(a) The appropriation heretofore made by chapter 119 of the Public Acts of 1945 for the use and benefit of the department of human services shall be expended by the department for the purchase of raw materials and supplies to be used by blind persons in this state in home industries.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-301

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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 director of services for the blind of the department has jurisdiction, under the supervision of the commissioner of human services, of the expenditure and repayment of such funds.
(c) Despite any law to the contrary, purchases of such material by the director of services for the blind may be made without the necessity of taking bids for the purchases, advertisement for such bids or other restrictions now governing the purchases of materials generally on behalf of the state.
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