(a) Each state agency shall be subject to a performance review of its activities by the comptroller of the treasury.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-4-5610

  • 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
  • state agency: means any unit organization of the executive department, including any official, department, board, commission, division, bureau, section, district, office, authority, committee, or council or any other unit of state government, however designated, including, without limitation, higher education. See Tennessee Code 9-4-5604
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
(b) The performance review shall include such matters as the comptroller of the treasury deems appropriate related to the manner in which the entity is delivering its services and achieving its objectives, including but not limited to:

(1) The efficient use of all state and federal resources and user fees;
(2) Additional non-state revenue or cost savings that the entity could achieve; and
(3) The extent to which the entity has achieved the objectives of its strategic plan.
(c) Each entity subject to a performance review shall cooperate fully with the comptroller of the treasury and shall timely provide all relevant documents and requested information. If any entity refuses to provide any requested documents or information, the comptroller shall include such refusal in its report, as well as the reasons given by the entity for not furnishing the documents or information.
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