State Law, Legislation and Regulations: Reference Documents

State of Tennessee Home Page

• Tennessee Departments and Agencies
• Tennessee Supreme Court

• Legislative Library – Nashville.
  The Tennessee General Assembly, Office of Legal Services.

• Tennessee State Library and Archives - Nashville

• • Tennessee Blue Book. Current online.
    Print 1936- JK5230.A3

Published every two years by the Office of the Secretary of State. Includes information on the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government, and some background history on the legislative process in Tennessee.

• Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation.
         Reference KF246 .U58
  
  
• Legal Links - Tennessee Bar Association
      

• • Office of Legislative Budget Analysis

Budget Analysis - page down for State Budget;Governor's Budget;Fact Book; and Budget Summary. 
General Budget Information - county-by-county summaries. 2007-

• • The Citizen's Guide to the Tennessee Budget (TACIR)
    Budget Publications from the Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration. Includes an explanation of the Budgetary Process.
     
  • Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports. TN Dept. of Finance and Administration.
     
  • Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)

"Serves as a forum for the discussion and resolution of intergovernmental problems". Select "publications".

• • Audits and Reports

Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury performs financial, performance other program audits of state and local Government. Reports of investigations are also available.

Local Government

• County/City
• Municipal Technical Advisory Service
• Municipal Codes (Seattle Public Library)