12-3-101 - Commodities purchased by the department College student long distance telephone service.
12-3-101. Commodities purchased by the department College student long distance telephone service.
(a) All materials, supplies and equipment, and all telephone, telegraph, electric light, gas, power, postal services, and the leasing of any equipment, required for the use of the state government, or any of its departments, institutions, or agencies, shall be purchased and contracted for by the department of general services in the manner provided in this chapter.
(b) Subject to the regulations and requirements of the Tennessee regulatory authority and other state or federal bodies, the department of general services is authorized to extend the use of the state network long distance telephone service to students at state universities or colleges. If the department of general services extends such service, it shall charge the institution the actual amount that it costs the state for such service.
[Acts 1953, ch. 163, § 2 (Williams, § 370.11); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; Acts 1976, ch. 601, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 12-309; Acts 1986, ch. 896, § 1; 1995, ch. 305, § 97.]