Title 12, Public Property, Printing And Contracts

The secretary of state shall cause the acts for the several officers whose offices are not at the capitol to be safely packed and boxed, and to be shipped prepaid in the way most feasible.

(a) If the printer or secretary of state fails to perform such printer's or secretary of state's duties, the printer or secretary of state shall forfeit five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered in the name and for the use of the state by the comptroller of the treasury. (b) M…

All other public documents, required to be distributed by law, may be distributed with the acts and journals.

(a) The state library and archives at Nashville, the John C. Hodges Library of the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville, the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at Memphis, the Ned R. McWherter Library at the University of Memphis, the Sherrod Library at East Tennessee State Unive…

Each member of the general assembly is entitled to one (1) copy of the printed acts of the general assembly of which the person was a member, which must be delivered to the member's legislative office in Nashville, but only upon written request to the secretary of state by the me…

At least quarterly, a list of all publications must be provided by the department of general services to the Tennessee state library and archives and other state depository libraries. Notice of publication and access to state electronic publications must be provided to all state …

(1) At the expense of each department, agency, board, or commission, the person in charge of making documents and publications shall distribute or have distributed:(1) One (1) copy of all state depository publications to the librarian, person, or persons in charge of each of the …

Upon request by the University of Tennessee, the person in charge of the making of such publications or the issuance of such documents shall furnish the university up to thirty (30) copies of each publication or document.

The librarian or other person in charge of each depository shall receive and carefully preserve all state documents and publications, both printed and electronic, so received.

The state librarian and archivist may, from time to time, procure from the general government, any foreign government, or from any state or territory within the United States, the public acts, and law and equity reports of such government, state or territory, by exchanging the pu…

The secretary of state shall promulgate rules to effectuate the preservation, distribution, accessibility, and availability of state depository publications in electronic format. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled …

The secretary of state is authorized to furnish to any person, firm, or corporation, so requesting in writing, copies of the public acts of the general assembly which are prepared at intervals during and after each legislative session and made available online pending publication…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, resolutions of the general assembly that honor or commend individuals or groups or that express sympathy or condolences upon the death of an individual shall not be printed in the Acts of Tennessee, nor shall such resolutions be distri…

Except for exchange and depository copies provided for herein, there shall be no automatic distribution of any state report or publication, unless such distribution is required by an act or resolution enacted after May 25, 1984. Any other distribution must be approved by the stat…

Copies of the journals of the house of representatives and the senate may be distributed to depository libraries in electronic format rather than in bound volumes.

In order to control the cost and proliferation of publications and reports printed by state agencies, the commissioner of general services shall provide a permanent record of publications issued by state government and shall have authority to issue regulations implementing provis…

(a) It is the duty of the commissioner of general services to establish rules and regulations to control the costs and quantity of all publications, and to promulgate rules and regulations governing the printing and distribution of state agency reports and publications issued by …

(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 …

(1) The commissioner of general services shall, as a minimum, keep the following information on each approved publication:(1) Name of publication;(2) Department producing publication;(3) Purpose and brief description of publication contents;(4) Number of copies authorized to be p…

It is the duty of all departments, institutions or agencies of state government to furnish to the commissioner of general services all material requested from the commissioner regarding publications and reports.

The approval procedure for publications established under this part may allow one-time approval of a publication that is printed on a periodic basis and that conforms to the format, design, and purpose of the publication as originally presented to the commissioner of general serv…

The requirements of this part do not apply to any student newspaper publication or annuals and/or yearbooks.

The general assembly finds and declares that the use of alkaline paper for the publication of state records and documents of enduring value is a social and moral imperative to preserve our collective knowledge and heritage for the future. To this end, the general assembly declare…

Each department, board, commission, agency or other entity of state government, including state institutions of higher education, shall use alkaline paper that meets or exceeds the American National Standards Institute standard for permanent paper for printed library materials (A…

The commissioner of general services is charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing this part. The commissioner of general services shall provide to each department, board, commission, agency or other entity of state government an approved list of alkaline pape…

The general assembly further urges and encourages all county governments, municipal governments and other local governmental entities to utilize alkaline paper that meets the ANSI Z39.48 standard when such governments print and/or publish public records and documents of enduring …

The commissioner of general services is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

Nothing in this part shall be construed to supersede § 20-6-103. To the extent that this part is in conflict with § 20-6-103, § 20-6-103 shall control.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, local governments may, individually or jointly, own or operate a facility for the manufacture or production of hot mix asphalt, in accordance with the restrictions and limitations provided for in this section. (b) (1…

Any state, county, or municipal officer violating this chapter, or knowingly permitting any provision of such chapter to be violated, commits a Class C misdemeanor. In addition to such penalty, injunctive relief may be had against a violator of this chapter by petition addressed …

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or be construed as prohibiting the county road commission, the state, or any municipality or its agents, from doing work gratuitously for cemeteries, churches, schools, and any other charitable nonprofit organization, or from making sales of…

This chapter may be cited as the “Interlocal Cooperation Act.”

It is the purpose of this chapter to permit local governmental units the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governme…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Local government entity” means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resour…

(a) (1) Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercise by a public agency of this state, including those provided in § 6-54-307 or § 68-221-1107(b), may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this state having the power or …

In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter is between or among one (1) or more public agencies of this state and one (1) or more public agencies of another state or of the United States, the agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact, but i…

In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a …

Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to this chapter may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking by providing s…

Any one (1) or more public agencies may contract with any one (1) or more public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity or undertaking which each public agency entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform; provided, that such contract shall be author…

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any public agency from contracting with other public agencies under existing statutory or charter authority.

(a) Any one (1) or more public agencies may contract with any one (1) or more public agencies for the conveyance or transfer of property, real or personal, if:(1) The public agency or agencies receiving the conveyance or transfer utilizes the property for a public purpose; and(2)…

Any interlocal agreement entered into by local government entities that creates a local government joint venture entity shall be filed in the office of the comptroller of the treasury within ninety (90) days of execution of the agreement. Any interlocal agreement entered into by …

(a) Any local government joint venture entity shall, during the term of the agreement, file an annual statement with the office of the comptroller of the treasury. The statement shall set forth the names of all parties to the agreement, the annual revenue and expenses of any enti…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Building Authorities Act of 1971.”

(a) (1) It is hereby found and declared that there exist in many municipalities within this state inadequate and outmoded public buildings, structures, and facilities for the furnishing of governmental, educational and other public services and for use in the conduct of governmen…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Authority” or “public building authority” means any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter;(2) “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of an aut…