Tennessee § 4-3-706 - Industrial development — Powers and duties.
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§ 4-3-706. Industrial development — Powers and duties.
It is the function of the department of economic and community development to stimulate the creation of new jobs and income through services to business and industry. The department shall exercise all of the administrative powers, duties and functions described in §§ 4-14-103 — 4-14-107. The department has the power to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the administration of its functions and duties. The department shall provide for the administration of title 68, chapter 202, part 1. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 11; 1963, ch. 169, §§ 2, 3; 1972, ch. 852, § 12; T.C.A., §§ 4-331, 4-343; modified; Acts 1985, ch. 256, § 6. Code Commission Notes. Former subsection (d), which provided that the former board for economic growth serve as an advisory commission to the commissioner of economic and community development, was deleted as obsolete by the Code Commission in 2015. Compiler's Notes. The Tennessee board for economic growth, formerly referred to in this section, was repealed by Acts 2009, ch. 105, §§ 2 and 3, effective April 27, 2009.
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