Tennessee § 12-5-101 - Supervision by department of general services.
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§ 12-5-101. Supervision by department of general services.
The department of general services has entire charge and supervision of all printing done for each and every department or branch of government of the state, including all departmental offices and all charitable, penal, educational or reform institutions. Acts 1915, ch. 45, § 1; Shan., § 1a2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 2, 3, 20; mod. Code 1932, § 29; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 42; impl. am. Acts 1939, ch. 11, § 23; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 29; impl. am. Acts 1953, ch. 163, § 29; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-502; T.C.A. § 12-5-101 . Compiler's Notes. Former § 12-5-101 (Acts 1909, ch. 346, § 1; Shan., § 1a15; Code 1932, § 45; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-501), concerning the definition of public printing and the preference for Tennessee printers, was repealed by Acts 1981, ch. 332, § 26. Former §§ 12-5-103 — 12-5-124 (Code 1858, §§ 19-21 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 120, §§ 1-3); Acts 1859-1860, ch. 97, § 2; 1895, ch. 169, §§ 11-13, 15-17, 26; 1915, ch. 45, §§ 3-12; 1927, ch. 48, § 1; Shan., §§ 1a7-1a14, 11-13, 15-17, 28, 38-39; Code 1932, §§ 31-33, 36-38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46-48, 50-52, 64-68; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 31, 32, 34-38, 40, 43, 44, 46, 65, 66, 68; Acts 1972, ch. 598, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 12-503 — 12-516, 12-518 — 12-520, 12-533 — 12-537), concerning public printing, were repealed by Acts 1981, ch. 332, § 26. For supervision by the department of general services, see the present section. Cross-References. Powers of department of general services, § 4-3-1105 .
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