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Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-101

Administrative departments and divisions — Creation

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Gean v. Hattaway (2003)

Most recently applied in 782 F. Supp. 2d 561 - Hornberger v. Tennessee (March 2011)

Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 24; Shan

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There are created and established the following administrative departments of state government:

(1) Department of agriculture;

(2) Department of audit;

(3) Department of children's services;

(4) Department of commerce and insurance;

(5) Department of correction;

(6) Department of economic and community development;

(7) Department of education;

(8) Department of environment and conservation;

(9) Department of finance and administration;

(10) Department of financial institutions;

(11) Department of general services;

(12) Department of health;

(13) Department of human resources;

(14) Department of human services;

(15) Department of intellectual and developmental disabilities;

(16) Department of labor and workforce development;

(17) Department of mental health and substance abuse services;

(18) Department of revenue;

(19) Department of safety;

(20) Department of state;

(21) Department of tourist development;

(22) Department of transportation;

(23) Department of the treasury;

(24) Department of veterans services; and

(25) Legal department.

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.