have the power to issue subpoenas, including subpoenas duces tecum, and to enforce the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, documents, papers or other items of evidence.   In proceedings before such committees, the provisions of §§ 3-3-108 — 3-3-121 shall apply.
TN Code § 3-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Committee Provisions|§ 3-4-102. Interim Meetings

  Any standing, special or select committee of the general assembly may meet during any recess of the general assembly, in the interim period between sessions, or after adjournment, for the purpose of considering or investigating any matter of state business within the scope of its authority.   Meetings shall be called by the chair of any such committee and/or upon the request of a majority of the committee members.   Senate and house of representatives committees having the same area of interest may have joint meetings if they wish, but each committee shall file a report, with recommendations, if any, with the chief clerk of its house, with the request that copies be forwarded immediately to each member of that house.   Committees investigating any matter of state business shall have the powers granted to investigating committees in chapter 3 of this title.   Members of committees meeting as provided in this section are entitled to such allowances and expenses for attending meetings as may be established by law.   All committees shall meet within the boundaries of the state of Tennessee.
TN Code § 3-4-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Committee Provisions|§ 3-4-103. Expenses — Mileage Allowance

 Each member of any standing, select or special committee of the general assembly, shall be paid the same expense allowance provided in § 3-1-106 for each day in attendance at any authorized meeting of a committee of which such person is a member, and a mileage allowance at the same rate as provided in § 3-1-106, for each mile traveled from the member's home to the site of the meeting and back.
TN Code § 3-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Committee Provisions|§ 3-4-104. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Select or special committee” means any committee, or subcommittee thereof, of the general assembly appointed by:  Either the house of representatives or by the senate;   Joint action of the house of representatives and the senate;   The speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker of the senate or a joint committee appointed by both speakers in accordance with the rules of proceedings adopted by the respective houses; or   The speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker of the senate or a joint committee appointed by both speakers; and     “Standing committee” means any standing committee, or subcommittee thereof, of the general assembly created by the rules of proceedings of the house of representatives or the senate.
TN Code § 3-5-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 5 - Tennessee Civil Rights Crimes Information, Reconciliation, and Research Center|§ 3-5-102. Website and Toll-Free Telephone Line for Receipt of Information Related to Unsolved Civil Right Crimes and Cold Cases

  The Tennessee civil rights crimes information, reconciliation, and research center shall obtain and operate a website and a toll-free telephone line for the express purpose of receiving information related to unsolved civil right crimes and cold cases in this state.   The center shall regularly undertake appropriate activities to inform and remind the citizens of this state of the services provided by the center and of the availability of the website and toll-free telephone line. Such promotional activities shall regularly include, but not necessarily be limited to, press releases, posters, speeches, and public service announcements on radio and television. The center shall undertake special activities to improve public awareness of the center within those counties and areas of the state with the highest numbers of unsolved civil rights crimes and cold cases based upon available information.
TN Code § 3-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 7 - Fiscal Review Committee|§ 3-7-101. Creation — Membership

  There is created a special, continuing committee of the general assembly, to be known as the fiscal review committee.     It shall be composed of the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the senate standing committee on finance, ways and means (or if the committee has co-chairs, then one (1) of them, to be designated by the speaker), the chair of the house standing committee on finance, ways and means (or if the committee has co-chairs, then one (1) of them, to be designated by the speaker), all ex officio members, and fourteen (14) members to be elected as follows:   Seven (7) senators and seven (7) representatives to be elected by the respective houses of the general assembly, with each house to elect an appropriate number of members from each of the two (2) major political parties so that the political make-up of the committee, exclusive of the speakers, shall reflect as nearly as possible the same ratio of members of such parties as the parties are represented in the respective houses. Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1)(A), however, no political party shall have less than two (2) elective members from each house of the general assembly.     After committee membership is selected pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) and subsection (c), if the required political party ratio or minimum representation is undermined by changed circumstances other than a vacancy in the committee membership, then the required party ratio or minimum representation shall be promptly restored via appointment of an additional interim member or members by the appropriate speaker. The term of any member so appointed shall terminate at the next regular election of committee membership conducted pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) and subsection (c).     Committee members shall serve for their full term of office as legislators and until their successors are selected and qualified, if reelected to either house of the general assembly. Members are eligible to succeed themselves as members of the committee. As terms expire, successors shall be selected during the fifteen-day organizational session of each general assembly.   Vacancies among the membership shall be filled in the same manner as in the original selection of members, except that in the case of a vacancy in the elected membership when the general assembly is not in session, the speaker of the body from which the originally elected member came shall appoint a successor, who shall be from the same political party as the member's predecessor.   The committee shall elect from its membership a chair, a vice chair, and such other officers as it considers necessary. The chair and vice chair shall be of opposite houses of the general assembly so that one (1) is a member of the senate and one (1) is a member of the house of representatives. The chair and vice chair positions shall rotate between the senate and house of representatives every two (2) years.   All members of the committee, exclusive of the speakers, shall be voting members.
TN Code § 3-7-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 7 - Fiscal Review Committee|§ 3-7-102. Meetings — Subcommittees — Expenses

  The committee shall meet at least once in each fiscal quarter on such dates as it shall choose and at such other times as it considers necessary or upon call of the chair.   The committee may create subcommittees for such purposes as it considers advisable.   Members of the committee are entitled to be reimbursed for their expenses in attending meetings of the committee or any subcommittee thereof (including a mileage allowance for travel expenses), at the same rates and in the same manner as when attending the general assembly.
TN Code § 3-7-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 7 - Fiscal Review Committee|§ 3-7-103. Purpose of Committee — Duties of Committee and Comptroller

  The purpose of the committee is to become knowledgeable about the fiscal affairs of the state and to use every means of imparting this knowledge to the members of the general assembly, it being the function of the committee to conduct a continuing review of such items as revenue collections, budget requests from the several spending agencies of the state, the recommended executive budget, appropriations, work programs, allotments, reserves, impoundments, the state debt, and the condition of the various state funds.   The fiscal review committee has the responsibility of preparing and distributing the fiscal note statements required in § 3-2-107.   The committee shall also call on the staff of the office of legal services, the office of legislative services [repealed], or the office of legislative administration of the general assembly for such advice or services as it may require.    The comptroller of the treasury shall make quarterly reports to the committee concerning the state's fiscal affairs, which reports shall concern such subjects and be of such scope and depth as the committee may direct.   The comptroller of the treasury shall also perform such other duties and furnish such other information or services from time to time as the committee or any subcommittee thereof shall direct.     In carrying out the responsibilities of the committee, the committee, any subcommittee thereof, the staff director, or the comptroller of the treasury shall call upon the department of finance and administration, the department of revenue, the department of the treasury, and other executive, legislative, and judicial departments and agencies of state government for such information as the committee desires, and it is the duty of such departments and agencies to furnish promptly the desired information upon request of the comptroller of the treasury, the staff director, the committee or any subcommittee thereof.   The committee, with the comptroller of the treasury and the commissioner of finance and administration, or appointed members of their respective staffs, shall review at least annually the organization and operation of state government in order to determine if changes need to be made.   The comptroller of the treasury may delegate certain responsibilities in connection with serving the committee to one (1) or more members of the staff of the comptroller of the treasury, but shall be responsible to the committee and shall be personally available to the committee upon its request.
TN Code § 3-7-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 7 - Fiscal Review Committee|§ 3-7-104. Committee Representation at Executive Budget Meetings — Documents Concerning Budget and Appropriations

  The commissioner of finance and administration shall give the committee as much advance notice as possible of any formal meeting, hearing, or conference concerning the formulation of the executive budget for submission to the general assembly, and shall give the committee an opportunity to be represented at such meeting, hearing, or conference. The committee may be represented, at the direction of the committee or its chair, by one (1) or more of its members or by the comptroller of the treasury or by one (1) or more members of the staff of the comptroller of the treasury, or by any consultants or other staff, or by any combination thereof.   The commissioner of finance and administration shall, upon receipt thereof, furnish to the comptroller of the treasury and staff director copies of the estimated expenditure requirements, budget requests, proposed work programs and allotment requests from the various departments and agencies, and upon completion thereof, copies of revenue estimates, the approved or revised budgets, work programs and allotments for the various departments and agencies, the budget document, the appropriation bill, and any other documents pertinent to the state budget and appropriations.
TN Code § 3-7-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 7 - Fiscal Review Committee|§ 3-7-105. Reports

 The committee shall report at least quarterly to the general assembly, and shall make such special reports to such standing committees as it thinks appropriate, concerning its work and may include any recommendation it wishes to make pertaining to the state's fiscal affairs.