(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, this chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the following purposes and objectives:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-53-313
Enterprise: means the manufacturing, processing, assembling, commercial, service and agricultural operations to be carried on with or otherwise using the facilities of the project. See Tennessee Code 7-53-101
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
(1) The policies and practices of industrial development corporations shall ensure that minority-owned and other disadvantaged businesses share more fully in the American economic system of private enterprise through free and vigorous competition;(2) Such competition shall be fostered through encouragement and support of minority-owned and other disadvantaged businesses; and(3) Industrial development corporations aid, counsel and assist in every practical manner minority-owned and other disadvantaged businesses in order to preserve free competition on equal terms with those businesses constituting the major portion of the state‘s business community.(b) To assist industrial development corporations in achieving such purposes and objectives, the department of economic and community development and the office of business enterprise, established by § 4-26-101, shall be available to provide technical assistance and consultation.
