Title 4, State Government

(a) (1) Investment of funds of the corporation shall be undertaken in a manner that first seeks to ensure preservation of principal, that next ensures the liquidity needs of the corporation are met and, after satisfaction of these objectives, seeks a market rate of return.(2) Pur…

(a) In accordance with § 4-51-105(a)(16), the corporation shall establish and maintain bank accounts only in institutions deemed to be qualified public depositories pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, part 5; provided, however, that if business needs dictate the establishment of acco…

(a) The board may adopt regulations, policies, and procedures regulating the conduct of lottery games in general including, but not limited to, regulations, policies, and procedures specifying:(1) The type of games to be conducted, including, but not limited to, instant lotteries…

(a) The chief executive officer of the corporation shall direct and supervise all administrative and technical activities in accordance with this chapter and with the regulations, policies, and procedures adopted by the board. It shall be the duty of the chief executive officer t…

(a) The corporation shall establish and maintain a personnel program for its employees and fix the compensation and terms of compensation of its employees, including, but not limited to, production incentive payments. (b) No employee of the corporation shall have a financial inte…

(a) (1) All lottery proceeds shall be the property of the corporation.(2) From its lottery proceeds the corporation shall pay the operating expenses of the corporation. As nearly as practical, at least fifty percent (50%) of the amount of money from the actual sale of lottery tic…

(a) The corporation shall investigate the financial responsibility, security, and integrity of any lottery system vendor who is a finalist in submitting a bid, proposal, or offer as part of a major procurement. At the time of submitting such bid, proposal, or offer to the corpora…

(a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2), each vendor shall, at the execution of the contract with the corporation, post a performance bond or letter of credit from a bank or credit provider acceptable to the corporation in an amount as deemed necessary by the corpora…

(a) The general assembly recognizes that to conduct a successful lottery, the corporation must develop and maintain a state-wide network of lottery retailers that will serve the public convenience and promote the sale of tickets or shares and the playing of lottery games while en…

(a) The chair of the board of directors shall appoint a lottery retailer advisory board to be composed of twelve (12) lottery retailers, four (4) from each grand division, representing the broadest possible spectrum of geographical, racial, and business characteristics of lottery…

(a) No lottery retailer contract shall be transferable or assignable. (b) No lottery retailer shall contract with any person for lottery goods or services except with the approval of the board. (c) Lottery tickets and shares shall only be sold by the retailer stated on the lotter…

(a) The corporation may establish a fidelity fund separate from all other funds and shall assess each retailer a one-time fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per sales location. In accordance with § 4-51-106, the corporation is authorized to invest the funds or place suc…

(a) Any retail contract executed by the corporation pursuant to this chapter shall specify the reasons for which a contract may be cancelled, suspended, revoked, or terminated by the corporation, which reasons shall include, but not be limited to:(1) Commission of a violation of …

(a) All proceeds from the sale of the lottery tickets or shares shall constitute a trust fund until paid to the corporation either directly or through the corporation's authorized collection representative. A lottery retailer and officers of a lottery retailer's business shall ha…

If a lottery retailer's rental payments for the business premises are contractually computed, in whole or in part, on the basis of a percentage of retail sales and such computation of retail sales is not explicitly defined to include sales of tickets or shares in a state-operated…

(a) In accordance with title 39, chapter 17, part 6:(1) No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price other than the price established by the corporation unless authorized in writing by the chief executive officer;(2) No person, other than a duly certified lottery retailer, s…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in part 2 of this chapter, attachments, garnishments, or executions authorized and issued pursuant to law shall be withheld from the proceeds of any lottery prize if timely served upon the corporation. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a retai…

(a) All records and information in the possession of the corporation are open for inspection by members of the public unless otherwise provided by state law. The following records or information in the possession of the corporation shall be treated as confidential and shall be ex…

(a) The corporation may enter into intelligence sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreements with the federal government, law enforcement agencies, lottery regulation agencies, and gaming enforcement agencies of other jurisdictions that provide for and regulate the use o…

(a) (1) All major procurement contracts shall be competitively bid pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the board pursuant to § 4-51-104(c)(5) and approved by the procurement commission pursuant to subdivision (a)(2). Such policies and procedures shall be designed to al…

(a) Any retailer, vendor, or applicant for a retailer or vendor contract aggrieved by a final action of the board may appeal that decision to the chancery court of Davidson County. (b) The chancery court of Davidson County shall hear appeals from decisions of the board and based …

(a) The corporation may borrow, or accept and expend, in accordance with this chapter, such moneys as may be received from any source, including income from the corporation's operations, for effectuating its corporate purposes, including the payment of the initial expenses of ini…

(1) To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery, the corporation, through its board of directors, shall:(1) Submit quarterly and annual reports to the governor, the state and local government committee of the senate, the state government committee of the house of representat…

(a) No member of the general assembly, the governor, a member of the governor's cabinet or a cabinet-level member of the governor's staff shall serve as a director or employee of the corporation while holding such position in state government. (b) No member of the general assembl…

(a) The Tennessee education lottery corporation shall be eligible to be a participating employer in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system upon:(1) Passage of a resolution by the corporation's board of directors authorizing an actuarial study; and(2) Passage of a resolution…

The general assembly, by enacting this chapter and title 39, chapter 17, part 6, intends to preempt any other regulation of the area covered by this chapter and title 39, chapter 17, part 6. No political subdivision or agency may enact or enforce a law, ordinance, resolution or r…

(1) On a monthly basis, the Tennessee education lottery corporation shall provide to the department of human services the following information of any individual collecting a prize of more than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500):(1) Name;(2) Prize amount; and(3) Any oth…

The Tennessee education lottery corporation shall formulate and implement a plan, in cooperation with the Tennessee bureau of investigation, for the Tennessee lottery's participation in the state's AMBER ALERT program via on-line lottery ticket terminals and all other appropriate…

(a) The corporation is immune from all tort causes of action. Notwithstanding § 4-51-101(c) or any other law to the contrary, the corporation shall be considered a state agency for purposes of title 9, chapter 8, parts 3 and 4; provided, that the corporation shall not be consider…

The corporation shall establish a lottery ticket litter reduction program. In development of the program, the corporation is encouraged to examine successful litter reduction and recycling programs as established in other jurisdictions, including, but not limited to, the use of s…

The board, in coordination with the secretary of state, shall establish a mechanism whereby a lottery ticket winner of a drawing-style game may, upon redemption of prize money of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more, make a charitable contribution of ten percent (10%) of the …

The purpose of this part is to establish a policy and to provide a system whereby all claimant agencies of this state in conjunction with the corporation shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the state through its various claimant agencies or to persons on whose…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Claimant agency” means any state agency, department, board, bureau, commission, or authority to which an individual owes a debt or that acts on behalf of an individual to collect a debt;(2) “Debt” means any liqu…

The collection remedy authorized by this part is in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedy available by law.

(a) (1) Any claimant agency may submit to the corporation a list of the names of all persons owing debts in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) to such claimant agency or to persons on whose behalf the claimant agency is acting. The full amount of the debt shall be collectable f…

(a) Pursuant to § 4-51-124, the corporation shall provide to a claimant agency all information necessary to accomplish and effectuate the intent of this part. (b) The information obtained by a claimant agency from the corporation in accordance with this part shall retain its conf…

This part shall only apply to prizes of six hundred dollars ($600) or more.

There is established the “Governor's Books from Birth Fund.”

The fund shall promote and foster the development of a comprehensive statewide program for encouraging preschool children to read.

(a) Any agency of state government may provide staff and other assistance to the fund, subject to existing statutes, rules, and policies. (b) Subject to existing statutes, rules, and policies, the fund may procure office space and supplies necessary to enable the fund to effectiv…

The fund may enter into such contractual and promotional agreements necessary to effectively stimulate a statewide program for encouraging preschool children to read.

(a) The fund is authorized to partner with a nonprofit public benefit corporation that is organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state of Tennessee, for the purpose of implementing the early reading initiatives of the fund. (b) The nonprofit part…

The governor's books from birth fund and the nonprofit partner may work with local governments, private organizations and citizens as it plans and engages in activities related to the fund.

(a) The nonprofit partner shall be eligible to be a participating employer in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system upon passage of a resolution by the nonprofit's board of directors authorizing:(1) An actuarial study; and(2) Participation, and accepting the liability as a…

The nonprofit partner may participate, the same as an eligible quasi-governmental organization, in the health insurance plan authorized under § 8-27-207 [repealed and reenacted. See Compiler's Notes], to provide health insurance for its employees, as long as such nonprofit partne…

The nonprofit partner shall annually submit to the governor and the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, within ninety (90) days after the end of its fiscal year, a complete and detailed report setting forth its operation and accomplishments.