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  TCA § 1-1-101 — Composition of commission — Vacancies

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  A Tennessee code commission of five members is created, and the chief justice appoints two of the members and fills vacancies in the appointed membership.

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  TCA § 1-1-102 — Chair — Executive secretary

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  The chief justice must serve as chair of the commission, and the revisor of statutes in the office of legal services for the general assembly must serve as executive secretary.

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  TCA § 1-1-103 — Staff services for commission

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  The office of legal services for the general assembly must provide all staff services for the commission.

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  TCA § 1-1-104 — Successor to 1953 commission

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  The Tennessee code commission is the immediate successor to the commission created by the 1953 public act.

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  TCA § 1-1-105 — Publication of Tennessee Code Annotated

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  The Tennessee code commission must plan and oversee the compilation and publication of the Tennessee Code Annotated, including an electronically searchable database.

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  TCA § 1-1-106 — Powers of commission — Contracts

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  The Tennessee code commission may make and sign contracts needed to produce and publish a revised compilation of Tennessee’s statutory laws.

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  TCA § 1-1-107 — Specifications in contract — Price of supplements and replacement volumes

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  Contracts with a law book publisher must set publication specifications, and the commission controls pricing for pocket supplements and replacement volumes in those contracts.

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  TCA § 1-1-108 — Substantive changes in text prohibited — Changes authorized — Effect of error in enrollment

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  The commission must keep the wording of Tennessee laws intact, but it may make specified nonsubstantive edits when preparing the revised compilation.

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  TCA § 1-1-109 — Seal and certificate

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  The commission may design and adopt a certificate and distinctive seal for the state.

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  TCA § 1-1-110 — Examination and certification of published volumes

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  The commission must issue written approval certificates for approved volumes and pocket supplements, and the printed copies must include that certificate.

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  TCA § 1-1-111 — Official status — Prima facie evidence of law — Citation

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  Certified compilations become effective, and the printed statutory text may be cited as Tennessee Code Annotated or “T.C.A.”

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  TCA § 1-1-112 — Uncertified compilations not recognized

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  A Tennessee statute compilation is not recognized as an official compilation unless it bears the code commission’s certificate of approval.

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  TCA § 1-1-113 — Expenses — Costs of publication — Price

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  The commission may spend appropriated funds, but only after certification by the chief justice, and it may not use public funds to subsidize code publication.

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  TCA § 1-1-114 — Recommendations for statutory changes

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  The commission may send recommendations to later sessions of the general assembly and may submit bills for those changes.

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  TCA § 1-1-115 — Preparation of additional indices

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  The commission may prepare or have prepared indices to the Tennessee laws, and it has the powers given by this chapter when doing so.

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  TCA § 1-1-116 — Changing references from “tax assessor” to “assessor of property.”

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  The code commission must replace references to “tax assessor” with “assessor of property” in the listed code sections when those sections are amended or volumes are replaced.

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  TCA § 1-2-101 — Designation of code

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  This section names the Tennessee Code and Tennessee Code Annotated, allows abbreviations for citations, and says those terms are generally read to include the code and its updates unless a contrary intention is shown.

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  TCA § 1-2-102 — Preservation of enrolled draft

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  After gubernatorial approval, the enrolled draft of the Tennessee Code must be deposited with and preserved by the secretary of state.

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  TCA § 1-2-103 — Effective date of code

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  This section says the listed provisions are in force on and after January 1, 1956.

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  TCA § 1-2-104 — Repeal of public and general laws — Conflict with 1955 Acts

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  Most public and general acts passed before the 1955 session, and acts whose subjects are revised in this code, are repealed except for those named in § 1-2-105.

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