The commissioner of each department is empowered to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with the law, for the government of the commissioner's department, the conduct of its employees, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers, books, documents and property pertaining thereto.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-4-103
Department regulations
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Transportation v. Medicine Bird Black Bear White Eagle (2001)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Transportation v. Medicine Bird Black Bear White Eagle (July 2001)
Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 10; 1939, ch. 11, § 6; C
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