Title 4, State Government

(a) The commission shall be composed of nine (9) members, appointed by the governor as provided in this section. The commissioner of commerce and insurance and the executive director of the fire service and codes enforcement academy shall be ex officio nonvoting members. (b) (1) …

(a) (1) Commission members shall receive a per diem payment for each day of attendance at a local firefighting unit pursuant to § 4-24-110, or a meeting of the commission pursuant to § 4-24-107, in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day of attendance.(2) Members shall recei…

(1) The commission shall:(1) Certify firetraining instructors;(2) Certify training and education programs prescribed by the commission;(3) Recommend and approve curricula for advanced courses and seminars in fire science, fire engineering and training in institutions of higher ed…

(1) The commission may:(1) Meet at such times and places in the state as may be needed, upon call of the chair or upon the request of five (5) members;(2) Contract with other agencies, public or private, or persons as it finds necessary for cooperation with city, county, state an…

Nothing contained in this part shall be deemed to limit the powers, rights, duties and responsibilities of municipal or county governments.

The commission shall operate only on funds appropriated by the general assembly.

(a) Individual commission members may assist local firefighting units in the general area of their residence with the development of training and education programs for certification. Members may also administer examinations for certification if such administration is approved by…

The curriculum requirements of the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education shall include materials concerning domestic violence training.

(a) Any full-time, part-time or volunteer firefighter hired or accepted as a firefighter on or after July 1, 2009, by a fire department recognized under title 68, chapter 102, part 3 must meet the following minimum training requirements:(1) The firefighter must have previously co…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director of the division of fire prevention shall:(1) Act as chief administrative officer for the commission;(2) Employ all consultants, investigators, inspectors, legal counsel and other personnel necessary to staff and carry out …

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commission” means the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education created by this chapter;(2) “Fire department” means a department of a municipality, county, or political subdivision, or an orga…

(a) (1) A fire department with employed firefighters who successfully complete in each year an in-service training course, appropriate to the firefighter's rank and responsibility and the size and location of the firefighter's department, of at least forty (40) hours duration at …

(1) Funds made available under this part to units of government shall be received and expended as follows:(1) Funds shall be used only as a cash salary bonus supplement to firefighters;(2) Each firefighter shall be entitled to receive the educational incentive that such firefight…

All units of government are hereby expressly prohibited from discriminating against any firefighter by interfering with or denying any firefighter the opportunity to participate in any training or educational program established by such unit of government for the purpose of compl…

The commission is empowered to establish minimum employment and training standards for firefighters who are to be eligible for educational incentives.

With respect to any fire station constructed after June 26, 2007, each municipal or county fire department, and each volunteer fire department or company is encouraged to have separate restroom facilities, showers and locker rooms for men and women.

(a) Each municipal or county fire department, and each volunteer fire department or company, are urged to develop plans that, to the greatest extent possible, will create gender-friendly conditions in existing facilities. (b) The purpose of the plans is to identify which stations…

(1) Existing facilities that cannot be upgraded to gender-friendly stations should be made gender-friendly to the greatest extent possible by:(1) Using empty or unused rooms in the station. In no event shall existing rooms, including, but not limited to, bedrooms, weight rooms, T…

There is established within the department of economic and community development an office of business enterprise.

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Bid bond” means a bond conditioned upon the entering into a contract by a bidder, if the bidder receives the award thereof, and furnishing the prescribed payment bond and performance bond;(2) “Commissioner” m…

(a) The department is authorized to:(1) Provide assistance to disadvantaged businesses by advising and counseling on all phases of procurement policies, by obtaining information concerning prime contractors in letting subcontracts and by encouraging the letting of subcontracts by…

(1) This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the following purposes and objectives that:(1) Disadvantaged businesses share in the American economic system of private enterprise through free and vigorous competition;(2) Such competition be fostered through the encour…

(a) The department shall make a written report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the commerce and labor committee of the senate, the chair of the commerce committee of the house of representatives, and any govern…

(a) (1) The general assembly finds that conventional funding sources for emerging and expanding disadvantaged businesses are limited or nonexistent.(2) The general assembly further finds that promoting and encouraging economic opportunity and development within the state's minori…

The office of business enterprise shall provide guidelines to address any impediments by other state agencies to the conduct of the office of business enterprise to the members of the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives. The office of b…

(a) There is established an employee suggestion award program for employees and retired employees of state government. (b) Under this program, cash or honorary awards may be made to state employees and retired state employees whose adopted suggestions will result in substantial s…

There is hereby established an employee suggestion award board, which shall be composed of the commissioner of finance and administration, the commissioner of human resources, the commissioner of general services, the executive director of fiscal review committee, and one (1) mem…

(1) It is the duty of the board to:(1) Adopt rules governing its proceedings;(2) Elect a chair and secretary;(3) Keep permanent and accurate records of its proceedings;(4) Establish criteria for making awards;(5) Adopt rules and regulations to carry out this chapter;(6) Approve e…

(1) In establishing criteria for making awards, the board may exclude certain levels of positions from participation in the program, but in no event shall the following levels of management be eligible to receive cash awards under the program:(1) LEVEL I: Governor's staff, depart…

(a) (1) The cash award shall be:(A) Equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the annual savings realized in a fiscal year, with a maximum award of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000);(B) Paid within ninety (90) days of the end of each fiscal year in which the savings have been reali…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Small Business Investment Company Credit Act.”

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Affiliate” means:(A) (i) Any person who, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns, controls or holds the power to vote fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting ownership interest of a TNInvestco or insura…

(a) A participating investor shall earn an investment tax credit against its state premium tax liability equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the investment tax credit allocated to the participating investor under § 4-28-105. The participating investor's investment tax credit s…

(a) The department of economic and community development, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall provide a standardized format for persons attempting to qualify as a TNInvestco. (b) An applicant for qualification is required to:(1) File an application with the depa…

(a) The department of economic and community development, in consultation with the department of revenue must provide a standardized format for a TNInvestco to apply for the investment tax credits. (b) Applications shall contain such information as required by the department of r…

(a) (1) (A) To maintain its certification, a qualified TNInvestco shall make qualified investments, as follows:(i) Within two (2) years after the allocation date, a qualified TNInvestco shall have invested an amount equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of its base investment amo…

(1) An insurance company or affiliate of an insurance company shall not, directly or indirectly:(1) Beneficially own, whether through rights, options, convertible interest or otherwise, fifteen percent (15%) or more of the voting securities or other voting ownership interest of a…

(a) Qualified distributions from a qualified TNInvestco may be made at any time. (b) Distributions other than qualified distributions from a qualified TNInvestco may be paid out annually or upon designated liquidity events as established by the qualified TNInvestco. Any such dist…

(a) (1) (A) Prior to or on the program end date, at any time that the TNInvestco makes distributions, other than qualified distributions or distributions representing repayments of capital contributions, to its equity investors, the qualified TNInvestco shall pay to the state the…

(a) Each qualified TNInvestco shall report the following to the department of economic and community development:(1) As soon as practicable, but no later than thirty (30) days after the receipt of designated capital:(A) The name of each participating investor from which the desig…

(a) The department shall conduct an annual review of each qualified TNInvestco to determine if the qualified TNInvestco is abiding by the requirements of the program and to ensure that no investments have been made in violation of this chapter. This review shall include the use o…

(a) The department of economic and community development shall make an annual report to the governor, the comptroller of the treasury, the state treasurer, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees having jurisdiction over taxes and economic development. The r…

(a) Within ninety (90) days after the department of economic and community development provides notice to a TNInvestco, the commissioner of economic and community development and the commissioner of revenue, in consultation with the state treasurer, working with the TNInvestco, s…

(a) Any qualified TNInvestco that has received an allocation of investment tax credits pursuant to this chapter shall be required to maintain a website that provides information to the general public about the biographical and professional background of each member of the executi…

Beginning on December 31, 2021, the department shall liquidate any remaining ownership interests owned by the state. Methods to liquidate remaining ownership interests include the sale of interests to a third party. The sale of any ownership interests shall be approved by the tre…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law.”