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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 4 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 8-21-401 — 8-21-409) › Section 8-21-402 - Fee collected for construction and maintenance of new facilities for juvenile courts

(a)
By a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of any county having a population of not less than one hundred eighty-three thousand one hundred (183,100), nor more than one hundred eighty-three thousand two hundred (183,200), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the clerks of all special juvenile courts and all courts of general sessions having juvenile court jurisdiction may collect the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) from any person who:
(1)
Enters a plea of guilty;
(2)
Enters a plea of nolo contendere;
(3)
Is adjudicated at trial, or whose case is handled under pretrial diversion or retirement; or
(4)
Is found in violation of the terms and conditions of a probationary or valid court order.
(b)
The fee described in subsection (a) shall be subject to §
8-21-401
and shall be in addition to all other taxes, costs, and fines.
(c)
The purpose of the fee described in subsection (a) shall be designated for construction of new facilities for juvenile courts in their respective counties. The fee shall be deposited by the clerk of the collecting court into a dedicated county fund. The fund shall not revert to the county general fund at the end of the fiscal year, but shall remain for the purposes set out in this subsection (c). The money collected shall be used exclusively for the creation and maintenance of new facilities for juvenile courts.
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 901, s 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 4 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 8-21-401 — 8-21-409) › Section 8-21-403 - Service fees and costs for handling spousal support, child support and other payments

(a)
Each clerk of a court in this state receiving, handling and disbursing spousal support, child support, and similar moneys under and by order of court is entitled to charge and receive from the obligor the sum of five percent (5%) for any and all payments received during each calendar month for such clerk's services in so receiving, handling and disbursing same in addition to any amounts collected for support. Any support order which does not specifically include payment of the clerk's fee by the obligor is deemed to authorize the clerk to collect the fee from the obligor. The clerk's fee shall be an obligation of the obligor and shall be added to the amount of court-ordered child support, making the total obligation of the obligor the support plus the clerk's fee. The clerk is authorized to accept a partial payment of child support and shall prorate any such partial payment as to support and clerk's fee.
(b)
The clerk has the authority to contract with the department of human services, subject to availability of funds, to pay for the costs of collecting child support under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (
42 U.S.C. § 651
et seq.) and the laws of this state pursuant thereto, but any expenditures for which reimbursement is sought under such a contract shall be reduced by the amount of fees collected by the contracting clerk under subsection (a). All records, papers, files, and other documents in the clerk's office pertaining to Title IV-D collections shall be open for inspection and subject to audit by the department of human services, the office of the comptroller of the treasury, or authorized agents of the federal government.
Acts 1939, ch. 112, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 10706.1; 1974, ch. 694, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2117; Acts 1985, ch. 477, § 11; 1986, ch. 709, § 1; 1995, ch. 359, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 4 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 8-21-401 — 8-21-409) › Section 8-21-404 - Allowances where no fee fixed

The court may make allowances to the clerk or other person acting as trustee, receiver, or commissioner under the appointment of the court, or to the clerk in the clerk's official capacity.
Code 1858, § 4553; Shan., § 6391; Code 1932, § 10695; Acts 1955, ch. 75, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2118.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 4 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 8-21-401 — 8-21-409) › Section 8-21-405 - Auctioneer expense

If the clerk employs an auctioneer or other person to cry the sale of property, it shall be at the clerk's own expense.
Code 1858, § 4554; Shan., § 6392; Code 1932, § 10696; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2119.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 4 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 8-21-401 — 8-21-409) › Section 8-21-406 - Fees in consequence of neglect of duty

No clerk of any court shall be entitled to any fees which become chargeable to the state or county in consequence of any omission or neglect of duty on the part of such clerk.
Code 1858, § 4556; Shan., § 6394; Code 1932, § 10698; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2120.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 4 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 8-21-401 — 8-21-409) › Section 8-21-407 - Imperfect transcripts on appeal

Such clerks shall not be entitled to any fees for imperfect or incorrect transcripts made out and transmitted to a superior court, but such fees shall, on motion, be stricken out of the bill of costs, and such clerk, moreover, charged with costs of the certiorari awarded to bring up a more perfect record.
Code 1858, § 4557; Shan., § 6395; Code 1932, § 10699; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2121.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 4 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 8-21-401 — 8-21-409) › Section 8-21-408 - Fees for computer searches

In addition to fees allowable pursuant to §
10-7-506
, in counties having a population of more than seven hundred thousand (700,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and in counties having a population of not less than three hundred thirty-five thousand (335,000) nor more than three hundred thirty-six thousand (336,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the clerks of the court as listed in §
8-21-401
may charge a fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for computer searches for any public record having a commercial value.
Acts 1995, ch. 456, § 11; 1998, ch. 893, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 6 - CLERKS AND MASTERS IN CHANCERY (§§ 8-21-601 — 8-21-602) › Section 8-21-601 - Clerks and masters in chancery

The clerks and masters of the chancery court are allowed to demand and receive for services the fees attached to such services as provided in part 4 of this chapter. This section likewise applies to part 7 of this chapter.
Code 1858, § 4561; Shan., § 6399; Code 1932, § 10703; Acts 1955, ch. 76, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2124.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 6 - CLERKS AND MASTERS IN CHANCERY (§§ 8-21-601 — 8-21-602) › Section 8-21-602 - Division of fees pending collection or disbursement

In all chancery cases, where outgoing clerks and masters have sold property under decree of court and have not collected the funds arising from the sale, or the sale has been made and the funds collected but not disbursed, and the duty shall devolve upon the incoming clerks and masters of collecting and disbursing the funds, or of disbursing the funds collected by the outgoing clerks and masters and not disbursed, it shall be the duty of the chancellor to make an equitable division of the commissions.
Acts 1893, ch. 4, § 1; Shan., § 6390; Code 1932, § 10694; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2125.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 7 - COUNTY CLERKS (§§ 8-21-701 — 8-21-703) › Section 8-21-702 - Settlement of minor's estate

Whenever the distributive share of any minor does not exceed two hundred dollars ($200), the county clerk shall not be entitled to more than one dollar ($1.00) for any one (1) settlement the clerk may make with the guardian of such minor.
Code 1858, § 4563 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 29, § 1); Shan., § 6401; Code 1932, § 10706; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2127.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 7 - COUNTY CLERKS (§§ 8-21-701 — 8-21-703) › Section 8-21-703 - Fees in pension cases

The county clerks shall not be entitled to any fees for certificates and seals in the application for pension and pensioners' money, or upon powers of attorney for that purpose, and judges of the court of general sessions shall not be entitled to fees in such cases, and the taking or receiving of fees in any such cases, by either of such officers, shall be a Class A misdemeanor.
Acts 1859-1860, ch. 87; Shan., § 6400a1; Code 1932, § 10705; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2128; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 8 - SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS (§§ 8-21-801 — 8-21-803) › Section 8-21-801 - Special commissioners

Special commissioners, appointed by court to sell property, take accounts, examinations, depositions, or perform other services, are entitled to demand and receive the same fees and compensation allowed other officers for similar services; provided, however, that no special commissioner shall be permitted to receive a commission in excess of that specified pursuant to §
8-21-401(i)(7)
for selling real or personal property under decree of court, and receiving, collecting, and paying out the proceeds.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 912, s 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
Code 1858, § 4581; Shan., § 6421; Code 1932, § 10718; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2129.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 8 - SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS (§§ 8-21-801 — 8-21-803) › Section 8-21-802 - Commissioners' partition of land

(a)
Commissioners to make partition of land, and for other similar services, when no compensation is fixed by law, are entitled to demand and receive:
(1)
For each day's actual service in partitioning land and in performing other services .................... $1.00
(2)
For every mile of necessary travel .................... 0.05
(b)
It is lawful for all courts appointing commissioners to make partition of land and for other similar services to allow, in addition to the above fees, such additional compensation as the services of such commissioners may be reasonably worth.
Code 1858, § 4582; Shan., § 6422; Code 1932, § 10719; modified; Acts 1965, ch. 29, § 1; modified; 1976, ch. 529, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2130.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 8 - SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS (§§ 8-21-801 — 8-21-803) › Section 8-21-803 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 624, s 2, eff. 3/22/2016.
Code 1858, § 4584; Shan., § 6424; mod. Code 1932, § 10720; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2131.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 9 - SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES (§§ 8-21-901 — 8-21-903) › Section 8-21-902 - Fees on collection of costs

The sheriffs and other collecting officers of this state shall be allowed the same fees for collecting and paying over costs as they are allowed by law for the collection of other moneys. They shall not be allowed to charge or receive commissions on costs in their favor.
Acts 1859-1860, ch. 21, § 1; Shan., §§ 6357, 6358; Code 1932, §§ 10659, 10660; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2134.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 9 - SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES (§§ 8-21-901 — 8-21-903) › Section 8-21-903 - Judgments paid after execution issued

The plaintiff in all judgments shall be liable to any sheriff or constable for the commission on the amount so received, if the plaintiff or the plaintiff's agent or attorney receives any or all of the judgment after an execution has been issued on the judgment and given into the officer's hands for collection.
Acts 1887, ch. 244, § 1; Shan., § 6406; Code 1932, § 10710; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2135.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 11 - SURVEYORS (§ 8-21-1101) › Section 8-21-1101 - Surveyors - Specific fees authorized

Surveyors are entitled to demand and receive the following compensation and fees for services:
(1)
For each search, to be paid by applicant .................... $ 0.10
(2)
For each search and copy required .................... 0.25
(3)
For recording a plat and certificate in a well-bound book, furnished by the surveyor .................... 0.50
(4)
For services per day, computed from the time of leaving home, and including the actual time necessary for calculating the area of such surveys .................... 15.00
(5)
For all services ordered by a court, at the above rates, to be taxed in the bill of cost.
(6)
For summoning and qualifying jury to try dispute in processioning case .................... 1.50
(7)
For services in processioning land the same as those for similar work in other cases.
Code 1858, §§ 2023, 4576 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 90, § 3); Acts 1913, ch. 3, § 1; Shan., § 6415; Code 1932, § 10716; Acts 1953, ch. 223, § 1; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2139.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 12 - NOTARIES PUBLIC (§ 8-21-1201) › Section 8-21-1201 - Fees for services - When recordation required - Notaries employed by financial institutions

(a)
A notary public or the notary's employer is entitled to demand and receive reasonable fees and compensation for the notary's services.
(b)
If the notary or the notary's employer demands and receives a fee, the notary shall keep a record, either in an appropriate electronic form or in a well-bound book, of each of the notary's acts, attestations, protestations, and other instruments of publication.
(c)
(1)
If the notary or the notary's employer does not demand or receive a fee for the notary's services, no recordation of the notary's acts, attestations, protestations, and other instruments of publication is required.
(2)
If the notary or the notary's employer demands and receives a fee for one (1) or more services but does not separately charge a fee for the notary services, then no recordation of the notary's acts, attestations, protestations, and other instruments of publication is required.
(d)
(1)
If the notary is an employee of a financial institution subject to the Financial Records Privacy Act, compiled in title 45, chapter 10, and the notary or employer of the notary charges a fee, and the services performed by the notary are part of the notary's duties and within the scope of the notary's employment, then access to the record shall be governed by the Financial Records Privacy Act, or the federal Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (
12 U.S.C. § 3401
et seq.), whichever is applicable.
(2)
If the notary is an employee of a financial institution subject to the Financial Records Privacy Act, and the notary does not charge a fee for the services, then the records kept by the notary, if any, shall be considered records of the notary unless the financial institution adopts a written policy stating that such records are a record of the financial institution. In such case, access to the records shall be governed by the Financial Records Privacy Act or the federal Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, whichever is applicable.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 76,s 1, eff. 4/6/2015.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 805,s 5, eff. 10/1/2014.
Code 1858, § 4575; Acts 1883, ch. 151, § 2; 1895, ch. 203, § 2; 1905, ch. 6, § 4; Shan., § 6414; mod. Code 1932, § 10715; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2142.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301) › Part 13 - LEGAL NOTICES (§ 8-21-1301) › Section 8-21-1301 - Legal notices

Where a publication of a legal notice of any kind is allowed or required by law, a newspaper publishing such notice shall charge and receive not more than its regular classified advertising rate.
Code 1858, § 4585; Shan., § 6425; mod. Code 1932, § 10721; Acts 1957, ch. 41, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2143.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-101 - Clerks and county officers made salaried officers

The clerks and masters of the chancery courts, the county clerks and clerks of the probate, criminal, circuit and special courts, county trustees, registers of deeds, general sessions court clerks, juvenile court clerks, and sheriffs shall be deprived of all their fees, commissions, emoluments and perquisites that shall accrue, or be received by virtue of their respective offices, except payment for special services as trustee or receiver and payment for special services as special commissioner; and they shall be compensated for their services by salaries in the manner provided in chapter 24 of this title, which salaries shall be in lieu of all other compensation.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 6428a38; Code 1932, § 10725; Acts 1955, ch. 116, § 1; 1969, ch. 332, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2201; Acts 1990, ch. 1035, § 14.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-102 - Bond to pay over fees

In the official bonds executed by the officers enumerated in §
8-22-101
, there shall be included a condition that the officer shall collect and duly so account to the county trustee for the fees, commissions, emoluments, perquisites, and compensation that such officer shall receive or by due diligence ought to have received by virtue of the office, to which the county is entitled by chapters 21 and 22 of this title.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 19; Shan. Supp., § 6428a56; mod. Code 1932, § 10745; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2202.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-103 - Excess fees are property of county

All the excess fees, commissions, emoluments and perquisites, no matter whether such sums arise from fees, commissions, emoluments or perquisites by order or by direction of court, that are or may be directly or indirectly collected by virtue of their offices by the clerks of the circuit, criminal and special courts, and by the clerks and masters of the chancery courts, county clerks and clerks of the probate courts, county trustees, registers of deeds, clerks of the general sessions courts, juvenile court clerks, and sheriffs, except compensation for special services as trustee or receiver, and except, also, payment for special services as special commissioner, shall be paid to the county trustee as a part of the county revenue, and the same when accrued are declared to be the property of the respective counties wherein the same are collectible, except as herein provided.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 6; Shan. Supp., § 6428a43; Code 1932, § 10730; Acts 1955, ch. 116, § 2; 1969, ch. 332, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2203; Acts 1990, ch. 1035, § 15.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-105 - Liability for failure to collect or account

Any officer enumerated in §
8-22-101
, who evades the letter or the spirit of chapters 21 and 22 of this title by failing to charge or collect from the one liable therefor, every fee, commission, perquisite, emolument, or compensation that the county may be entitled to, and which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence could have been collected, or by failing to present the statement of receipts as herein directed, shall be held individually liable to the county for the amount that should have been collected, and the same shall be charged against the officer and be deducted from the officer's salary, or collected from the officer by law.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 12; Shan. Supp., § 6428a49; mod. Code 1932, § 10738; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2205.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-106 - False statements - Felony

Any officer enumerated in §
8-22-101
who evades the letter or the spirit of chapters 21 and 22 of this title by making or by conspiring with anyone, in any manner, to make a false or incorrect exhibit of receipts, statement of expenses, or statements as to any fact required to be stated by this chapter or chapter 24 of this title under oath, commits a Class E felony.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 13; Shan. Supp., § 6428a50; Code 1932, § 10739; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2206; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 19.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-107 - Items paid for by county - Special provisions for certain counties

(a)
All necessary books, stationery, office equipment, stamps, and supplies of all kinds used in the conduct of the various offices shall be furnished and paid for by the county, including premiums on official bonds executed by the officers named in §
8-22-101
.
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), in counties with a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent census, all necessary books, stationery, office equipment, stamps and supplies of all kinds used in the conduct of the various offices of the elected county officers enumerated in this chapter shall be furnished and paid for by the county, including premiums on official bonds executed by such officers named in §
8-22-101
, and all such purchases shall be accomplished through a centralized purchasing procedure in that county pursuant to the applicable laws relative to that county for purchasing. No official or officer enumerated in §
8-22-101
shall be entitled to purchase any of the aforementioned items for the officer's office by using the fees, commissions or emoluments collected by the officer.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 10; Shan. Supp., § 6428a47; Code 1932, § 10736; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2207; Acts 1981, ch. 177, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-108 - Payment of expenses out of fees - Exceptions - Settlement

(a)
(1)
(A)
At the end of each month, each officer enumerated in §
8-22-101
shall pay, out of the fees, commissions, or emoluments collected by the officer by virtue of the office, all the expenses of the office in the manner provided. The officer shall also pay the salaries of the deputies and assistants who may be provided for the office for each month, and may pay to the officer the proportionate part of the officer's annual salary; but the excess of such fees, commissions, emoluments, etc., the officer shall retain to be accounted for to the county as directed.
(B)
However, if in any month the total amount of fees, commissions, emoluments, etc., collected by any such officer does not equal the total amount of such officer's salary, the salaries of the deputies and assistants allowed the officer, plus the other expenses of the office as provided, for the month, then the amount of such deficiency shall be allowed the officer out of any excess fees, etc., received or collected by the officer during any preceding or succeeding month or months of the terms for which the officer is elected or appointed.
(2)
However, upon beginning a new term of office, the county trustee, when funds are available, and upon approval and direction of the governing body of each county, shall advance monthly to such officers the necessary funds with which to begin a new term of office until excess fees collected are sufficient to repay to the county trustee any and all of the sums so advanced.
(3)
The excess fees, commissions, etc., paid over to the county trustee under §§
8-22-101
- 8-22-113, 8-22-114 [repealed], 8-22-115, 8-22-116 [repealed], 8-22-117 shall be subject to the same law as applies to unclaimed funds paid into the county treasury under §
5-8-401
.
(4)
When the several terms of office of the officers are ended, a final settlement will be had between the county and the officers, and any deficiency in the salaries of such officers for any year during their tenure will be paid to them out of such funds arising from the funds paid in by those officials.
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), in counties with a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent census, all purchases enumerated in §
8-22-107
shall be made in accordance with §
8-22-107(b)
.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 16; Shan. Supp., § 6428a53; Code 1932, § 10742; Acts 1969, ch. 259, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2208; Acts 1981, ch. 177, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-109 - Credit for expenses paid

(a)
Each officer shall be entitled to credit on the officer's settlement with the county trustee for all moneys paid by the officer for salaries, including the officer's own, and for the premiums on the officer's official bonds, if the officer executed such bonds with a surety company as surety, and for other necessary office expenses, such as the preparation of transcripts of records and the like, in the conduct of the office; provided, that such officer shall produce an itemized statement evidencing such expenditures. But the payment or allowance of any salary or expense statement shall in no way prejudice or preclude the disallowance of any one (1) or more items found to be improperly included in any of the statements, when the same has been audited, nor shall it relieve such officer from refunding to the county all such items so improperly included.
(b)
Among the items of expense which the clerks of the circuit and criminal courts and clerks and masters of the chancery courts shall be allowed in their settlements with the county mayors are such expenditures out of excess fees as the judges of such courts shall authorize for office equipment and supplies for their respective clerks; provided, that this subsection (b) does not apply to counties in this state having a population of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the federal census of 1960 or any subsequent federal census.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 9; Shan. Supp., § 6428a46; Code 1932, § 10735; Acts 1961, ch. 172, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2209; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-110 - Expenses for deputy sheriffs and jail

(a)
The sheriff of each county is authorized to include in the sheriff's expense account, as part of the expenses of the office, the necessary cost of arresting criminals, of furnishing and operating the county jail, and maintaining the state and county prisoners therein, and all other necessary and legitimate expenses incurred in the proper and efficient administration of the office.
(b)
When, in case of great emergency, as in case of a strike, riot, putting down a mob, or other like emergencies, there shall be immediate need for the appointment by the sheriff of an additional number of deputies to deal efficiently with the situation and to preserve order, the sheriff may make emergency appointments of such special deputies without making application to the court, the same to serve during the term of emergency only, and shall make an itemized statement showing the services of such deputies, and the time during which such special deputies served, which shall be presented to the county mayor for auditing and allowance. The county mayor, when satisfied of the justness of such claims, shall allow the same as other claims are allowed; provided, that no such special deputy so appointed by the sheriff shall receive more than four dollars ($4.00) per day for services actually performed.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 11; Shan. Supp., § 6428a48; mod. Code 1932, § 10737; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2210; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-111 - Appropriations for salaries of deputy sheriffs

(a)
The county legislative body, however, has the power, by appropriation made according to law, to pay to deputy sheriffs appointed pursuant to §§
8-20-103
and
8-20-108
[obsolete], the salary so fixed, direct from the county treasury, within the appropriation made by the county legislative body, irrespective of the legal fees earned by such deputies. In that case, all fees allowed, collected or in any manner received by the deputies will be paid, assigned, transferred and set over to the county, and such fees when received by the deputies, the clerks of the court, the sheriff of the county or by any other person, shall be remitted monthly to the county trustee.
(b)
No deputy sheriff or other person serving under §
8-20-103
or §
8-20-108
[obsolete] shall claim, hold, or have any interest in any fund for services performed under those sections, this to include any fee or fees which the deputy may be entitled to receive while appearing as a witness in court, either under subpoena or voluntarily.
(c)
The deputies serving under §
8-20-103
shall make all charges for services performed as now provided by law and will in no event waive, remit, or release any fee for services performed while acting under §
8-20-103
.
Acts 1951, ch. 4, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2211.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-112 - Report of services performed by deputy sheriffs

Any deputy sheriff appointed and serving under §§
8-20-103
and
8-20-108
[obsolete] shall, before receiving monthly salary, submit a monthly report for the preceding calendar month showing the services performed, in which cost for such services have accrued and the court or agency from which the fees will be received. A copy of such report will be filed with the sheriff and trustee of the county. The fiscal agent of the county will in no event issue any voucher in payment of the deputies' salaries, as herein provided, until the trustee and sheriff of the county have certified in writing that such monthly report has been received.
Acts 1951, ch. 4, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2212.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-113 - Fees earned by deputy sheriffs

All of the fees received by the county trustee under §§
8-22-111
- 8-22-113 shall be held in the general fund of the county and appropriately designated and held in a separate account so designated. At each regular meeting of the county legislative body, the trustee of the county shall report the amount of funds coming into the trustee's hands. The report, when received by the county legislative body, will be spread of record and retained as a part of the permanent records of the county.
Acts 1951, ch. 4, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2213.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-115 - Audit of books of officers

(a)
The county legislative body may employ an auditor to audit the books, annually, of the officers named in §
8-22-101
. The auditor, if employed, shall be employed by a committee of not less than three (3) appointed by the county legislative body of such county from the members of the county legislative body, which committee shall require the auditor so employed to furnish bond for the faithful performance of such duty.
(b)
The auditor employed shall examine the books and records in each office to ascertain whether the incumbent has properly taxed all fees, commissions, emoluments, etc., which accrued or should have accrued to the county during the period covered by the audit, and whether the officer has collected all such fees as should have been collected by the officer or which could have been collected by due diligence. The auditor shall also examine the statements of receipts to ascertain if the officer has properly accounted for and paid to the county the proper amounts due it. The auditor shall also examine all expense statements and ascertain if all items of expense included therein were properly incurred and were properly chargeable against the county.
(c)
Such accountant or auditor shall submit a report in writing to the county mayor as soon after the completion of the audit as practicable. If it is shown by the report that any officer enumerated in §
8-22-101
has failed properly to account to the county for any sum collected by the officer or has received credit for any item improperly allowed, in either event, the county legislative body shall take proper steps to recover from such officer all such sums.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 21; Shan. Supp., § 6428a58; Code 1932, § 10747; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2215; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-117 - Tax provisions unaffected

Sections
8-22-101
- 8-22-113, 8-22-114 [repealed], 8-22-115, 8-22-116 [repealed], shall not affect the state tax on litigation, nor the state tax on any transfers affecting realty, nor any other state tax which is or may be collected by any one (1) of the officers enumerated in §
8-22-101
for the benefit of the county or state, but all such taxes shall be collected by such officers and shall be accounted for by them to the state or county, as is provided by law.
Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 15; Shan. Supp., § 6428a52; Code 1932, § 10741; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2217.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-118 - Fees of state offices accruing to state

All fees, costs, emoluments, perquisites, and commissions appendant, or that may accrue from any source whatever, to the office of the secretary of state, the office of state treasurer, the office of commissioner of commerce and insurance, and the office of comptroller of the treasury, are declared to be the property of the state, and each of the above named officers shall collect the fees, costs, emoluments, perquisites, and commissions that now append or that may hereafter accrue, to the officer's respective office, and pay the same over at once to the state treasurer, to be used as part of the revenue of the state.
Acts 1893, ch. 6, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1895, ch. 160, §§ 3, 27, 39; impl. am. Acts 1913, ch. 1, § 1; Shan., § 6363; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 50; Code 1932, § 10668; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2218.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-119 - Salary as full compensation - Accounting for fees

In consideration of the salary stipulated to be paid to any officer named in §
8-22-118
, such official shall do and perform all official services, acts, and duties as are imposed upon the officer by law, including all official acts, services, or duties, ex officio or otherwise, and the salary stipulated is expressly declared a full compensation to the officer for the performance thereof. Such official services, acts, and duties ex officio or otherwise, are declared public duties pertaining to the office, and to be performed by the officer for and in behalf of the state, as its agent and officer. All funds, fees, costs, emoluments, allowances, perquisites, and commissions pertaining to or arising from the performance of such official acts, services, and duties, shall be by the officer received, accepted, and accounted for as the agent and officer of the state, for and in behalf of the state, and as its property; and the performance of such shall be by the officer for and in behalf of the state, as the agent and officer thereof, in consideration of the allowance to the officer of the stipulated salary. It is expressly made a part of the duties of each of the aforementioned officers to demand, receive, and collect all fees, costs, emoluments, allowances, commissions, or perquisites that pertain to or are appendant to the office from whatever source, ex officio or otherwise, accruing, and pay the same over to the treasurer, as provided in §
8-22-118
.
Acts 1893, ch. 6, § 6; Shan., § 6365; Code 1932, § 10670; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2219.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-120 - Record of fees

Each such officer shall keep a true and perfect record of all the fees, costs, commissions, and emoluments by such officer collected, or that may be so due the state, and, when paid to the state treasurer, shall demand and receive proper vouchers therefor, to be kept as part of the record of the office.
Acts 1893, ch. 6, § 2; Shan., § 6364; Code 1932, § 10669; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2220.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 22 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-22-101 — 8-22-121) › Section 8-22-121 - Violations - Class E felony

Any violation of any part of §§
8-22-118
- 8-22-120 is a Class E felony.
Acts 1893, ch. 6, § 7; Shan., § 6366; Code 1932, § 10671; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2221; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 20.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 23 - COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-209) › Part 1 - COMPENSATION FOR SPECIFIC OFFICES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-109) › Section 8-23-102 - Salaries of administrative department heads

The salaries provided to the officers created by title 4, chapter 3, and by §§
49-1-202
, and
68-1-101
, shall be the sole compensation paid to these officials from state funds, or from any funds under the control of or for the use of the state government.
Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 58; Shan. Supp., § 373a123; mod. Code 1932, § 343; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2302.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 23 - COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-209) › Part 1 - COMPENSATION FOR SPECIFIC OFFICES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-109) › Section 8-23-104 - Payment of judicial salaries

All such salaries shall be payable in monthly installments, by the commissioner of finance and administration, out of the treasury of the state.
Acts 1925, ch. 11, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 6373a2; Code 1932, § 10678; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 53, §§ 24, 29; C. Supp. 1950, § 10678; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2304.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 23 - COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-209) › Part 1 - COMPENSATION FOR SPECIFIC OFFICES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-109) › Section 8-23-105 - Salaries of supreme court clerks, chief deputy clerks, and staffs

The salaries of the clerk of the supreme court, the chief deputy clerks of the supreme court and their respective staffs shall be fixed by the chief justice of the supreme court in consultation with the administrative director of the courts and in accordance with administrative guidelines and policies.
Acts 1949, ch. 88, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 10700.2 (Williams, § 10700.3); Acts 1957, ch. 65, § 1; 1967, ch. 245, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2305; Acts 1993, ch. 66, § 1; 1993, ch. 70, § 4; 1994, ch. 897, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 23 - COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-209) › Part 1 - COMPENSATION FOR SPECIFIC OFFICES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-109) › Section 8-23-108 - Clerks, stenographers, and research assistants of supreme court judges

(a)
The chief justice and each associate judge of the supreme court are authorized to employ at the expense of the state a clerk or stenographer, who shall each receive compensation in the amount to be fixed by the chief justice and the administrative director of the courts, payable monthly. Such compensation shall be paid out of funds appropriated by the general assembly for the supreme court.
(b)
The chief justice and each associate judge of the supreme court are authorized to employ, at the expense of the state, a research assistant, whose compensation shall be fixed by the supreme court and who shall serve at the pleasure of the judge employing such assistant.
(c)
The secretaries when required to be absent from their official residences attending court, in different sections of the state with the members of the courts they represent, shall be reimbursed for their travel and hotel expenses in the same manner as the judges whom they are serving are reimbursed for such expense.
Acts 1937, ch. 79, § 1; 1945, ch. 156, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 10678.1; Acts 1963, ch. 82, § 1; 1967, ch. 88, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2308; Acts 1993, ch. 66, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 23 - COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-209) › Part 1 - COMPENSATION FOR SPECIFIC OFFICES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-109) › Section 8-23-109 - Clerks and stenographers of court of appeals - Research assistants for criminal court of appeals judges

(a)
Each judge of the court of appeals is authorized to employ at the expense of the state a clerk or stenographer who shall each receive compensation in the amount to be fixed by the presiding judge of each grand division of the court of appeals and the administrative director of the courts, payable monthly. Such compensation shall be paid out of funds appropriated by the general assembly for the court of appeals.
(b)
The chief justice may, upon application to the chief justice showing the necessity therefor by any judge of the court of criminal appeals, approve the employment of a research assistant for such judge, and upon approval, such judge is authorized to employ, at the expense of the state, a research assistant to assist the judge in the discharge of the judge's duties, whose compensation shall be the same as authorized by law for the research assistant of each justice of the supreme court. The research assistant shall be a graduate of or student at an accredited law school.
(c)
The secretaries when required to be absent from their official residences attending court, in different sections of the state with the members of the courts they represent, shall be reimbursed for their travel and hotel expenses in the same manner as the judges whom they are serving are reimbursed for such expense.
Acts 1945, ch. 156, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 10678.2; Acts 1967, ch. 88, § 2; 1971, ch. 392, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2309; Acts 1993, ch. 66, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 23 - COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-209) › Part 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-23-201 — 8-23-209) › Section 8-23-202 - Pay periods - Pay plan for all state officials and employees - Plan for direct deposit of compensation

(a)
The "pay period" for state employees shall be semimonthly. On or about the last day of every such "pay period," all state employees shall be paid for the preceding semimonthly period or any part thereof for which compensation is due.
(b)
The provisions of §
8-23-101
to the contrary notwithstanding, the department of human resources and the department of finance and administration may develop a semimonthly pay plan for all officials and employees of state government, with the exception of persons employed by the University of Tennessee and the colleges and universities under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents. However, any pay plan for officials and employees of the legislative branch is subject to approval by the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, and any plan for the judicial branch is subject to approval by the presiding judges of the superior courts and the attorney general and reporter.
(c)
The commissioner of finance and administration is authorized to require that salaries of state employees be paid through direct-deposit procedures in accordance with policies established by the commissioner.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 454, s 28, eff. 5/16/2013.
Acts 1971, ch. 194, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-2311; Acts 1981, ch. 88, § 1; 2007 , ch. 60.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 23 - COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-23-101 — 8-23-209) › Part 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-23-201 — 8-23-209) › Section 8-23-203 - Blind employees

All blind persons employed in the state of Tennessee whose salary is paid by the state of Tennessee shall be paid not less than the federal minimum wage as provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, (
29 U.S.C. § 201
et seq.).
Acts 1975, ch. 79, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-2312.