The head of any department, commission, board, or agency of the state government may cause any or all records kept by such head or it to be photographed, microphotographed or reproduced on film; provided, that the microfilm project has been evaluated and approved by the division of records management of the department of state. Such photographic film shall comply with the minimum standards of quality approved for permanent photographic records by the national bureau of standards, and the device used to reproduce such records on film shall be one which accurately reproduces the original thereof in all details.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-501
Reproduction of state records on film
Known as the Open Appointments Act
The act spans §§ 10–10 (81 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Thomas Greer v. City of Memphis, Tennessee (2010)
Most recently applied in Thomas Greer v. City of Memphis, Tennessee (August 2010)
Acts 1947, ch. 26, § 1; C
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.