41-22-120 - Agencies not required to purchase prison-made articles.
41-22-120. Agencies not required to purchase prison-made articles.
Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions of §§ 41-22-118 41-22-124 may be made in any case where, in the opinion of the board of standards, articles so produced or manufactured do not meet the reasonable requirements of a department, institution, agency or political subdivision of the state. No department, institution, agency or political subdivision may be allowed to evade the intent and meaning of this section by slight variations from standards adopted by the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (TRICOR) board when articles produced or manufactured by it are certified pursuant to procedures approved by the board of standards.
[Acts 1937, ch. 278, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1939, ch. 11, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 12209.3 (Williams, § 12209.8); impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; Acts 1981, ch. 332, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-422; Acts 1994, ch. 737, § 15; 1996, ch. 564, § 2; 2002, ch. 526, § 5.]