Prohibition against issuing grants or agreements conditioned on prohibited provisions

Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-4-904, under Freedom in Contracting Act.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-4-904

(a) The state and its political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities thereof shall not issue grants or enter into cooperative agreements for construction projects conditioned on a requirement that bid specifications, project agreements or other controlling documents pertaining to the grant or cooperative agreement contain any of the elements specified in § 12-4-903.

(b) The state and its political subdivisions or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof shall exercise such authority as may be required to preclude a grant recipient or party to a cooperative agreement from imposing any of the elements specified in § 12-4-903 in connection with any grant or cooperative agreement awarded or entered into.