Tennessee § 4-5-103 - Construction of chapter.
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§ 4-5-103. Construction of chapter.
This chapter shall not be construed as in derogation of the common law, but as remedial legislation designed to clarify and bring uniformity to the procedure of state administrative agencies and judicial review of their determination and shall be applied accordingly. Administrative agencies shall have no inherent or common law powers, and shall only exercise the powers conferred on them by statute or by the federal or state constitutions. This chapter does not repeal § 65-2-110, and where there is a conflict between this chapter and that section, that section shall control. In any other case of conflict between this chapter and any statute, whether general or specific, this chapter shall control; however, compliance with the procedures prescribed by this chapter does not obviate the necessity of complying with procedures prescribed by other provisions of this code. Nothing in this chapter shall be held to modify or repeal the statutes with respect to payment of taxes under protest and suits for the recovery thereof. Acts 1974, ch. 725, § 19; 1975, ch. 370, § 15; 1978, ch. 938, §§ 14, 15; T.C.A., §§ 4-525, 4-5-119; Acts 1982, ch. 874, §§ 2, 25, 26; 2016, ch. 859, § 1. Amendments. The 2016 amendment substituted “determination and shall be applied accordingly” for “determination; and this chapter shall be given a liberal construction and any doubt as to the existence or the extent of a power conferred shall be resolved in favor of the existence of the power” at the end of present (a)(1) and added (a)(2). Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 859, § 7. July 1, 2016. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 16 Tenn. Juris., Intoxicating Liquors, § 8. Law Reviews. Bid Protests in Tennessee (Steven W. Feldman), 34 No. 5 Tenn. B.J. 27 (1998).
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