§ 1-1-111. Official Status — Prima Facie Evidence of Law — Citation
Upon appropriate certification of approval by the commission filed with the secretary of state as provided in § 1-1-110, the compilation in each volume and supplement so certified shall be in force. The text of the statutes, codes and code supplements (but not the annotations, footnotes and other editorial matter) appearing in the printed copies […]
§ 1-1-112. Uncertified Compilations Not Recognized
No compilation or codification of the statutes of Tennessee not bearing a copy of the certificate of approval of the code commission as provided in § 1-1-110 shall be recognized as an official compilation of the statutory law of Tennessee.
§ 1-1-113. Expenses — Costs of Publication — Price
The commission shall be authorized to expend such funds as may be appropriated by the general assembly for the purpose of this chapter. Such expenditures shall be made upon certification by the chief justice to the proper fiscal officers. The commission shall not be authorized to subsidize the publication of the code out of public […]
§ 1-1-114. Recommendations for Statutory Changes
The commission may prepare and submit to succeeding sessions of the general assembly its recommendations for the revision in substance and form or the repeal or amendment of certain statutes or any portion thereof, and submit bills for the accomplishment of such proposed revision, repeal or amendment.
§ 1-1-115. Preparation of Additional Indices
The commission may prepare or cause to be prepared indices to the laws of Tennessee, in addition to such indices as are prepared in accordance with § 1-1-105, and in preparing such indices has the powers authorized by this chapter.
§ 1-1-116. Changing References From “Tax Assessor” to “Assessor of property.”
The code commission is directed to change all references to tax assessor in title 6, chapter 22, part 1; § 6-51-204; title 6, chapter 55, part 6; title 7, chapter 32, part 1; § 7-64-102; § 25-3-118; § 43-34-104; title 67; and title 69, chapter 6, part 1, wherever such references appear, to assessor of […]
§ 1-1-108. Substantive Changes in Text Prohibited — Changes Authorized — Effect of Error in Enrollment
In preparing the manuscript of the revised compilation (including pocket supplements and replacement volumes) for publication and distribution, the commission shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any act of the general assembly, but shall copy the exact language of the text of the statutes, codes and session laws of a public and […]
§ 1-1-109. Seal and Certificate
The commission has the authority to design and adopt an appropriate certificate and distinctive seal on behalf of the state, a copy of which shall be included in each copy of each volume and pocket supplement of “Tennessee Code Annotated.”
§ 1-1-110. Examination and Certification of Published Volumes
When the commission finds that the manuscript of the revised compilation hereby authorized or any volume or pocket supplement thereof as printed, edited, annotated, indexed and bound by the law book publisher pursuant to contract conforms to the commission’s publication plans and meets and satisfies the requirements of this chapter and also the requirements of […]
§ 1-1-101. Composition of Commission — Vacancies
There is created a Tennessee code commission of five (5) members composed of the chief justice of the supreme court, the attorney general and reporter, a director of the office of legal services for the general assembly, and two (2) other members appointed by the chief justice. In the event of a vacancy for any […]