(1) “Non-depository publication” means printed and electronic publications not collected by state depository libraries, including, but not limited to:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 12-6-101
Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
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
(A) Ephemeral materials, such as business cards, stationery, invitations, postcards, and flyers;(B) Publications created for state agency internal use, such as handbooks, manuals, conference items of temporary use, instructional items, and agendas;(C) Agency materials not distributed outside of the creating agency, such as working papers, internal newsletters, internal memoranda, and confidential material; and(D) Reprints of federal materials;(2) “Publication” includes any newsletter, stationery, greeting card, report, or printed or electronic material produced in any format for distribution outside the creating department or agency, including those published by facilities not operated by the state; and(3)(A) “State depository publication” includes:
(i) The acts and journals of the general assembly, the reports of the supreme court, and such other courts that have their decisions reported by the attorney general and reporter, or that are required to be reported by any act or resolution of the general assembly;(ii) The regularly published reports of officers of this state and any special reports that may from time to time be published by state officers or committees of the general assembly or other committees provided for by law, including, but not limited to:
(a) Public and private acts;(b) Court reports and opinions;(c) Rules and regulations;(d) Budget, revenue, and tax report documents;(e) Annual and biennial reports;(f) Vital statistics, court statistics, and census reports;(g) Periodic and special reports;(h)State plans and strategic plans;(i) Tennessee Blue Book;(j) Fact books;(k) Maps;(l) Magazines;(m) External newsletters (those available for public information); and(n) Such other reports or statements published under the authority of the state, or any official thereof; and(B) “State depository publication” does not include non-depository publications.
