Tennessee § 4-31-120 - Bonds and notes — Maintenance of tax-exempt status.

§ 4-31-120. Bonds and notes — Maintenance of tax-exempt status.

For the purpose of ensuring that the bonds or notes authorized under this chapter and issued after March 8, 2016, maintain their tax-exempt status as may be provided by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.), as amended, no state officer or employee or user of a capital project, pollution control facility, or any other property financed or refinanced, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of such bonds or notes, including, but not limited to, borrowers under a program loan agreement, shall authorize or allow any change, amendment, or modification to a project or program financed or refinanced, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of such bonds or notes which change, amendment, or modification would affect the tax-exempt status of such bonds or notes unless the change, amendment, or modification receives the prior approval of the office of state and local finance in the office of the comptroller of the treasury and the authority. Failure to receive such approval shall render any change, amendment, or modification null and void. Acts 2016, ch. 571, § 1. Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 571, § 4. March 8, 2016.