Tennessee § 12-3-511 - Ascertainment of availability of funds.
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§ 12-3-511. Ascertainment of availability of funds.
The central procurement office shall not honor or act upon any requisitions from any state agency without first having ascertained from the commissioner of finance and administration, or other responsible official, the availability of funds to cover the proposed expenditure. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 30. 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 5, §§ 12-3-501 — 12-3-531 (Acts 1953, ch. 163, §§ 4-6, 27 (Williams, §§ 370.13-370.15, 370.36); modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; Acts 1975, ch. 202, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 12-304-12 -308, 12-3-204 — 12-3-208 ; Acts 1981, ch. 94, §§ 1-4; 1981, ch. 332, §§ 2-6; 1987, ch. 337, § 19; 2005, ch. 166, § 1; 2010, ch. 1098, § 2; 2011, ch. 295, §§ 5, 19), concerning specification, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2013, ch. 403, §§ 20-34, effective July 1, 2013.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 § 12-3-215 were transferred to this section. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 83 provided that the act, which repealed and reenacted this part, shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on and after July 1, 2013.
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