Tennessee § 9-3-302 - Funds may be withheld in year subsequent — Amount equal to amount misappropriated.
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§ 9-3-302. Funds may be withheld in year subsequent — Amount equal to amount misappropriated.
The commissioner of finance and administration may withhold such funds as specified in § 9-3-301 from distribution to the county during the fiscal year immediately subsequent to the year the misappropriation took place. Upon such certification, the commissioner may withhold or cause to be withheld, from state-shared revenues distributed to the county, for use by a particular agency or department in which the misappropriation occurred, a sum equal to the amount misappropriated. Acts 1972, ch. 835, § 2; T.C.A., §§ 9-317, 9-3-202; Acts 1985, ch. 118, § 8.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-3-302 ("Funds may be withheld in year subsequent — Amount equal to amount misappropriated.") 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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