Tennessee § 12-3-104 - Transfer of equipment between departments, institutions and agencies.
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§ 12-3-104. Transfer of equipment between departments, institutions and agencies.
Whenever any state department or agency applies to the department of general services to lease or rent any equipment, the department of general services shall first ascertain whether or not any such equipment is available for use from any other department, institution, or agency. The department of general services shall have the power to request the transfer of any such equipment from one (1) department, institution, or agency to another with the approval of the head of the transferring department, institution, or agency. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 11. Compiler's Notes. For the disposition of sections in title 12, ch. 3, as amended by Acts 2013, ch. 403, effective July 1, 2013, please see the table of disposition in § 12-3-101 . Former title 12, ch. 3, part 1, §§ 12-3-101 — 12-3-133 (Williams, §§ 370.11, 370.27, 370.31, 370.32, 370.37, 370.39, 370.40); impl. am. Acts 1957, ch. 4, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 5; Acts 1969, ch. 115, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1969, ch. 302, § 1; Acts 1971, ch. 405, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; Acts 1973, ch. 144, § 4; 1973, ch. 216, § 1; 1973, ch. 320, § 4; 1975, ch. 60, § 1; 1976, ch. 601, § 1; 1976, ch. 776, §§ 1, 2; 1977, ch. 437, § 1; 1978, ch. 932, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 12-309, 12-328, 12-329, 12-333, 12-334, 12-336; 12-337, 12-3-123 , 12-3-124 , 12-3-128 , 12-3-131 , 12-3-132 ; Acts 1980, ch. 741, § 4; T.C.A., § 12-3-130 ; Acts 1981, ch. 332, §§ 16, 17; 1986, ch. 896, § 1; 1987, ch. 337, § 17; 1995, ch. 305, § 97; 1996, ch. 682, § 1; 2003, ch. 288, § 1; 2009, ch. 106, § 5; 2010, ch. 694, § 1; 2010, ch. 1098, § 2; 2011, ch. 295, §§ 5, 19; 2012, ch. 731, § 1) was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2013, ch. 403, §§ 8-12, effective July 1, 2013. Former title 12, chs. 3 and 4 were recodified by Acts 2013, ch. 403, effective July 1, 2013. In the recodification, some provisions similar to former § 12-3-104 were enacted at this section. Former §§ 12-3-108 — 12-3-132 were transferred in 1981. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 83 provided that the act, which repealed and reenacted this part, shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on and after July 1, 2013.
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