(a) The state funding board is authorized to make grants or loans, as funds are available, to any approved applicant county to assist that county in the construction or renovation of a correctional facility.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 41-8-109

  • Applicant county: means any county that applies to participate in the program. See Tennessee Code 41-8-103
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Grant: means those funds provided under this chapter by the state to the county for which the state does not require repayment by the county. See Tennessee Code 41-8-103
  • Loan: means those funds provided under this chapter by the state to the county for which the state does require repayment by the county. See Tennessee Code 41-8-103
  • 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) No county shall award any construction contract in reliance on a grant or loan until such time as the state funding board and the county have executed a contract pursuant to § 41-8-110 or § 41-8-111, and until the state building commission has acted pursuant to § 4-15-102, when an application for a grant has been approved.
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