2023 Tennessee Code › Title 12 - PUBLIC PROPERTY, PRINTING AND CONTRACTS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-12-113) › Chapter 7 - STATE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEES (§§ 12-7-101 — 12-7-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 12-7-101 — 12-7-108) › Section 12-7-103 - Approval required

(a)
No publication, coming within the jurisdiction of the commissioner of general services as provided by §
12-7-102
, shall be printed unless it has been approved in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner of general services. Rules set forth by the commissioner of general services shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
(b)
The commissioner of general services shall require any publication printed to include the number of copies printed.
(c)
The commissioner of general services shall not approve any publication that purports to contain a citation to or a reproduction of a duly promulgated agency rule, as defined by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, in §
4-5-102
, prior to receiving a written statement from the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative verifying the fact that the rule so cited or reproduced has been duly promulgated and is currently in effect.
(d)
A printing authorization number shall be assigned to each publication that has been approved as required by this section. The printing authorization number shall be affixed to the publication adjacent to the identification of the agency responsible for the publication. No printing facility operated by the state shall print any publication, coming within the jurisdiction of the commissioner of general services as provided by §
12-7-102
, unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection (d). No contract shall be entered into, nor requisition issued, nor acted upon, by any state department or agency, including, but not limited to, the division of purchasing, for printing of any publication coming within the jurisdiction of the commissioner of general services as provided by §
12-7-102
, at any facility, unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection (d). All state contracts or grant agreements, including, but not limited to, all contracts for personal, professional and consultant services entered into under former §§
12-4-109
and
12-4-110
[repealed], that involve or may involve the printing of any publication, coming within the jurisdiction of the commissioner of general services as provided by §
12-7-102
, shall contain a provision whereby the contractor or grantee agrees that no publication shall be printed unless a printing authorization number has been obtained and affixed as required by this section.
(e)
Whenever any department, institution or agency of the state government contracts for the printing of a publication coming within the jurisdiction of the commissioner of general services as provided by §
12-7-102
, and the publication has not been approved in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner of general services, the contract shall be void and of no effect.
Acts 1976, ch. 694, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-1003; Acts 1980, ch. 455, § 1; 1982, ch. 563, §§ 5, 6; 1983, ch. 80, §§ 1, 2; 2008, ch. 1120, § 2.