Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-201 (2026)
Petitions for or against rules
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Except where the right to petition for a rule is restricted by statute to a designated group or except where the form of procedure for such petition is otherwise prescribed by statute, any municipality, corporation or any five (5) or more persons having an interest in a rule may petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment or repeal of such rule.
- (b) Such petition shall state clearly and concisely:
- (1) The substance or nature of the rulemaking that is requested;
- (2) The reasons for the request and the petitioner's interest in the request; and
- (3) Reference to the authority of the agency to take the action that is requested.
- (c) After submission of a petition, the agency shall, as promptly as is consistent with the orderly dispatch of its business, deny the request or grant the same or provide for some modified form of the rule to be proposed. If the agency denies the petition, it shall promptly give notice thereof to the person who filed the petition. If the agency grants the petition in whole or in part, it shall proceed to meet the rulemaking requirements set out in this chapter.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 531, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Acts 1974, ch. 725, § 5; 1975, ch. 370, § 9; T.C.A., §§ 4-511, 4-5-105; Acts 1982, ch. 874, § 9.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2021 · leading case: Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen, 181 S.W.3d 292 (Tenn. 2005).
Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen, 181 S.W.3d 292 (Tenn. 2005). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-5-201 et seq. (1998 & Supp.”
Hall v. McLesky, 83 S.W.3d 752 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “Hall’s suit as a Petition for Declaratory Judgment under the UAPA, Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-5-201, et seq. Tenn.Code.”
Craig Robert Nunn v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 547 S.W.3d 163 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017). “2005) (citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-201 et seq). The UAPA contains “detailed procedures govern[ing] public hearings on the content of proposed rules, the conduct of those hearings, approval of the rules by the Attorney General, filing of the rules with the Secretary of State,…”
Profill Dev., Inc. v. Dills, 960 S.W.2d 17 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “207 days passed from issuance of the notice of compliance letter on September 2, 1994, until Fayette County opted into Part Seven on March 28, 1995, and the Department stopped processing the application.”
Bean v. McWherter, 24 S.W.3d 325 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-5-201, et seq. for the statutes governing the Commission’s rulemaking authority.”
Moody v. State Dist. Pub. Defenders Conf., 980 S.W.2d 385 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-201 , et seq. The conduct of contested cases is governed by Tenn.”
Erin R. Knight v. Tennessee State Bd. Of Educ. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-201 et seq. Ms. Knight did not argue, nor was there evidence in the record to suggest, that Rule 0520- 02-03-.”
Jon Hall v. Bill McLesky (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “Hall’s suit as a Petition for Declaratory Judgment under the UAPA, Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-201 , et seq. Tenn.”
Bethel Univ. v. Tennessee State Bd. of Educ. (2018). “) Any agency rule not adopted in accordance with the UAPA rule-making provisions “shall be void and of no effect” and cannot be invoked by the agency for any purpose. Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-216 . In contrast, the UAPA imposes no such requirement on an agency’s ability to create…”
Robert Bean, Franklin Shaffer, David Autrey, Mack Roberts, Kevin Antle, Tom NIchols, Tammie P. Beasley, & Roxanne Luce v. Ned Ray McWherter, Governor, State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-201 , et seq. for the statutes governing the Commission’s rulemaking authority.”
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