Tennessee § 4-3-104 - Name changes of departments and divisions.
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§ 4-3-104. Name changes of departments and divisions.
References appearing elsewhere in this code to the department of accounts, the department of the budget or to the office of the state property administrator are deemed references to the department of finance and administration. References to the department of finance and taxation are deemed references to the department of revenue. References to the department of highways and public works when relating to public buildings are deemed references to the department of general services. References to the department of highways and public works, except when relating to public buildings, and references to the bureau of aeronautics, the bureau of highways and the mass transit bureau are deemed references to the department of transportation. References to the department of institutions are deemed references to the department of correction. References to the department of insurance and banking are deemed references to the department of commerce and insurance. References to the department of local finance or division of local finance are deemed references to the office of the comptroller of the treasury. References to the department of public welfare are deemed references to the department of human services. References to the department of standards and purchases are deemed references to the department of general services. References to the staff division of industrial development are deemed references to the industrial development division of the department of economic and community development. References to the division of hotel and restaurant inspection of the department of conservation are deemed references to the hotel and restaurant division of the department of tourist development. References to the staff division of veterans' affairs and references to the department of veterans' affairs are deemed references to the department of veterans services. References to the state educational agency for surplus property are deemed references to the department of general services. References to the tourism development division of the department of economic and community development are deemed references to the tourism division of the department of tourist development. References to the department of banking are deemed references to the department of financial institutions. References in title 45, chapter 5, except in § 45-5-304(a)(4), to the department of commerce and insurance are deemed to be references to the department of financial institutions. References to the department of insurance are deemed references to the department of commerce and insurance. References to the department of public health are deemed references to the department of health. References to the department of health and environment are deemed references to the department of health. References to the department of conservation are deemed references to the department of environment and conservation. References to the department of labor are deemed references to the department of labor and workforce development. References to the department of employment security are deemed references to the department of labor and workforce development. References to the department of personnel are deemed references to the department of human resources. References to the board of probation and parole are deemed references to the board of parole. References to the elevator division, division of mines, labor standards division, and division of boiler and elevator inspection, are deemed references to the department of labor and workforce development. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; 1959, ch. 9, §§ 3, 8, 14; 1961, ch. 97, § 3; 1971, ch. 137, § 1; 1972, ch. 543, §§ 5, 7, 9, 12; 1972, ch. 829, § 7; 1972, ch. 852, § 12; 1975, ch. 219, § 1(b); 1975, ch. 248, §§ 1(b), 1(f); 1975, ch. 249, §§ 1(b), 3; 1976, ch. 468, § 2; T.C.A. § 4-301; Acts 1981, ch. 264, §§ 12, 17, 19, 22; 1983, ch. 216, § 2; 1983, ch. 274, § 22; 1983, ch. 311, § 2; 1983, ch. 442, § 4; 1983, ch. 472, § 2; 1991, ch. 289, § 2; 1991, ch. 448, § 2; 1999, ch. 520, § 17; 2000, ch. 947, § 6; 2007, ch. 60, § 2; 2010, ch. 868, § 2; 2010, ch. 1100 § 5; 2012, ch. 727, § 1; 2015, ch. 24, §§ 5, 7; 2016, ch. 599, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 153 provided that the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the commissioner of finance and administration are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the act. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. For the preamble to the act concerning transfers of certain functions relating to probation and parole services and the community correction grant program from the board of probation and parole to the department of correction, please refer to Acts 2012, ch. 727. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 63 provided that the implementation of the act, which added subsection (z) (now (x)), shall be fully accomplished on or before January 1, 2013. Acts 2015, ch. 24, § 7 provided that the Tennessee Code Commission is requested to change references in Tennessee Code Annotated, as volumes are replaced and supplements are issued, from “veterans’ affairs” and “veterans affairs” to “veterans services” wherever the language appears in reference to the name or commissioner of the Tennessee department of veterans services. Amendments. The 2015 amendment rewrote (l ) which read: “References to the staff division of veterans' affairs are deemed references to the department of veterans' affairs.” The 2016 amendment added (y). Effective Dates. Acts 2015, ch. 24, § 9. July 1, 2015. Acts 2016, ch. 599, § 8. July 1, 2016.
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