4-3-1010 - Posting of report of travel and expense reimbursements on state web site.
4-3-1010. Posting of report of travel and expense reimbursements on state web site.
(a) In addition to their other powers and duties, the department of finance and administration and its commissioner are vested with all the authority, powers and duties given them by title 12, chapter 2 and by § 67-5-2505.
(b) The commissioner shall report quarterly to the joint committee on finance, ways and means all out-of-state travel by citizen members of boards and commissions. Such report shall include the name of the person, the board or commission the person represents and the person's position with such board or commission, destination, dates of travel, estimated cost and the purpose of the trip.
(c) The commissioner of finance and administration shall cause to be posted on the official web site of the state a report that contains all out-of-state travel and expense reimbursements made to the governor, any member of the governor's cabinet, and cabinet level staff in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations of the state or any policy of the governor; provided, however, that information shall not be posted if the out-of-state travel occurred for the purpose of recruiting industry or economic development in the state and the information, in the judgment of the commissioner, has the potential to harm contract negotiations or otherwise place the state at a competitive disadvantage in seeking industrial or economic development opportunities. The report shall include the purpose of the reimbursements made and shall be reported by the person reimbursed. The initial report shall be filed no later than fifteen (15) days following the last day of April 2006 and shall include all payments made from the first day of January 2006, until the last day of March 2006. Thereafter, the report shall be updated quarterly, no later than fifteen (15) days following the end of the quarter. The reports shall remain on the web site until one (1) month following the end of the governor's term of office. The last quarter reported in each such term shall include the period of time from the last quarter reported until the regular November election at which the next governor will be elected, and the first report in each governor's term shall include the period of time from the regular November election until the end of the first quarter.
[Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; 1977, ch. 392, § 1; T.C.A., § 4-323; modified; Acts 1980, ch. 699, § 1; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 1, § 45.]