§ 12-4-107. Contracts for Professional Services
All contracts for architectural and engineering services procured by any municipal corporation, county, state, development district, utility district, human resource agency, or other political subdivision created by statute, and all contracts for construction services procured by any county, city, metropolitan government, or town for projects described in subsection (b), shall meet the following requirements: In […]
§ 12-4-108. Withdrawal of Retained Funds — Contractors
Any construction contractor may, from time to time, withdraw any part, or the whole, of the amount which has been retained from partial payments to the contractor pursuant to the terms of the contract upon the deposit of securities in the manner described in this section. This section shall require delivery of securities to or […]
§ 12-4-101. Personal Interest of Officers Prohibited
It is unlawful for any officer, committee member, director, or other person whose duty it is to vote for, let out, overlook, or in any manner to superintend any work or any contract in which any municipal corporation, county, state, development district, utility district, human resource agency, or other political subdivision created by statute shall […]
§ 12-4-102. Penalty for Unlawful Interest
Should any person, acting as such officer, committee member, director, or other person referred to in § 12-4-101, be or become directly or unlawfully indirectly interested in any such contract, such person shall forfeit all pay and compensation therefor. Such officer shall be dismissed from such office the officer then occupies, and be ineligible for […]
§ 12-4-103. Bidding, Sale, or Offer for Sale by State Employees Prohibited
It is hereby declared unlawful for any state official or employee to bid on, sell, or offer for sale, any merchandise, equipment or material, or similar commodity, to the state of Tennessee during the tenure of such official’s or employee’s office or employment, or for six (6) months thereafter, or to have any interest in […]
§ 12-4-104. Penalty for Unlawful Transactions
It is an offense for a public employee or former public employee having official responsibility for procurement transactions to accept employment with any respondent to a solicitation or contractor with whom the employee or former employee dealt in an official capacity concerning procurement transactions for a period of one (1) year from the cessation of […]
§ 12-4-105. Grand Jury Investigations
The judges of the circuit and criminal courts of the state shall give §§ 12-4-103 — 12-4-105 in charges to their respective grand juries, and the grand juries shall have inquisitorial powers to summon witnesses and to inquire into probable violations of those sections.