Title 3, Legislature

(a) All books, papers, records, and correspondence pertaining to the work of the office are public records except:(1) Intraoffice memoranda made by the director or the director's staff;(2) Work papers and correspondence with any committee or member of the general assembly; and(3)…

(a) There is created the office of legislative budget analysis which has the duty to:(1) Conduct detailed analyses of the state's budget and its content including recommended appropriations, expenditures, revenues, work programs, recommended appropriations for capital projects, r…

(a) To aid the office of legislative budget analysis, the staff of the comptroller of the treasury and the fiscal review committee shall furnish such assistance as may be required. The office may also call on the staff of the other legislative staff offices for advice and assista…

The joint legislative services committee shall appoint, subject to the approval of the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, a director of the office of legislative budget analysis who shall be a graduate of an accredited college or university, sh…

Suitable office space and facilities shall be provided in Nashville convenient to the general assembly.

(1) There is created the office of legislative information systems for the general assembly, which has the duty to:(1) Operate an automated data processing center and perform computing and programming services as are required for data processing applications by the members of the…

The joint legislative services committee shall appoint, subject to the approval of the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, a director of legislative information systems, who shall be a graduate of an accredited college or university and shall ha…

The joint legislative services committee shall, through the office of legislative information systems, control, operate, and maintain the legislative computer system and the use of electronic data processing equipment in the legislative branch. The committee shall adopt policies,…

Suitable office space and facilities shall be provided in Nashville convenient to the general assembly.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law.”

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Annual event” means an event:(A) Authorized by two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to each house of the general assembly;(B) Operated for the benefit of a nonprofit organization located in Tennessee;(C…

(a) (1) (A) (i) A nonprofit organization seeking to operate an annual event for the benefit of that organization located in this state shall submit an annual event application to the secretary by January 31 each year for the annual event period beginning July 1 of that calendar y…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 3-17-103(a)(1), all annual event applications shall be submitted to the secretary from July 1 to January 31 for the annual event period beginning July 1 following the close of the application period and ending June 30 of the subsequent calend…

(a) The secretary shall examine each annual event application submitted under this chapter for inclusion on the omnibus list. An annual event shall be included on the omnibus list if:(1) All annual event application filing requirements of § 3-17-104 are met;(2) The secretary dete…

(a) (1) An organization authorized by the general assembly to operate an annual event shall file, within ninety (90) calendar days following the actual event date, a financial accounting with the secretary in accordance with this section. An organization shall remit to the secret…

Applications, reports, and all other documents and information required to be filed under this chapter, or by the secretary, shall be public records in the office of the secretary. The secretary, in the secretary's discretion, may compile, summarize, publish, or otherwise release…

(a) Every nonprofit organization subject to this chapter and the rules and regulations prescribed by the secretary, shall keep:(1) True and accurate fiscal records including, but not limited to, all income and expenses; and(2) True and accurate records regarding the conduct of an…

(a) No ticket, share, chance or similar record shall be purchased by and no prize or award shall be paid to:(1) Any member of the board of directors of a nonprofit organization authorized by the general assembly to operate an annual event for such organization;(2) Any officer or …

(a) The ticket, share, chance or other similar record shall bear on its face the name of the nonprofit organization on whose behalf the event is being conducted. (b) All cash prizes or awards exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid by check from a designated account of the…

Any person who is convicted of a violation of § 39-16-702, § 39-16-703, or title 39, chapter 17, parts 5 and 6 shall be permanently disqualified from submitting an annual event application.

The general assembly, by enacting this chapter, intends to preempt any other regulation of the area covered by this chapter. No political subdivision or agency may enact or enforce a law, ordinance, resolution or regulation that regulates or prohibits any conduct in the area cove…

(a) The secretary may publicly or privately investigate, as the secretary of state deems necessary, any person or organization that the secretary has reason to believe has violated this chapter. The secretary may assess a civil penalty against any person, or a nonprofit organizat…

(a) The secretary of state may establish, by duly promulgated rules and regulations, the procedures and criteria for requiring and obtaining criminal background checks for officers, directors, trustees, and the principal salaried executive staff officer who will operate the annua…

(a) The secretary of state is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as the secretary of state may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, …

This chapter applies to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the United States Constitution.

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Advisory committee” means the Article V convention advisory committee created pursuant to § 3-18-113;(2) “Alternate commissioner” means a person elected as an alternate commissioner of a paired commissioner p…

(1) At the time of appointment and throughout the Article V convention, a commissioner:(1) Must be a United States citizen for at least five (5) years;(2) Must be a resident of this state for at least five (5) years;(3) Must be at least twenty-five (25) years of age;(4) Must be a…

Costs related to an Article V convention, except for the costs of any special session to consider whether to participate in an Article V convention, must not be incurred until the general assembly passes a resolution agreeing to participate in an Article V convention. The joint r…

(a) Commissioners and alternate commissioners must be named by a joint resolution passed by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of those present and voting in a joint session of the general assembly. The general assembly shall appoint commissioners and alternate commissioners so that, as near …

(a) The joint resolution adopted pursuant to § 3-18-105 naming the commissioners and alternate commissioners must include their commission. The commission must include, but is not limited to, the following:(1) A commissioner shall not vote for or otherwise promote any change to t…

(a) Each commissioner and alternate commissioner shall, after appointment and before the commissioner or alternate commissioner may exercise any function as commissioner or alternate commissioner, execute an oath in writing that the commissioner or alternate commissioner:(1) Will…

After a commissioner's executed oath is filed with the secretary of state, the clerk of the house of representatives shall provide to the commissioner an official copy of the executed oath and the commissioning resolution, which together serves as the commissioner's credentials.

(a) The alternate commissioner shall fill the vacancy of the paired commissioner. Any additional vacancies must be filled by the advisory committee's selection of an alternate commissioner until such time as a vote by a joint session of the general assembly selects a permanent re…

(a) A commissioner must receive the same compensation as a member of the house of representatives, prorated for length of time served. (b) A commissioner is entitled to receive the same per diem and allowance for expenses and mileage as provided to a member of the house of repres…

(a) A commissioner or an alternate commissioner shall not accept, during such commissioner's time of service, any gifts or benefits with a combined value of more than two hundred dollars ($200), other than from a member of such commissioner's immediate family and of the kind cust…

(a) The commissioners within the delegation, including any alternate commissioners filling a vacancy, shall choose from among them a chair of the delegation, a person who must cast the state's vote on the convention floor, and a person to speak to the media on behalf of the deleg…

(a) The Article V convention advisory committee consists of the following members:(1) One (1) state senator appointed by the speaker of the senate;(2) One (1) state representative appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and(3) One (1) member of the general assem…

(a) Whenever the advisory committee has reason to believe that a commissioner or alternate commissioner has exceeded such commissioner's scope of authority, the committee shall notify the speaker of the house of representatives, the speaker of the senate, and the attorney general…

(a) It is an offense for a commissioner or alternate commissioner to knowingly or intentionally vote or attempt to vote outside the scope or in violation of:(1) The joint commissioning resolution, such commissioner's oath of office, or further instructions established by the gene…