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12-7-106. Higher education and technical institutions publication committee Establishment Duties.

(a)  To control publications of higher education institutions and technical institutes, there is hereby established a publications committee which shall consist of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission or the executive director's designee, the president of the University of Tennessee system or the president's designee, and the chancellor of the state board of regents or the chancellor's designee. This committee shall review publications of higher education institutions and technical institutes to determine the necessity of the publications, and shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the printing of such publications by higher education institutions and technical institutes. The rules and regulations shall include a provision stipulating that there shall be no automatic distribution of reports or publications, except the distribution provided for in chapter 6 of this title, or otherwise by law or resolution enacted after May 25, 1984, but that all distributions must either be approved in general by the committee or be made upon request by the recipient. The publications committee shall require each higher education institution and technical institute to keep, as a minimum, the following information on each approved publication:

     (1)  Name of publication;

     (2)  Department producing publication;

     (3)  Purpose and brief description of publication's contents;

     (4)  Number of copies authorized to be printed;

     (5)  A general list of distribution; and

     (6)  Estimated cost of printing and distribution.

(b)  The publications committee shall require any publication printed at facilities not operated by the state or higher education institution or technical institute to include the printer's name, address, and the number of copies printed.

(c)  The publications committee shall not approve any publication which purports to contain a citation to or a reproduction of a duly promulgated agency rule (as defined by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, § 4-5-102) prior to receiving a written statement from the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative verifying the fact that the rule so cited or reproduced has been duly promulgated and is currently in effect.

(d)  A printing authorization number shall be assigned to each publication which has been approved as required by this section. The printing authorization number shall be affixed to the publication adjacent to the identification of the higher education institution or technical institute responsible for the publication. No printing facility operated by a higher education institution or technical institute shall print any publication unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection. No contract shall be entered into, no requisition issued, or acted upon, by any higher education institution or technical institute for printing of any publication at any facility unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection. All contracts or grant agreements entered into by a higher education institution or technical institute which involve or may involve the printing of a publication shall contain a provision whereby the contractor or grantee agrees that no publication shall be printed unless a printing authorization number has been obtained and affixed as required by this section.

[Acts 1976, ch. 694, § 6; T.C.A., § 12-1006; Acts 1980, ch. 455, § 2; 1982, ch. 563, §§ 7-9; 1984, ch. 798, § 6; 1998, ch. 581, § 2; 2002, ch. 758, § 3.]  

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12-7-106. Higher education and technical institutions publication committee Establishment Duties.

(a)  To control publications of higher education institutions and technical institutes, there is hereby established a publications committee which shall consist of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission or the executive director's designee, the president of the University of Tennessee system or the president's designee, and the chancellor of the state board of regents or the chancellor's designee. This committee shall review publications of higher education institutions and technical institutes to determine the necessity of the publications, and shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the printing of such publications by higher education institutions and technical institutes. The rules and regulations shall include a provision stipulating that there shall be no automatic distribution of reports or publications, except the distribution provided for in chapter 6 of this title, or otherwise by law or resolution enacted after May 25, 1984, but that all distributions must either be approved in general by the committee or be made upon request by the recipient. The publications committee shall require each higher education institution and technical institute to keep, as a minimum, the following information on each approved publication:

     (1)  Name of publication;

     (2)  Department producing publication;

     (3)  Purpose and brief description of publication's contents;

     (4)  Number of copies authorized to be printed;

     (5)  A general list of distribution; and

     (6)  Estimated cost of printing and distribution.

(b)  The publications committee shall require any publication printed at facilities not operated by the state or higher education institution or technical institute to include the printer's name, address, and the number of copies printed.

(c)  The publications committee shall not approve any publication which purports to contain a citation to or a reproduction of a duly promulgated agency rule (as defined by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, § 4-5-102) prior to receiving a written statement from the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative verifying the fact that the rule so cited or reproduced has been duly promulgated and is currently in effect.

(d)  A printing authorization number shall be assigned to each publication which has been approved as required by this section. The printing authorization number shall be affixed to the publication adjacent to the identification of the higher education institution or technical institute responsible for the publication. No printing facility operated by a higher education institution or technical institute shall print any publication unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection. No contract shall be entered into, no requisition issued, or acted upon, by any higher education institution or technical institute for printing of any publication at any facility unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection. All contracts or grant agreements entered into by a higher education institution or technical institute which involve or may involve the printing of a publication shall contain a provision whereby the contractor or grantee agrees that no publication shall be printed unless a printing authorization number has been obtained and affixed as required by this section.

[Acts 1976, ch. 694, § 6; T.C.A., § 12-1006; Acts 1980, ch. 455, § 2; 1982, ch. 563, §§ 7-9; 1984, ch. 798, § 6; 1998, ch. 581, § 2; 2002, ch. 758, § 3.]  


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12-7-106. Higher education and technical institutions publication committee Establishment Duties.

(a)  To control publications of higher education institutions and technical institutes, there is hereby established a publications committee which shall consist of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission or the executive director's designee, the president of the University of Tennessee system or the president's designee, and the chancellor of the state board of regents or the chancellor's designee. This committee shall review publications of higher education institutions and technical institutes to determine the necessity of the publications, and shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the printing of such publications by higher education institutions and technical institutes. The rules and regulations shall include a provision stipulating that there shall be no automatic distribution of reports or publications, except the distribution provided for in chapter 6 of this title, or otherwise by law or resolution enacted after May 25, 1984, but that all distributions must either be approved in general by the committee or be made upon request by the recipient. The publications committee shall require each higher education institution and technical institute to keep, as a minimum, the following information on each approved publication:

     (1)  Name of publication;

     (2)  Department producing publication;

     (3)  Purpose and brief description of publication's contents;

     (4)  Number of copies authorized to be printed;

     (5)  A general list of distribution; and

     (6)  Estimated cost of printing and distribution.

(b)  The publications committee shall require any publication printed at facilities not operated by the state or higher education institution or technical institute to include the printer's name, address, and the number of copies printed.

(c)  The publications committee shall not approve any publication which purports to contain a citation to or a reproduction of a duly promulgated agency rule (as defined by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, § 4-5-102) prior to receiving a written statement from the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative verifying the fact that the rule so cited or reproduced has been duly promulgated and is currently in effect.

(d)  A printing authorization number shall be assigned to each publication which has been approved as required by this section. The printing authorization number shall be affixed to the publication adjacent to the identification of the higher education institution or technical institute responsible for the publication. No printing facility operated by a higher education institution or technical institute shall print any publication unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection. No contract shall be entered into, no requisition issued, or acted upon, by any higher education institution or technical institute for printing of any publication at any facility unless the printing authorization number has been affixed as required by this subsection. All contracts or grant agreements entered into by a higher education institution or technical institute which involve or may involve the printing of a publication shall contain a provision whereby the contractor or grantee agrees that no publication shall be printed unless a printing authorization number has been obtained and affixed as required by this section.

[Acts 1976, ch. 694, § 6; T.C.A., § 12-1006; Acts 1980, ch. 455, § 2; 1982, ch. 563, §§ 7-9; 1984, ch. 798, § 6; 1998, ch. 581, § 2; 2002, ch. 758, § 3.]