Title 4, State Government

(a) In the event the association should at any time fail, neglect or refuse to preserve and beautify the premises as provided in § 4-13-102 or, in the event the association should fail to comply with the terms, conditions and reporting requirements of this part, or for any other …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the property conveyed in trust by § 4-13-101 or acquired pursuant to § 4-13-102 shall not be subject to controls applicable to state property until the effective date of any revocation of this trust conveyance. (b) Nothing in this part…

The right, title and interest of any real or personal property or rights of the Ladies' Hermitage Association board of trustees that have not already been conveyed to the association are hereby transferred and conveyed to the association, a corporation organized and chartered und…

Meetings of the association and its board of directors shall be open to the public.

The Tennessee historical commission shall enter into good faith negotiations for the purchase and transfer of a tract of land in the second ward of the city of Columbia, located on the corner of West Seventh Street and South High Street, known as the James K. Polk Home, originall…

(a) The Tennessee historical commission may expend funds appropriated or available to it in the repair, renovation, and restoration of the James K. Polk Home, and the improvement of the premises for use by the general public. (b) The Tennessee historical commission will hold lega…

The Tennessee historical commission shall make an annual report to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives of the performance of its duties under this part.

It is the intent of this part that the James K. Polk Home be operated as a museum house open to the general public and preserved for the citizens of this state and future generations.

(a) The tract of land, being the same purchased from O.M. Davis, Jr., in 1927, by the Sam Davis Commission in the name of the state of Tennessee, be and is hereby conveyed in trust to the Sam Davis Memorial Association. (b) The governor shall appoint, upon recommendation of the S…

The object for which this trust is created is to permit and encourage the Sam Davis Memorial Association to improve and beautify the Sam Davis home and other houses and grounds, in such manner as it may deem best, and to keep them in such high state of improvement and beauty, as …

(a) The trustees shall elect one (1) of their members as president and one (1) of their members secretary. (b) Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the board of trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce such bylaws as may be…

The trustees appointed as provided in § 4-13-301 shall each hold such trustee's office for four (4) years, and until such trustee's successor is appointed and qualified, and all vacancies by death, removal or expiration of term or otherwise, shall be filled by the governor upon r…

There is hereby appropriated the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum for the maintenance or upkeep, or both, of the Sam Davis home, to be paid out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the warrant of the comptroller of the treasury…

In the event the Sam Davis Memorial Association should at any time fail, neglect or refuse to improve the houses and grounds, and to keep them in a high state of beauty and improvement, then the houses and land and such other improvements as may be upon the grounds shall revert t…

The state may revoke this trust at will.

The Tennessee historical commission, as defined by chapter 11, part 1 of this title, is hereby authorized and empowered to use any funds appropriated or available to the commission to purchase and acquire a tract of land in Sumner County, on which is located Cragfont, the home of…

(a) The Tennessee historical commission is authorized to expend any funds appropriated or available to it in the repair, renovation and restoration of the mansion house, Cragfont, and the improvement of the premises for use by the general public as a park, as picnic grounds, and …

The Tennessee historical commission shall hold legal title to the property, but is authorized and empowered to assign the actual custody and control of the property to a Tennessee not-for-profit corporation organized for the express purpose of restoring, maintaining and operating…

It is the intent of this part that Cragfont shall continue to be operated as a museum house open to the general public and preserved for the citizens of Tennessee and future generations.

(a) The Tennessee state museum is authorized to expend any funds appropriated or available to it in the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, renovation and restoration of the mansion home, McCampbell House in Donelson, that was bequeathed to the museum and for the impr…

The Tennessee state museum shall hold legal title to the property, but is authorized and empowered to assign the actual custody and control of the property to a Tennessee not-for-profit corporation organized for the express purpose of restoring, maintaining and operating the McCa…

(a) The administration, operation and maintenance of the Cordell Hull birthplace and all surrounding property that have been deeded to the state are hereby vested in the department of environment and conservation, division of parks and recreation. (b) The department shall promulg…

The department of environment and conservation is authorized to expend any funds appropriated or available to it in the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, renovation or restoration of the Cordell Hull birthplace and all surrounding property that have been deeded to t…

The department of environment and conservation has the right to designate the personnel who shall have actual charge of the premises and has the right to promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the Cordell Hull birthplace.

(a) The department of environment and conservation may enter into all necessary agreements with the state library and archives to ensure the preservation of the historical papers and personal correspondence of Cordell Hull for posterity. (b) No historical paper or item of persona…

(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, subject to the approval by the state building commission, the state is authorized to sell or negotiate a transfer of any parcel of land that contains a building having historical significance, or is immediately adjacent to a parc…

Properties specified in § 4-13-701 shall be sold or transferred to a nonprofit organization that has the capability and plans to maintain and preserve the property and to open the property for general viewing of or other use by the general public.