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TN Code § 2-20-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 20 - Tennessee Voter Confidence Act|§ 2-20-105. Duties and Powers of Coordinator of Elections

  At the request of a county election commission, the state coordinator of elections shall provide to the commission necessary assistance and guidance in the selection of a precinct-based optical scanner pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. To the extent federal funding through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), compiled generally in 42 U.S.C. §§ 15301 et seq., remains available for the cost of purchasing or leasing any new precinct-based optical scanners, the coordinator shall provide financial assistance for purchasing or leasing such machines.    The coordinator of elections shall provide a list of authorized printers for any county election commission to utilize for the printing of ballots required pursuant to this chapter.   The coordinator of elections is authorized to explore the feasibility of utilizing ballot-on-demand technology.
TN Code § 2-20-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 20 - Tennessee Voter Confidence Act|§ 2-20-106. Voting System Preference

 Every effort shall be made to purchase United States manufactured precinct-based optical scanner voting systems.
TN Code § 3-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-101. Engrossment and Enrollment

 All bills and resolutions of the general assembly shall be engrossed or enrolled in type, or on a typewriter, by the engrossing clerks, and a copy made at the time and furnished the secretary of state.
TN Code § 3-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-102. Presentation to Governor

  Every bill, joint resolution, or order, except on questions of adjournment and proposals of specific amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee, shall, after the same has been passed, enrolled, and signed by the speakers of both houses of the general assembly, be presented by the committee on enrolled bills of that house wherein such bill, joint resolution, or order originated, to the governor for signature.   The committee shall report that they have presented the bill, joint resolution, or order to the governor for signature, and the date of such presentation, which report shall be entered on the journal of that house to which such committee belongs.    No bill, joint resolution, or order shall be presented to the governor until the time for moving for a reconsideration shall have expired, unless expressly ordered by that house wherein such bill, joint resolution, or order originated.   The speaker of the senate shall first sign all bills and joint resolutions originating in the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall first sign all bills and joint resolutions originating in the house of representatives.
TN Code § 3-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-103. Approval of Governor

 If the governor approves the bill, joint resolution, or order, the governor shall write upon the same, to the left of and below the signatures of the speakers of the two (2) houses, the fact and date of approval, as follows: “Approved  , 20 ,” and shall sign the same as follows: “ , Governor.”
TN Code § 3-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-104. Failure of Governor to Return

 If, while the general assembly remains in session, the governor fails to return any bill, joint resolution, or order, with objections, within ten (10) days (Sundays excepted) after it has been presented to the governor, it shall be the duty of the committee on enrolled bills of that house wherein such bill, joint resolution, or order originated to cause the bill, joint resolution, or order forthwith to be reenrolled; and the same shall thereupon be signed by the respective speakers of each house, who shall annex and sign the following certificate:   This bill (joint resolution or order) having been presented to the governor for signature on the  day of  , and the governor having failed to return it within the time prescribed by law, the same is hereby declared to have become a law (or, in case of a joint resolution or order, the same is hereby declared to have taken effect).   This  day of  , 20 .   Speaker of the House of Representatives.   Speaker of the Senate.
TN Code § 3-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-105. Filing With Secretary of State

 When any bill, joint resolution, or order has been returned duly signed by the governor, or has passed over the governor's veto, or shall otherwise become a law, the committee on enrolled bills of that house wherein such bill, joint resolution, or order originated, shall forthwith file the same in the office of the secretary of state, and shall report the fact and date of such filing, which report shall be entered upon the journal.
TN Code § 3-2-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-106. Preservation of Original Acts

 The original acts and resolutions passed by the general assembly, and enrolled and filed in the office of the secretary of state, shall be bound together and preserved in that form in that office, and the secretary of state shall cause the same to be done.   Code 1858, § 163 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 123, § 1); Shan., § 226; Code 1932, § 166; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 3-206.
TN Code § 3-2-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-108. Prefiling Bills or Resolutions — Time — Manner

  At the times specified in this section and § 3-2-109, members of the general assembly are hereby authorized to prefile legislative bills and resolutions for introduction in the next succeeding regular legislative session.   Bills and resolutions may be prefiled at the following times:  In the case of both senators and representatives, from the time that a member-elect has received the certificate of election until the next succeeding regular legislative session;   In the case of both senators and representatives, from the adjournment of the regular legislative session in odd-numbered years until the convening of the regular legislative session in even-numbered years; and   In the case of senators, from the date of each general election of representatives at which senators are not regularly elected until the next succeeding regular legislative session.     Bills and resolutions which are prefiled under this section and § 3-2-109 shall be in such final and correct form for introduction in the general assembly as is required by the constitution, laws, and rules of the respective houses of the general assembly.   The original copy of every bill and resolution prefiled shall be inspected by an attorney for the legislative drafting service.   Any bill or resolution prefiled under this section and § 3-2-109 shall be mailed to the chief clerk of either house by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery by a member of the general assembly who is one of the authors of the bill or resolution, and in the case of personal delivery the office of the chief clerk of either house shall deliver a signed receipt therefor to such author.   Any standing committee may prefile any bill or resolution at any time when a senator or representative is authorized to prefile bills and resolutions under this section. Bills or resolutions filed under authority of this subsection (f) shall be filed by the chair or vice chair of the standing committee in the same manner as such chair or vice chair would prefile a bill of which such person was the author, or in the event neither the chair nor vice chair desires to sign the bill any member of the committee voting with the majority of the committee may introduce it. Before prefiling any bill or resolution under authority of this subsection (f), the chair or vice chair shall be authorized to make such prefiling by a majority vote of the members of the committee.   The chief clerk of either the senate or the house of representatives shall number the bill or resolution and note thereon the date of the prefiling and the date of the first day of the next session of the general assembly on which it will be first considered and passed. The procedures for printing and distribution shall be the same for prefiled bills and resolutions as if the general assembly were in regular session.
TN Code § 3-2-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-109. Placing Prefiled Bill or Resolution on Calendar — Effect of Procedural Defects

  Immediately upon the convening of the next succeeding regular session of the general assembly, all bills and resolutions prefiled in accordance with § 3-2-108 and this section shall be deemed properly introduced and shall be placed upon the calendar on the first legislative day for first consideration and passage in the same manner as bills and resolutions introduced after the convening of the general assembly.   When any prefiled bill or resolution is placed on the calendar for first consideration and the same is passed, any prior failure to comply with any of the procedural requirements of § 3-2-108 and this section shall have no effect on the validity of such bill or resolution.
TN Code § 3-2-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 2 - Bills, Resolutions, and Orders|§ 3-2-112. Denomination of Highways and Public Structures, Facilities or Property — Legislative Action

  Neither the senate nor the house of representatives shall take formal action to give a name to or to rename any road, highway, interstate highway, bridge, overpass or other public structure, facility or property unless such action shall be accomplished through enactment of legislation or adoption of a joint resolution.   Any such action taken in violation of this section shall be void and shall have no effect.
TN Code § 3-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-101. “Committee” Defined

 “Committee,” as used in this chapter, except when more particularly provided in this chapter, includes:   A committee appointed by either the house of representatives or the senate;   A committee appointed by the joint action of such bodies;   A committee appointed by 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; and   Any subcommittee designated out of the membership of any such committee;  when any such committee or subcommittee thereof is charged with any duty to make investigation and report, to or for the benefit of either or both houses, in respect of any matter or thing referred to any such committee.
TN Code § 3-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-102. Scope of Chapter

 This chapter shall apply to all committees authorized and appointed at any session of the general assembly.
TN Code § 3-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-103. Meetings of Committees — Rules — Place of Hearings

  Any such committee, so acting on behalf of either or both houses of the general assembly, shall always be and remain subject to the call of the chair of such committee, or in the absence of such chair, or in the event of the chair's failure for any reason to act, subject to the call of a majority of the membership of such committee.   A quorum of such committee shall consist of a majority of the membership thereof, and a quorum of the entire primary committee shall have power to make and enforce rules regulating the conduct of the business of such committee, or any subcommittee designated by it from its membership as hereinafter provided.   Such subcommittee or subcommittees as hereinafter provided may conduct hearings at such points in this state as may be deemed advisable by any such primary committee.
TN Code § 3-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-104. Employment of Personnel — Records

  Any such primary committee, appointed and acting by and on behalf of either or both houses of the general assembly, as contemplated and provided in this chapter, is given authority and power, unless otherwise directed by the house or houses of the general assembly for which the committee is acting, to employ one (1) or more sergeants-at-arms, and necessary or proper legal counsel, investigators and clerks, and a stenographer or stenographers, to take down and typewrite and make a record of the testimony given before any such committee, as well as all other data and information assembled and procured under the directions of such committee.   All such records, after use by such committee and the house or houses of the general assembly appointing it, shall be finally lodged and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and kept therein for public inspection, as other public records, statutes, etc., are kept and retained in such office.
TN Code § 3-3-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-105. Compensation of Employees

 The compensation to be paid to any sergeants-at-arms, counsel, investigators, clerks and stenographers, for performing their duties under this chapter, shall be in pursuance of appropriations to be made in the miscellaneous appropriation bill, out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.
TN Code § 3-3-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-106. Subcommittees — Appointment and Powers

  In order to expedite and efficiently perform its duties, any such committee, unless otherwise ordered and directed by the house or houses for which such committee may be acting, may appoint and designate out of its own membership, a subcommittee or subcommittees, to consist of one (1) or more of the members of such committee.   Such subcommittee or subcommittees, when so designated and directed by such committee, and subject to such restrictions as the committee may impose, shall be and are authorized and empowered, on behalf of such committee, and on behalf of the house or houses of the general assembly for which such committee has been authorized to act, to proceed with the work and investigations of such committee, including the assembling of desired information and data, and the subpoenaing and taking of testimony of witnesses, and having a record thereof made, for the later use of such committee and the house or houses of the general assembly for which such committee has been authorized to act.   Any such subcommittee or subcommittees, when acting in pursuance of the orders and directions of the committee from whose membership they have been selected, shall have and possess all the power and authority conferred by this chapter upon the committee from the membership of which such subcommittee has been designated, and any person or witness failing to obey a subpoena to appear and testify and produce any evidence, documentary or otherwise, before such subcommittee, is guilty of contempt, and may be dealt with therefor, as provided in § 3-3-111 in respects to all persons or witnesses subpoenaed to appear and appearing before any committee. Any such person or witness subpoenaed to appear or appearing before any such subcommittee who makes default in respect of such appearance, the giving of testimony or the production of any evidence, documentary or otherwise, before any subcommittee, commits a criminal offense, and upon indictment, trial and conviction therefor, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, in all respects as provided in § 3-3-112 in regard to offending persons or witnesses subpoenaed to appear or appearing before any committee as set out and declared in §§ 3-3-112 — 3-3-114 and 3-3-120.
TN Code § 3-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-107. Assistants for Subcommittees

 When, under the authority of this chapter, any such committee shall designate, out of its own membership, any such subcommittee or subcommittees to act for it and to proceed with its work and investigation as provided in § 3-3-106, then such committee, from among its authorized aides, shall designate necessary sergeants-at-arms, counsel, investigators, clerks and stenographers, who shall attend upon the work of any such subcommittee and give to it the necessary and proper aid and assistance in the performance of its duties, as ordered and directed by the committee, so designating from its membership such subcommittee or subcommittees.
TN Code § 3-3-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-108. Subpoena Power

 Either house of the general assembly, acting in committee of the whole, or both houses acting in joint session or committee of the whole, or any committee of either or both houses, has the power, respectively, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers or other evidence; and to that end each of them, respectively, has the power to issue subpoenas, including subpoenas duces tecum, to enforce the attendance of witnesses and the production of any records, documents, papers or other items of evidence, deemed to be material to any matter under inquiry or investigation by any of them respectively.
TN Code § 3-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-109. Service of Subpoenas — Form

  Any such subpoenas may be delivered to, and, when so delivered, shall be served by the sergeant-at-arms of the senate, acting for it, or by the sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives, acting for it, or by either of the sergeants-at-arms when the subpoena relates to a matter pending before both houses acting in joint session, or by a sergeant-at-arms to be appointed by any committee to act for it.   Any such sergeant-at-arms shall promptly serve, execute and make return of any such process delivered to the sergeant-at-arms, and has the power to deputize any person to serve, execute and make return of such process for and in the stead of the sergeant-at-arms, to the house or houses or committee issuing same.   Such subpoenas shall be signed, respectively, by the speaker or speaker pro tem of either house, or the chair of a committee of the whole of the house or houses, or by the chair or chair pro tem of any committee, issuing such subpoena; and same shall run in the name of the state of Tennessee, and the county in which the subpoena is issued, or is to be served, and may be in the usual form of subpoenas issuing out of courts of record of this state, requiring the attendance of witnesses and production of any such evidence before the bodies or committees issuing such subpoenas.
TN Code § 3-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-110. Offenses Constituting Contempt

 Any person who, after having been served with a subpoena to appear as provided in § 3-3-109, fails to appear and makes willful default in that regard, or who, having appeared, willfully refuses to answer any question, propounded by any member of the committee or any legal counsel of such committee acting in its presence and by its permission, pertinent to the matter under investigation, or willfully refuses to produce any papers, documents, records, or other items of evidence, deemed to be material by any such body or committee, in any such pending inquiry or investigation, commits contempt in impeding the progress of such investigation and the proper functioning of such body or committee then engaged in such investigation.
TN Code § 3-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-111. Arrest and Punishment for Contempt

 Such body or committee has the right and power to issue and enforce process of arrest or attachment and impose penalty for disobedience and contempt, as contemplated, set out and provided in § 3-3-110, to the same extent as belongs by law in this state to courts of record in instances of such like offending, and as now provided by law. In addition to being guilty of such offense so then, for the time being, impeding the progress of such investigation and inquiry and the functioning of such body or committee, such offending and contemptuous person commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 3-3-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-112. Penalty for Willful Default of Summoned Witness

 Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either house or of both houses of the general assembly, or by the authority of any standing or special committee of either house or any joint committee of both houses of the general assembly, to give testimony or to produce any papers, or other items of evidence, upon any matter under inquiry before either house, or both houses, or any such committee of either house or joint committee of both houses of the general assembly, willfully makes default, by failing to appear, or who, having appeared, willfully refuses to answer any question or to produce any papers or other evidence pertinent to the matter under inquiry, whether such question be propounded by any member of such committee, or by any legal counsel of such committee, in its presence and by its permission, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 3-3-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-113. Violation of § 3-3-112 as Continuing Offense — Limitation of Prosecutions

  Any person willfully making default in appearance when subpoenaed, or who, having appeared, willfully refuses to answer any question or to produce any paper or other evidence, pertinent to the matter under inquiry, whether such question be propounded by any member of such committee, or by any legal counsel of such committee, in its presence or by its direction, in violation of § 3-3-112, commits a continuing offense under that section, so long as the default in appearance or refusal to answer or to produce such paper or other evidence, shall continue during such inquiry.   No such person guilty of violating § 3-3-112 shall be subject or liable to more than one (1) conviction for any one (1) violation of that section, and any indictment under that section shall be returned within five (5) years after the date of the final adjournment of the general assembly at which the inquiry or investigation was made or authorized.
TN Code § 3-3-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-114. Venue for Violations of § 3-3-112

 Any person violating § 3-3-112 shall be subject to indictment, trial and conviction in any county of this state in which, after having been subpoenaed, the person has gone, remains or may be found, while willfully disobeying the subpoena, or in which the person willfully fails to appear, as directed in the subpoena, or having appeared, willfully refuses to answer any question or produce any paper or other evidence pertinent to the matter under inquiry, as provided in § 3-3-112.
TN Code § 3-3-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 3 - Legislature|Chapter 3 - Committee Investigations|§ 3-3-115. Penalty for Evasion of Service

 Any person who, after having knowledge that an inquiry or investigation has been ordered by either house or both houses of the general assembly, willfully leaves and is absent from the county of such person's usual residence for the purpose of evading the service upon such person of any subpoena that thereafter might be issued to command such person to appear and give testimony or produce documents or other evidence in the course of any such inquiry or investigation, commits a Class C misdemeanor.