Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-13-116 (2026)

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(a) Funds available from the criminal injuries compensation fund, created under § 40-24-107, shall be expended to effectuate this chapter, including all expenses to administer this chapter.

(b) Use of available federal funds shall be specifically permitted to fund this program. In the event federal funds are made available to the state, the division of claims and risk management is hereby authorized to comply with any additional requirements imposed by the federal government so long as compliance with such provisions is not prohibited by, or contrary to, this chapter.

(c) The treasurer is authorized to award an annual grant to the district attorneys general conference for domestic violence and drug enforcement program operations in an amount not to exceed that specified in the general appropriations act each fiscal year. The treasurer is also authorized to provide an annual sponsorship for a remembrance event for homicide victims in an amount not to exceed eight hundred fifty dollars ($850).

(d) In the event that the moneys in the criminal injuries compensation fund are inadequate to support subsections (a)-(c), there is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient to support those expenditures.

Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1004,s 1, eff. 5/22/2014.

Acts 1976, ch. 736, § 16(e); 1979, ch. 319, § 2; T.C.A., §§ 23-3516, 23-35-116; Acts 1985, ch. 278, § 8; 1992, ch. 761, § 4; 2000, ch. 983, § 2; 2002, ch. 869, § 5; 2003 , ch. 235, § 1; 2004, ch. 693, §§ 1, 2; 2008 , ch. 1077, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Hathaway v. Middle Tennessee Anesthesiology, 724 S.W.2d 355 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986).

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Hathaway v. Middle Tennessee Anesthesiology, 724 S.W.2d 355 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “It is arguable that the "discovery rule" in T.C.A. § 29-13-116(a)(2) refers only to the discovery of the harmful effect of the tort.”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-13-116(a)(2) — 1 case

Hathaway v. Middle Tennessee Anesthesiology, 724 S.W.2d 355 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986). “It is arguable that the "discovery rule" in T.C.A. § 29-13-116(a)(2) refers only to the discovery of the harmful effect of the tort.”

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