Tennessee § 41-22-120 - Agencies not required to purchase prison-made articles.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 41-22-120 — Agencies not required to purchase prison-made articles., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 41-22-120. Agencies not required to purchase prison-made articles.
Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions of §§ 41-22-118 — 41-22-124 may be made in any case where, in the opinion of the procurement commission, articles so produced or manufactured do not meet the reasonable requirements of a department, institution, agency or political subdivision of the state. No department, institution, agency or political subdivision may be allowed to evade the intent and meaning of this section by slight variations from standards adopted by the TRICOR board when articles produced or manufactured by it are certified pursuant to procedures approved by the procurement commission. Acts 1937, ch. 278, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1939, ch. 11, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 12209.3 (Williams, § 12209.8); impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; Acts 1981, ch. 332, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-422; Acts 1994, ch. 737, § 15; 1996, ch. 564, § 2; 2002, ch. 526, § 5; 2011, ch. 295, § 19.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-22-120 ("Agencies not required to purchase prison-made articles.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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