Tennessee § 4-3-113 - Name changes of departments, directors and commissioners.

§ 4-3-113. Name changes of departments, directors and commissioners.

References appearing elsewhere in this code to the director of accounts, the director of the budget or to the state property administrator are deemed references to the commissioner of finance and administration. References to the superintendent of banks, to the superintendent of banking or to the commissioner of banking are deemed references to the commissioner of financial institutions. References to the commissioner of finance and taxation are deemed references to the commissioner of revenue. References to the commissioner of highways and public works, when relating to public buildings, are deemed references to the commissioner of general services. References to the commissioner of highways and public works, except when relating to public buildings, and references to the director of the bureau of aeronautics, the director of the bureau of highways, and the director of the mass transit bureau are deemed references to the commissioner of transportation. References to the commissioner of institutions are deemed references to the commissioner of correction. References to the commissioner of insurance and banking are deemed references to the commissioner of commerce and insurance. References to the state director of local finance, director of local finance, state director of the division of local finance or to the director of the division of local finance are deemed references to the comptroller of the treasury. References to the commissioner of public welfare are deemed references to the commissioner of human services. References to the commissioner of standards and purchases are deemed references to the commissioner of general services. References to the director of the staff division of industrial development are deemed references to the director of the industrial development division of the department of economic and community development. References to the director of the division of hotel and restaurant inspection of the department of conservation are deemed references to the commissioner of tourist development. References to the director of veterans' affairs and references to the commissioner of veterans' affairs are deemed references to the commissioner of veterans services. References to the assistant commissioner of the tourism development division in the department of economic and community development are deemed references to the commissioner of tourist development. References to the commissioner of insurance are deemed references to the commissioner of commerce and insurance. References to the commissioner of public health are deemed references to the commissioner of health. References to the commissioner of health and environment are deemed references to the commissioner of health. References to the commissioner of conservation are deemed references to the commissioner of environment and conservation. References to the department of employment security are deemed references to the department of labor and workforce development. References to the department of labor are deemed references to the department of labor and workforce development. References to the commissioner of personnel are deemed references to the commissioner of human resources. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; 1959, ch. 9, §§ 3, 8, 14; 1961, ch. 97, § 3; 1971, ch. 137, § 2; 1972, ch. 543, §§ 5, 7, 12; 1972, ch. 829, § 7; 1972, ch. 852, § 12; 1973, ch. 294, § 5; 1975, ch. 219, § 2(b); 1975, ch. 248, § 1(f); 1975, ch. 249, §§ 2, 3; 1976, ch. 468, § 2; T.C.A., §§ 4-302, 4-332; Acts 1981, ch. 264, §§ 12, 17, 22; 1983, ch. 216, § 4; 1983, ch. 274, § 23; 1983, ch. 311, § 4; 1983, ch. 442, § 5; 1983, ch. 472, § 4; 1991, ch. 289, § 4; 1991, ch. 448, § 4; 1999, ch. 520, § 25; 2007, ch. 60, § 4; 2010, ch. 868, § 3; 2010, ch. 1100, § 7; 2015, ch. 24, §§ 6, 7. 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. 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 (m) which read: “References to the director of veterans' affairs are deemed references to the commissioner of veterans' affairs.” Effective Dates. Acts 2015, ch. 24, § 9. July 1, 2015.