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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 786
SENATE BILL NO. 1561
By Jackson, Akbari
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1618
By Lafferty
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8, relative
to the Tennessee State University, board of trustees.
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 (67).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-250(a), is amended by inserting the
following as a new subdivision:
( ) Tennessee State University, board of trustees, created by§§ 49-8-101 and 49-8-
201;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1561
PASSED: April 6, 2026
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERON-SEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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