Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-38-124

  • Cooperative: means an association organized under this title conducting business on a cooperative plan as provided under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • 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

The secretary of state has the authority and is empowered to perform the duties required of the secretary of state by this chapter including, without limitation, the authority to promulgate necessary and appropriate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and the power to destroy any records in the secretary of state’s office concerning a cooperative ten (10) years after such cooperative has dissolved, withdrawn from the state or has had its certificate of authority revoked.