4-33-106 - Exempt agency actions. - Tennessee Statutes

4-33-106. Exempt agency actions.

The following agency actions are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:

     (1)  The collection and payment of social security funds, retirement funds or employee benefit funds;

     (2)  Participation in any federal program, if under federal law the participation would be prevented by compliance with this chapter;

     (3)  All emergency rules, or emergency purchases, if the governor agrees that an emergency exists and that a timely economic impact statement could not be prepared, but within a reasonable period of time after the action, an appropriate economic impact statement shall be prepared;

     (4)  All legislative actions;

     (5)  All purchases by any state agency that have a fair market value or monetary value that is less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000);

     (6)  Ministerial action by an agency that complies with applicable statutes and rules; provided, however, this exemption does not include an agency action where the contracting of services is considered or used instead of state employees;

     (7)  Action by a state agency that is required by law to be maintained as confidential;

     (8)  The preparation and sale of all bonds that are processed by the state funding board;

     (9)  Expenditures of money from trust funds that previously have been designed by the general assembly for a specific purpose;

     (10)  The prosecution of civil, criminal or administrative actions before any court or before an administrative hearing officer; and

     (11)  Actions involving persons in the custody of the state voluntarily or under court order.

[Acts 1979, ch. 215, § 6; T.C.A., § 4-3306; Acts 1994, ch. 777, §§ 1, 2.]