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TN Code § 12-6-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-101. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   “Non-depository publication” means printed and electronic publications not collected by state depository libraries, including, but not limited to:  Ephemeral materials, such as business cards, stationery, invitations, postcards, and flyers;   Publications created for state agency internal use, such as handbooks, manuals, conference items of temporary use, instructional items, and agendas;   Agency materials not distributed outside of the creating agency, such as working papers, internal newsletters, internal memoranda, and confidential material; and   Reprints of federal materials;     “Publication” includes any newsletter, stationery, greeting card, report, or printed or electronic material produced in any format for distribution outside the creating department or agency, including those published by facilities not operated by the state; and    “State depository publication” includes:   The acts and journals of the general assembly, the reports of the supreme court, and such other courts that have their decisions reported by the attorney general and reporter, or that are required to be reported by any act or resolution of the general assembly;   The regularly published reports of officers of this state and any special reports that may from time to time be published by state officers or committees of the general assembly or other committees provided for by law, including, but not limited to:        Public and private acts;   Court reports and opinions;   Rules and regulations;   Budget, revenue, and tax report documents;   Annual and biennial reports;   Vital statistics, court statistics, and census reports;   Periodic and special reports;   State plans and strategic plans;   Tennessee Blue Book;   Fact books;   Maps;   Magazines;   External newsletters (those available for public information); and   Such other reports or statements published under the authority of the state, or any official thereof; and    “State depository publication” does not include non-depository publications.   Code 1858, § 22 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 2, § 9); Shan., § 40; Acts 1923, ch. 101, § 2; Code 1932, § 69; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-601; Acts 1981, ch. 191, § 1; 1984, ch. 798, § 2; 2019, ch. 8, § 1.
TN Code § 12-6-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-102. General Distribution of Acts

  It is the duty of the secretary of state to distribute the printed acts, upon written request received not later than February 1 of each year, as follows: to each executive officer and Tennessee public utility commission commissioner of the state, one (1) copy; to each judge and each clerk of the supreme, appeals, circuit, criminal and general sessions courts, one (1) copy; to each chancellor, each clerk and master, one (1) copy; to each district attorney general and each assistant, one (1) copy; to the attorney general and reporter and each assistant, one (1) copy; to each clerk of the probate courts and each judge of the county or probate courts, and to each register and each trustee, and each assessor of property, one (1) copy; each of the copies to belong to the indicated office, and go to the successor of the incumbent; also to the order of the University of Tennessee, up to thirty (30) copies for the use of the University of Tennessee as a depository and for exchanges.   A copy of the printed acts shall be, upon written request received not later than February 1 of each year, delivered to every organized bar association in this state; provided, that such bar association maintains a law library; and provided the name and address of such bar association shall be certified to the secretary of state by the county clerk of the county in which the association exists; and provided further, that should the association cease to function or to maintain a law library, all copies of the acts shall thereupon be turned over and delivered to the county clerk.   Bound volumes of acts or resolutions may be made available to any person, firm or corporation, requesting same in writing not later than February 1 of each year, at a price to be fixed by the secretary of state not to exceed per volume printing cost.   Any requests for acts or resolutions received later than February 1 of each year will be accepted subject to availability.   This section and §§ 12-6-101 and 12-6-103 shall not apply to the Tennessee Code Annotated, any supplement thereto or replacement volume thereof, or any act enacting that code.    Code 1858, § 30; Shan., § 42; Acts 1923, ch. 101, § 2; mod. Code 1932, § 70; Acts 1935, ch. 181, § 2; 1941, ch. 22, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 70; modified; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 69, § 1; Acts 1961, ch. 290, § 1; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-602; Acts 1981, ch. 191, §§ 2-5; 1988, ch. 745, § 1; 1991, ch. 98, § 1; 1994, ch. 622, § 1; 1995, ch. 305, § 98; 2017, ch. 94, § 32.
TN Code § 12-6-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-103. Publication of Acts and Journals

 The secretary of state shall also make available additional copies of the acts by publishing the acts in electronic format on the department of state's website. Each house shall make available copies of their journals by publishing the journals in electronic format on their respective websites.   Code 1858, § 31; Shan., § 43; mod. Code 1932, § 71; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-603; Acts 2015, ch. 305, § 1.
TN Code § 12-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-104. Shipment of Acts

 The secretary of state shall cause the acts for the several officers whose offices are not at the capitol to be safely packed and boxed, and to be shipped prepaid in the way most feasible.   Code 1858, § 32; Acts 1873, ch. 63; Shan., §§ 44-46; Acts 1923, ch. 101, § 4; mod. Code 1932, §§ 72-74; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-604; Acts 1981, ch. 191, § 6.
TN Code § 12-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-105. Penalty for Failure to Distribute Acts

  If the printer or secretary of state fails to perform such printer's or secretary of state's duties, the printer or secretary of state shall forfeit five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered in the name and for the use of the state by the comptroller of the treasury.   Moreover, such failure is a Class C misdemeanor, and the comptroller of the treasury shall cause the delinquent to be indicted for the same.   The comptroller of the treasury shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same, if the comptroller of the treasury fails to enforce the aforementioned penalties against the printer and secretary of state.    Code 1858, §§ 26-28; Shan., §§ 47-49; Code 1932, §§ 75-77; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-605; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 12-6-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-106. All Other Public Documents

 All other public documents, required to be distributed by law, may be distributed with the acts and journals.   Code 1858, § 37; Shan., § 54; Code 1932, § 78; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-606; Acts 1984, ch. 798, § 7; 2017, ch. 111, § 1.
TN Code § 12-6-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-107. Libraries as Depositories for State Documents and State Depository Publications — Copies — Legislative Reference and Law Library

  The state library and archives at Nashville, the John C. Hodges Library of the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville, the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at Memphis, the Ned R. McWherter Library at the University of Memphis, the Sherrod Library at East Tennessee State University, and such other libraries as the governor may at any time name by executive order are designated depositories for state documents and for all state depository publications issued by any official of the state.   Upon request of a designated depository of state depository publications, such depository is entitled to receive, without charge, one (1) copy of the bills, resolutions, amendments, daily journals, informational services showing committee actions and the status of pieces of legislation, daily calendars, published committee reports, and any official or unofficial published index.   To ensure access of all state depository publications to members of the general assembly without the expense of furnishing copies for each member, all state documents and state depository publications otherwise distributed to depository libraries must be distributed to the legislative reference and law library for the use of the general assembly.
TN Code § 12-6-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-108. Printed Copy of Acts for Members of the General Assembly — Written Request Requirements

 Each member of the general assembly is entitled to one (1) copy of the printed acts of the general assembly of which the person was a member, which must be delivered to the member's legislative office in Nashville, but only upon written request to the secretary of state by the member not later than February 1 of each year.
TN Code § 12-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-109. Notice of Publications — Access to State Electronic Publications

 At least quarterly, a list of all publications must be provided by the department of general services to the Tennessee state library and archives and other state depository libraries. Notice of publication and access to state electronic publications must be provided to all state depository libraries.
TN Code § 12-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-110. Copies to Depositories, Legislative Reference and Law Library, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of General Services

 At the expense of each department, agency, board, or commission, the person in charge of making documents and publications shall distribute or have distributed:   One (1) copy of all state depository publications to the librarian, person, or persons in charge of each of the depositories and the legislative reference and law library;   Upon request, two (2) copies of all state depository publications to the secretary of state; and   Upon request, two (2) copies of all state depository publications to the commissioner of general services.
TN Code § 12-6-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-111. Exchange Copies for University

 Upon request by the University of Tennessee, the person in charge of the making of such publications or the issuance of such documents shall furnish the university up to thirty (30) copies of each publication or document.
TN Code § 12-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-112. Care of Depository Copies

 The librarian or other person in charge of each depository shall receive and carefully preserve all state documents and publications, both printed and electronic, so received.
TN Code § 12-6-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-113. Exchanges by State Librarian

 The state librarian and archivist may, from time to time, procure from the general government, any foreign government, or from any state or territory within the United States, the public acts, and law and equity reports of such government, state or territory, by exchanging the public acts or reports of this state.   Code 1858, § 38 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 135, § 2); impl. am. Priv. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 53, § 2; Acts 1879, ch. 31, §§ 1, 6; Shan., § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 79; impl. am. Acts 1951, ch. 197, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-613.
TN Code § 12-6-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-115. Rules Regarding State Depository Publications in Electronic Format

 The secretary of state shall promulgate rules to effectuate the preservation, distribution, accessibility, and availability of state depository publications in electronic format. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 12-6-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-116. Copies of Acts — Acts on the Internet

 The secretary of state is authorized to furnish to any person, firm, or corporation, so requesting in writing, copies of the public acts of the general assembly which are prepared at intervals during and after each legislative session and made available online pending publication of the bound volumes of the public acts of Tennessee, for that session. Notwithstanding any other law, the secretary of state is authorized to fulfill this chapter and § 8-3-104 by publishing the text of the public acts in electronic form by use of the internet.
TN Code § 12-6-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-117. Certain Resolutions Not to Be Printed or Distributed — Distribution to State Library and Archives and Legislative Reference and Law Library

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, resolutions of the general assembly that honor or commend individuals or groups or that express sympathy or condolences upon the death of an individual shall not be printed in the Acts of Tennessee, nor shall such resolutions be distributed in accordance with this chapter, unless the secretary of state, in consultation with the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, determines that the resolution requires printing due to the prominence of or contributions made by such person or group. The secretary of state shall publish all resolutions in electronic form by use of the internet.   The secretary of state shall deliver one (1) copy of all resolutions that are not printed pursuant to this section to the state library and archives and to the legislative reference and law library.
TN Code § 12-6-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-118. Automatic and Other Distributions

 Except for exchange and depository copies provided for herein, there shall be no automatic distribution of any state report or publication, unless such distribution is required by an act or resolution enacted after May 25, 1984. Any other distribution must be approved by the state publications committee, as provided for in chapter 7, part 1 of this title, or be upon individual request of a person entitled to or desirous of receipt of any such publication or report.
TN Code § 12-6-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 6 - Distribution of Publications|§ 12-6-119. Electronic General Assembly Journals

 Copies of the journals of the house of representatives and the senate may be distributed to depository libraries in electronic format rather than in bound volumes.
TN Code § 12-8-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 8 - Sale of Products|§ 12-8-102. Penalty — Injunctive Relief

 Any state, county, or municipal officer violating this chapter, or knowingly permitting any provision of such chapter to be violated, commits a Class C misdemeanor. In addition to such penalty, injunctive relief may be had against a violator of this chapter by petition addressed to the chancellor of the judicial district in which such violation is alleged to have taken place.
TN Code § 12-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 8 - Sale of Products|§ 12-8-103. Gratuitous Work for Nonprofit Organizations — Sales to Farmers

 Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or be construed as prohibiting the county road commission, the state, or any municipality or its agents, from doing work gratuitously for cemeteries, churches, schools, and any other charitable nonprofit organization, or from making sales of agricultural lime to farmers for use in connection with their own farming activities.
TN Code § 12-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-101. Short Title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Interlocal Cooperation Act.”
TN Code § 12-9-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-102. Purpose

 It is the purpose of this chapter to permit local governmental units the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.
TN Code § 12-9-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Local government entity” means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state;   “Local government joint venture entity” means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity;   “Public agency” means:  Any political subdivision of this state;   Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds;   Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds;   Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and   Any political subdivision of another state; and     “State” means a state of the United States.
TN Code § 12-9-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-105. Status of Agreements — Parties to Actions

 In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter is between or among one (1) or more public agencies of this state and one (1) or more public agencies of another state or of the United States, the agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the public agencies party thereto shall be real parties in interest and the state may maintain an action to recoup or otherwise make itself whole for any damages or liability which it may incur by reason of being joined as a party therein. Such action shall be maintainable against any public agency or agencies whose default, failure of performance, or other conduct caused or contributed to the incurring of damage or liability by the state.
TN Code § 12-9-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-106. Approval or Disapproval

 In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by such state officer or agency as to all matters within such officer's or agency's jurisdiction.
TN Code § 12-9-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-107. Appropriations — Furnishing of Property, Personnel and Service

 Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking by providing such personnel or services therefor as may be within its legal power to furnish.
TN Code § 12-9-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-108. Interlocal Contracts for Performance of Services

 Any one (1) or more public agencies may contract with any one (1) or more public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity or undertaking which each public agency entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform; provided, that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives, and responsibilities of the contracting parties. Contracts entered into pursuant to this section need not conform to the requirements set forth in this chapter for contracts for joint undertakings.
TN Code § 12-9-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-109. Contracts Under Other Laws Unaffected

 Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any public agency from contracting with other public agencies under existing statutory or charter authority.
TN Code § 12-9-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-110. Contracts for Conveyance of Property

  Any one (1) or more public agencies may contract with any one (1) or more public agencies for the conveyance or transfer of property, real or personal, if:  The public agency or agencies receiving the conveyance or transfer utilizes the property for a public purpose; and   The governing body of each public agency that is a party to the contract authorizes such conveyance or transfer and determines that the terms and conditions set forth are appropriate.     Any public agency utilizing the authority of this section shall not be required to declare such property surplus prior to the conveyance or transfer, and shall also be exempt from contrary requirements in any budget or purchasing act, public or private.
TN Code § 12-9-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts|Chapter 9 - Interlocal Cooperation Act|§ 12-9-111. Filing of Interlocal Agreements Forming Local Government Joint Venture

 Any interlocal agreement entered into by local government entities that creates a local government joint venture entity shall be filed in the office of the comptroller of the treasury within ninety (90) days of execution of the agreement. Any interlocal agreement entered into by local government entities of this state that created a local government joint venture entity that is in effect on June 20, 2006, shall be filed with the office of the comptroller of the treasury within one hundred twenty (120) days of June 20, 2006.