4-5-211 - Approval of rules by attorney general and reporter. - Tennessee Statutes

4-5-211. Approval of rules by attorney general and reporter.

No rule shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state until such rule has been filed with the office of the attorney general and reporter. The office of the attorney general and reporter shall review the legality and constitutionality of every rule filed pursuant to this section and shall approve or disapprove of rules based upon the attorney general's determination of the legality of such rules. The attorney general and reporter shall not disapprove an emergency rule filed pursuant to § 4-5-208 solely on the basis of failure to meet the statutory criteria for adoption of the rule contained in this chapter, unless the attorney general and reporter determines and states in writing that the attorney general and reporter could not defend the legality of the rule on the basis of failure to meet the statutory criteria for adoption of the rule contained in this chapter, in any action contesting the legal validity of the rule.

[Acts 1982, ch. 874, § 20; 2009, ch. 566, § 13.]