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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 559
SENATE BILL NO. 1516
By Jackson
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1574
By Lafferty
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, relative to
the department of general services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-247(a), is amended by deleting
subdivision (21 ).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-251 (a), is amended by inserting the
following as a new subdivision:
() Department of general services, created by§§ 4-3-101 and 4-3-1101;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1516
PASSED: February 19, 2026
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMl!MJN SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
r:Yhr:c..b APPROVED this (.#-- day of 2026
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