Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 9-4-303 (2026)

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Sections 9-4-301 and 9-4-302 shall not apply to institutions and other entities governed by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the state board of regents. Those institutions and other entities shall operate in accordance with procedures established by their respective governing boards which are consistent with the provisions regulating other state agencies. The institutions and other entities governed by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the state board of regents may participate in the state pooled investment fund established pursuant to § 9-4-603.

Acts 1985, ch. 118, § 26; 1986, ch. 551, § 3.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1987–1987 · leading case: Univ. of Tennessee v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 670 F. Supp. 1379 (E.D. Tenn. 1987).
Univ. of Tennessee v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 670 F. Supp. 1379 (E.D. Tenn. 1987). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 9-4-303 (1987). The legislature also exercises authority over: (1) UT’s compensation of employees, see generally, 1986 Tenn.”
Jain v. Univ. of Tennessee at Martin, 670 F. Supp. 1388 (W.D. Tenn. 1987). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 9-4-303. However, such a system which avoids the redundancy of having to turn over self-generated revenues to the state treasury, only to have those funds returned by appropriations to the generating agency, does not preclude sovereign immunity.”
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