As used in this chapter: “Non-depository publication” means printed and electronic publications not collected by state depository libraries, including, but not limited to: Ephemeral materials, such as business cards, stationery, invitations, postcards, and flyers; Publications created for state agency internal use, such as handbooks, manuals, conference items of temporary use, instructional items, and agendas; Agency […]
It is the duty of the secretary of state to distribute the printed acts, upon written request received not later than February 1 of each year, as follows: to each executive officer and Tennessee public utility commission commissioner of the state, one (1) copy; to each judge and each clerk of the supreme, appeals, circuit, […]
The secretary of state shall also make available additional copies of the acts by publishing the acts in electronic format on the department of state’s website. Each house shall make available copies of their journals by publishing the journals in electronic format on their respective websites. Code 1858, § 31; Shan., § 43; mod. Code […]
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. Code 1858, § 32; Acts 1873, ch. 63; Shan., §§ 44-46; Acts 1923, ch. 101, § 4; mod. Code 1932, […]
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. Moreover, such failure is a Class C […]
All other public documents, required to be distributed by law, may be distributed with the acts and journals. Code 1858, § 37; Shan., § 54; Code 1932, § 78; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-606; Acts 1984, ch. 798, § 7; 2017, ch. 111, § 1.
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 University, and such other libraries as the governor may at any […]
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 member not later than February […]
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 depository libraries.
At the expense of each department, agency, board, or commission, the person in charge of making documents and publications shall distribute or have distributed: One (1) copy of all state depository publications to the librarian, person, or persons in charge of each of the depositories and the legislative reference and law library; Upon request, two […]
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 public acts or reports of this state. Code 1858, § […]
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 in title 4, chapter 5.
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 of the bound volumes of the public acts of Tennessee, for […]
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 distributed in accordance with this chapter, unless the secretary of state, […]
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 state publications committee, as provided for in chapter 7, part 1 […]
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.
