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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 964
SENATE BILL NO. 1871
By Johnson, Pody, Bailey, Bowling, Seal
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1634
By Lamberth, Cochran, Scarbrough
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 38, Chapter 8,
Part 2, relative to law enforcement training academies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-3-1106, is amended by redesignating
subsections (a) and (b) as subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) and by adding the following new subsection
(b):
(b) The commissioner of general services may commission the director of a training
academy that falls under the commissioner's general supervision as a law enforcement
officer. The commissioner may commission any staff member of a training academy that falls
under the commissioner's general supervision as a law enforcement officer upon receiving a
written recommendation for the staff member from the director. A person who is
commissioned pursuant to this subsection (b) must comply with § 8-8-101 and be sworn in
pursuant to§ 8-18-111.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 11, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
4-3-1108.
(a) The department of general services may operate a sales facility at a law
enforcement training academy that is under the general supervision of the commissioner of
general services.
(b) The department may assess and collect reasonable fees for services, programs,
lodging, food, facility usage, instructional materials, equipment, and other functions provided
in connection with the operation of a law enforcement training academy that is under the
general supervision of the commissioner of general services. All fees collected must be
deposited into a designated fund and used exclusively for the administration, maintenance,
and enhancement of such training academy.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-8-203, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(c) The academy may sell goods that support the educational and operational needs
of the academy and promotional items.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1871
PASSED: April 20, 2026
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