Terms Used In Tennessee Code 12-3-911

  • Energy efficiency standard: means a performance standard which prescribes the relationship of the energy use of a product to its useful output of services. See Tennessee Code 12-3-902
  • Political subdivision: means any city, town, municipality or county within the state. See Tennessee Code 12-3-902
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring of any goods or services. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201
  • Procurement commission: means the state procurement commission, as established in §. See Tennessee Code 12-3-201

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the adoption of an energy efficiency standard by a political subdivision when that standard has not been adopted by rules of the procurement commission, or where the standard proposed to be adopted by the political subdivision is more stringent than the standard adopted by the rules of the procurement commission.