49-8-801 - General functions.
49-8-801. General functions.
Tennessee State University shall be operated and maintained as an institution within the state university and community college system, with all programs available to all qualified citizens, and shall continue to function as the 1890 land grant institution of the state pursuant to federal laws.
[Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 16; Shan. Supp., § 1487a111; Code 1932, § 2403; impl. am. Acts 1953, ch. 85, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1969, ch. 302, § 1; Acts 1974, ch. 522, § 4; 1979, ch. 73, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3206.]