Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-4-501 (2026)
Legislative intent - Construction
✓ current as of May 2026
It is the intent of the general assembly to grant to blind individuals a priority in the establishment and operation of vending facilities on public property in this state. To that end, this part shall be liberally construed to give the blind individuals who are eligible for such priority the greatest possible opportunities to operate such vending facilities so that they may become self-supporting.
Acts 1994, ch. 723, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2021 · leading case: Claude Ramsey, Mayor of Hamilton Cnty., Tenn. v. Tenn. Dep't of Human Servs. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011).
Claude Ramsey, Mayor of Hamilton Cnty., Tenn. v. Tenn. Dep't of Human Servs. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “On July 31, 2007, DHS filed a complaint with the Secretary of State against Claude Ramsey, Mayor of Hamilton County, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-4-507.1 DHS sought to require the county to honor DHS’s statutory priority under Tenn.”
Young v. Barnhart, 415 F. Supp. 2d 823 (M.D. Tenn. 2006). “§§ 107 -107Í, and its state law corollary, Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 71-4-501 to -509, 1 pursuant to which Plaintiff received a certain percentage of the profit generated by thirteen full-service vending machines owned and operated by Coca-Cola in Peck Hall.”
HLFIP Holding, Inc. v. Rutherford Cnty., Tennessee (M.D. Tenn. 2021). “57 at 11); Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-4-501 . Additionally, the Rules of the Tennessee Corrections Institute Minimum Standards for Local Adult Correction Facilities contains specific rules regarding mail, including that “[b]oth incoming and outgoing mail shall be inspected for…”
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