(a) Notwithstanding the rights, powers and duties that have heretofore been vested in or exercised by any officer, board, commission, department, or other agency of state government to the contrary, the governor has the authority and is hereby empowered to transfer any functions exercised with respect to any joint federal-state programs between the departments, agencies, commissions or boards, whenever such transfers will facilitate the operation of governmental programs or where such transfers are desirable to meet the changes in federal statutes.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-4-117
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) The governor has the authority and is hereby authorized to assign or reassign responsibility for any joint federal-state programs hereafter established to any state department, agency, commission or board created under the statutes of the state not inconsistent with the executive order or congressional enactment for the administration of such programs.
