Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-21-204

  • Bonds: means bonds or interim certificates issued pending preparation or delivery of definitive bonds of a local government issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Federal agency: includes the United States, the president of the United States, or any agency, instrumentality or corporation of the United States, which has heretofore been or may hereafter be designated, created or authorized by or pursuant to any act or acts or joint resolutions of the congress of the United States, to make loans or grants, or which may be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the United States. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105

If any general obligation bonds are to be sold pursuant to a commitment of a state or federal agency to purchase the same, such bonds may be sold at a private negotiated sale to the state or federal agency without the necessity of any public advertisement of the sale or of the approval of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller’s designee.