Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-228 (2026)
Statement by proposing agency projecting whether new rule or regulation to have financial impact on local governments
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) On any rule and regulation proposed to be promulgated, the proposing agency shall state in a simple declarative sentence, without additional comments on the merits or the policy of the rule or regulation, whether the rule or regulation may have a projected financial impact on local governments. The statement shall describe the financial impact in terms of increase in expenditures or decrease in revenues. If the statement says that the rule or regulation has a financial impact on local governments, the general assembly may request representatives of any affected local government to testify concerning its impact.
- (b) The proposing agency shall submit a copy of the statement provided in subsection (a) to the secretary of state.
Acts 2010, ch. 1070, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1997–2013 · leading case: Profill Dev., Inc. v. Dills, 960 S.W.2d 17 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).
Profill Dev., Inc. v. Dills, 960 S.W.2d 17 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “Pursuant to T.C.A. § 4-5-228, the board declined to issue a declaratory order in the matter and waived jurisdiction on all issues before it.”
E. Ron Pickard v. Tennessee Water Quality Control Bd., 424 S.W.3d 511 (Tenn. 2013). “§ 69 — 3—105(i) states: Notwithstanding § 4-5-228 or § 69-3-118(a), or any other law to the contrary, this subsection (i) and the established procedures of Tennessee’s antidegradation statement, found in the rules promulgated by the department, shall be the exclusive means for…”
Hughley v. State, 208 S.W.3d 388 (Tenn. 2006). “Section 4-5-223 of the Act provides that an “affected person may petition an agency for a declaratory order as to the validity or applicability of a statute, rule or order within the primary jurisdiction of the agency.”
Settle v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 276 S.W.3d 420 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “§ 4-5-228(a) of the Declaratory Judgment Act, which states that “[a]ny affected person may petition an agency for a declaratory order as to the validity or applicability of a statute, rule or order within the primary jurisdiction of the agency.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-228(a): 1 case
Settle v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 276 S.W.3d 420 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “§ 4-5-228(a) of the Declaratory Judgment Act, which states that “[a]ny affected person may petition an agency for a declaratory order as to the validity or applicability of a statute, rule or order within the primary jurisdiction of the agency.”
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