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TN Code § 49-8-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 6 - University of Memphis|§ 49-8-602. Center for Earthquake Research and Information

  There is established the Tennessee Center for Earthquake Research and Information, which shall operate as a division of the University of Memphis, to provide services such as the following:  Accurate, immediate reports for individuals, governmental agencies and the news media on the occurrence of earthquakes;   Background information on earthquakes for individuals, civic groups, schools, governmental agencies, the news media and others;   Research related to the causes and consequences of local earthquakes, to develop the information as the precise locations of earthquakes, magnitude-frequency relationships, magnitude-duration relationships, source spectra studies, attenuation studies, bedrock structures studies and behavior of foundation materials studies;   Studies of the desirability of earthquake resistant construction;   Advice to governmental bodies, insurance groups and others on the methods and feasibility of reducing earthquake damage; and   Earthquake prediction.     The university is authorized to accept for the establishment, maintenance or operation of the center gifts, grants, funds and other assistance from any agency of state, federal or local governments, or private entities and individuals, and to use or spend the same on behalf of the center.
TN Code § 49-8-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 6 - University of Memphis|§ 49-8-603. Small Business Development Center

 There is created a Small Business Development Center, which shall operate as a unit of the University of Memphis to conduct research and provide educational programs, technical assistance and general consultation to small businesses in Tennessee by utilizing cooperating institutions throughout the state.
TN Code § 49-8-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 8 - Tennessee State University|§ 49-8-801. General Functions

 Tennessee State University shall be operated and maintained as a state university under the management and governance of a state university board, with all programs available to all qualified citizens, and shall continue to function as the 1890 land grant institution of the state pursuant to federal laws and recognized as a federally designated historically black college and university.
TN Code § 49-8-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 8 - Tennessee State University|§ 49-8-802. Center on Aging — Victimization Prevention Program

  There is established, within Tennessee State University's Center for Aging, an extension of the center's program on the prevention and treatment of elderly abuse, neglect and criminal victimization. The program shall, upon request, receive technical assistance and support from the commission on aging and disability and the departments of human services, health, mental health and substance abuse services, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program shall:  Collect data to quantify and document the problems of elderly abuse, neglect and criminal victimization;   Engage in prevention activities through presentations at churches, community centers, schools, senior citizen centers and other locations;   Conduct workshops for local and state employees and law enforcement personnel as well as for the elderly and their family members; and   Implement an advocacy program to assist victims in adequately and appropriately responding to and recovering from abuse, neglect and criminal victimization.     The program shall be implemented in Davidson and Wilson counties.   On or before December 31 of each year, a report shall be submitted to the governor and to each member of the general assembly. The report shall document implementation, activities and accomplishments of the program and shall include findings and recommendations pertaining to the prevention and treatment of elderly abuse, neglect and criminal victimization.
TN Code § 49-8-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 9 - Pellissippi State Community College|§ 49-8-901. Creation

 The State Technical Institute in Knoxville established pursuant to § 49-8-101 and the Oak Ridge Branch of the Roane State Community College located on the Pellissippi Parkway in Knox County shall become one (1) institution, which shall be known as the Pellissippi State Community College.
TN Code § 49-8-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 9 - Pellissippi State Community College|§ 49-8-902. Board of Regents

  The institution shall be under the management and control of the board of regents.   It is the legislative intent that the board of regents will maintain a permanent presence in Oak Ridge.
TN Code § 49-8-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 9 - Pellissippi State Community College|§ 49-8-903. Programs Authorized

 The institution is authorized to provide comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs.
TN Code § 49-8-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 9 - Pellissippi State Community College|§ 49-8-904. Purpose of Institution

 The institution shall continue to provide high quality technical and scientific occupational programs and serve as a regional technical school to train engineering technicians for industry and prepare students to earn a living as a technician or technical worker in the fields of production, distribution or service.
TN Code § 49-8-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 9 - Pellissippi State Community College|§ 49-8-905. Allocation of Funding, Equipment and Property

 The board of regents is authorized to allocate appropriate funding, equipment and property from the Oak Ridge Branch of Roane State Community College to the new institution.
TN Code § 49-8-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 9 - Pellissippi State Community College|§ 49-8-906. Rank and Tenure of Employees

 Employees of affected institutions who have achieved rank and tenure under policies of the board of regents and who continue as employees of the board of regents without a break in service shall retain that rank and tenure as employees of the board of regents.
TN Code § 49-8-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 10 - Northeast State Community College|§ 49-8-1001. Mission of College Expanded — Change of Name

 The mission of the Northeast State Community College includes comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs, and the institution shall be renamed the Northeast State Community College.
TN Code § 49-8-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 10 - Northeast State Community College|§ 49-8-1002. Quality Education — Regional Technical School — Preparation of Students

 The institution shall continue to provide high quality technical and scientific occupational programs and serve as a regional technical school to train engineering technicians for industry and prepare students to earn a living as a technician or technical worker in the fields of production, distribution or service.
TN Code § 49-8-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 10 - Northeast State Community College|§ 49-8-1003. Effect of Part — Powers, Duties and Obligations

 Any legal, equitable or contractual rights, duties, obligations, evidences of debt, powers or authorities of the Tri-Cities State Technical Institute shall not be modified, altered, amended or abrogated by this part.
TN Code § 49-8-1101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 11 - Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts|§ 49-8-1101. Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts

 There is established the Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts, which shall operate as a division of the Tennessee Technological University to:   Continue ownership and operation of the Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts at Center Hill Lake, transferred to the university on July 1, 1985;   Develop, stimulate and preserve the tradition of crafts in Tennessee by offering not only professional crafts, but also experience in the areas of marketing, promotion, exhibition/display work, all of those skills necessary to help a craftsperson become an independent business person as well as a proficient and creative artist;   Provide technical and artistic training to persons who want to work in any of the five (5) major media areas, clay, fibers, glass, metals and wood;   Preserve through documentation and exhibition, the craft tradition of this state; and   Continue to offer a bachelor of fine arts, a bachelor of science in crafts, a certificate program in crafts and an apprentice program in crafts.
TN Code § 49-8-1102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 11 - Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts|§ 49-8-1102. Operation

 The Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts shall be operated as a free-standing unit of Tennessee Technological University with a separate budget but with the ability to draw on university managerial, financial, technical and instructional resources.
TN Code § 49-8-1201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 12 - Southwest Tennessee Community College|§ 49-8-1201. Creation

 There is created a new institution, which shall be known as the Southwest Tennessee Community College.
TN Code § 49-8-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 12 - Southwest Tennessee Community College|§ 49-8-1202. Management and Control

 The Southwest Tennessee Community College shall be under the management and control of the board of regents.
TN Code § 49-8-1203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 12 - Southwest Tennessee Community College|§ 49-8-1203. Types of Programs

 The Southwest Tennessee Community College is authorized to provide comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs.
TN Code § 49-8-1204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 12 - Southwest Tennessee Community College|§ 49-8-1204. Technical and Scientific Occupational Programs and Preparation

 The Southwest Tennessee Community College shall provide high quality technical and scientific occupational programs, serve as a regional technical school to train engineering technicians for industry and prepare students to earn a living as technicians or technical workers in the fields of production, distribution or service.
TN Code § 49-8-1205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 12 - Southwest Tennessee Community College|§ 49-8-1205. Retention of Rank and Tenure of Continued Employees

 Employees of affected institutions who have achieved rank and tenure under policies of the board of regents and who continue as employees of the board of regents without a break in service shall retain that rank and tenure as employees of the new institution.
TN Code § 49-8-1206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 12 - Southwest Tennessee Community College|§ 49-8-1206. Abolition of Former Institute and Community College — Transfer of Programs and Assets

 The State Technical Institute at Memphis and Shelby State Community College, both established pursuant to § 49-8-101, are abolished. Their campuses, property, programs and assets shall be transferred to the Southwest Tennessee Community College.
TN Code § 49-8-1207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 12 - Southwest Tennessee Community College|§ 49-8-1207. Continuation of Legal and Contractual Rights and Obligations

 Any legal or contractual rights, duties, obligations, or evidences of debt (powers and authorities) of Shelby State Community College and the State Technical Institute of Memphis shall not be modified, altered, amended or abrogated by this part and shall become the rights, duties, or obligations of the new institution.
TN Code § 49-8-1301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 13 - Nashville State Community College|§ 49-8-1301. Creation

 The Nashville State Technical Community College is renamed the Nashville State Community College.
TN Code § 49-8-1302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 13 - Nashville State Community College|§ 49-8-1302. Board of Regents

 Nashville State Community College shall be under the management and control of the Tennessee board of regents.
TN Code § 49-8-1303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 13 - Nashville State Community College|§ 49-8-1303. Programs Authorized

 Nashville State Community College is authorized to provide comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs.
TN Code § 49-8-1304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 13 - Nashville State Community College|§ 49-8-1304. Purpose of Institution

 Nashville State Community College shall continue to provide high quality technical and scientific occupational programs and serve as a regional technical school to train engineering technicians for industry, and prepare students to earn a living as a technician or technical worker in the fields of production, distribution or service.
TN Code § 49-8-1305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 13 - Nashville State Community College|§ 49-8-1305. Continuation of Legal and Contractual Rights and Obligations

 Any legal or contractual rights, duties, obligations or evidences of debt of the Nashville State Technical Community College shall not be modified, altered, amended or abridged by this part and shall become the rights, duties or obligations of the Nashville State Community College.
TN Code § 49-8-1401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 8 - State University and Community College System|Part 14 - Memphis Research Consortium|§ 49-8-1401. Collaboration in the Memphis Research Consortium — Strategies and Plans — Report on Progress

  Recognizing the potential leverage and synergy that can be achieved by collaboration among the public and private entities, it is hereby declared that the University of Memphis, the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are lead collaborators in the Memphis Research Consortium.   The Memphis Research Consortium, a collaborative venture with other leading research and business entities in Memphis created to promote long-term economic development and job creation, shall explore and develop strategies and plans for establishing and enhancing opportunities for research and development in industries, including public health, medical devices, medical and healthcare, bio-based products and chemical manufacturing, logistics and supply chain, computational and computer sciences and learning technologies and related fields. Such strategies and plans, and the development thereof, may include, but not be limited to, participation by other institutions of higher education, hospitals and other health services providers, organizations engaged in the promotion of public health, medical devices, medical and healthcare, bio-based products and chemical manufacturing, logistics and supply chain, computational and computer sciences, learning technologies, bioscience, and bioengineering and related business and research, as well as industrial and commercial enterprises engaged in business activities related to these areas.   It is further declared to be the legislative intent that the University of Memphis, the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences and other collaborators shall report progress toward developing such strategies and plans to the standing committees on education no later than February 1, 2011.
TN Code § 49-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-101. Treasurer and Secretary

  The offices of treasurer and secretary of the university may be held by persons who are not members of the board of trustees.   It is lawful, however, for the offices of treasurer and secretary to be held by members of the board of trustees, who in such event shall be suitably compensated for their services at the discretion of the board.   The offices of treasurer and secretary may be held by one (1) person if so ordered by the board of trustees.
TN Code § 49-9-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-103. Loan Powers

   The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee has the right to invest the fund derived from the Land Grant Act of congress, or any part of the act, in mortgage loans and such other safe securities that may be approved by the board or its executive committee as shall yield not less than five percent (5%) per annum upon the amounts so invested.   The state engages that the fund so invested shall yield not less than five percent (5%) per annum upon the amounts so invested, and that the principal shall forever remain unimpaired.      With prior approval of the state school bond authority, the University of Tennessee shall have full authority at any stated or called meeting of its board of trustees to borrow money in sums sufficient to provide funds necessary to accomplish or execute the following powers and purposes:  The cooperation with the general services administration and with other agencies of the United States;   The erection from time to time of dormitories or other buildings as may be required for the good of this institution; and   The acquisition of real estate.     With prior approval of the state school bond authority, for any such purposes, the University of Tennessee is authorized to incur debt and as evidence of any such loan, to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness.   In order to secure necessary loans, the University of Tennessee shall have full authority to pledge the rents, profits, income, or fees from the use of the buildings or improvements acquired with funds secured under subdivision (b)(1).   With prior approval of the state school bond authority, the University of Tennessee may negotiate and dispose of the bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness authorized by subdivision (b)(2) to be issued as it sees fit, from time to time, in whole or in part.   The proceeds of any such loan or of the sale of the bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be applied to the purpose for which the debt is incurred by the University of Tennessee.   No bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness issued under this subsection (b) shall constitute an indebtedness of the state, nor shall the faith and credit of the state be pledged for the payment of any such bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness; and any obligations issued under this subsection (b) shall contain a statement to that effect; and they shall be exempt from taxation.   Nothing contained in this subsection (b) shall be construed as a limitation upon or as restricting in any wise powers otherwise possessed by the University of Tennessee and its board of trustees.
TN Code § 49-9-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-104. Merger With Other Institutions

 The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and each institution under its jurisdiction, shall not enter into any agreement or other arrangement for a merger or consolidation with a private institution of higher education without the authorization of the general assembly, acting through legislation, resolution or appropriations.
TN Code § 49-9-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-105. Residency — Rules and Regulations

  The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee is authorized to establish from time to time reasonable and appropriate rules and regulations defining residency of students, which, when approved by the governor, shall be used for the purpose of determining whether or not out-of-state tuition shall be charged to a student enrolling in the University of Tennessee.    The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may classify a student as a Tennessee resident and charge the student in-state tuition, if the student is a citizen of the United States, has resided in Tennessee for at least one (1) year immediately prior to admission and has:  Graduated from a Tennessee public secondary school;   Graduated from a private secondary school that is located in this state; or   Earned a Tennessee high school equivalency diploma.     Subdivision (b)(1) shall not be construed to limit the authority of the board of trustees under subsection (a) to establish other reasonable and appropriate rules and regulations defining additional categories of residents.
TN Code § 49-9-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-9-106. Tax-Sheltered Annuities for Employees

 The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may make tax-sheltered annuities available to such of their respective employees as are eligible for the annuities under any pertinent federal statute or regulation.