Tennessee § 12-6-102 - General distribution of acts.
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§ 12-6-102. General distribution of acts.
It is the duty of the secretary of state to distribute the printed acts, upon written request received not later than February 1 of each year, as follows: to each executive officer and Tennessee public utility commission commissioner of the state, one (1) copy; to each judge and each clerk of the supreme, appeals, circuit, criminal and general sessions courts, one (1) copy; to each chancellor, each clerk and master, one (1) copy; to each district attorney general and each assistant, one (1) copy; to the attorney general and reporter and each assistant, one (1) copy; to each clerk of the probate courts and each judge of the county or probate courts, and to each register and each trustee, and each assessor of property, one (1) copy; each of the copies to belong to the indicated office, and go to the successor of the incumbent; also to the order of the University of Tennessee, up to thirty (30) copies for the use of the University of Tennessee as a depository and for exchanges. A copy of the printed acts shall be, upon written request received not later than February 1 of each year, delivered to every organized bar association in this state; provided, that such bar association maintains a law library; and provided the name and address of such bar association shall be certified to the secretary of state by the county clerk of the county in which the association exists; and provided further, that should the association cease to function or to maintain a law library, all copies of the acts shall thereupon be turned over and delivered to the county clerk. Bound volumes of acts or resolutions may be made available to any person, firm or corporation, requesting same in writing not later than February 1 of each year, at a price to be fixed by the secretary of state not to exceed per volume printing cost. Any requests for acts or resolutions received later than February 1 of each year will be accepted subject to availability. This section and §§ 12-6-101 and 12-6-103 shall not apply to the Tennessee Code Annotated, any supplement thereto or replacement volume thereof, or any act enacting that code. Code 1858, § 30; Shan., § 42; Acts 1923, ch. 101, § 2; mod. Code 1932, § 70; Acts 1935, ch. 181, § 2; 1941, ch. 22, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 70; modified; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 69, § 1; Acts 1961, ch. 290, § 1; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-602; Acts 1981, ch. 191, §§ 2-5; 1988, ch. 745, § 1; 1991, ch. 98, § 1; 1994, ch. 622, § 1; 1995, ch. 305, § 98; 2017, ch. 94, § 32. Cross-References. Printing and distribution of school laws, § 49-1-201 . Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 1-1-105 — 1-1-113 . Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court Systems — Prosecution, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 477.
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