(a) The Tennessee code commission has full power and authority on behalf of the state of Tennessee to perform all acts and to negotiate and enter into all contracts necessary for and expedient to the successful production and publication of a revised compilation of the statutory laws of Tennessee, including the power and authority to enter into contracts with a law book publisher for the editing, compiling, annotating, indexing, printing, binding, publication, sale and distribution of the revised compilation and the performance and execution of all other publication plans formulated by the commission.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 1-1-106

  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Publication: as used in this chapter , includes the necessary actions by whatever means and in whatever form for development of a Tennessee Code database. See Tennessee Code 1-1-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to render invalid or impair the obligations of any contract previously entered into by the commission for the purposes set forth in this section or with a suitable contractor for an electronically searchable database of such code.
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