Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-1-117
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Public inspection of welfare lists
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The commissioner is authorized and instructed to make public to any citizen of Tennessee through the office of the commissioner or county human services offices the names of all recipients of public welfare grants and the amount of each grant per month, each list to be broken down by counties. Only the list containing the recipients resident in a particular county is to be available for inspection in that county. The lists of all counties are to be available for inspection in the office of the commissioner. Acts 1953, ch. 29, § 1 (Williams, § 4765.13a); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, §§ 1 (a, b), 2 (a, b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-117, 14-1-117.
The commissioner is authorized and instructed to make public to any citizen of Tennessee through the office of the commissioner or county human services offices the names of all recipients of public welfare grants and the amount of each grant per month, each list to be broken down by counties. Only the list containing the recipients resident in a particular county is to be available for inspection in that county. The lists of all counties are to be available for inspection in the office of the commissioner.
Acts 1953, ch. 29, § 1 (Williams, § 4765.13a); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, §§ 1 (a, b), 2 (a, b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-117, 14-1-117.
The commissioner is authorized and instructed to make public to any citizen of Tennessee through the office of the commissioner or county human services offices the names of all recipients of public welfare grants and the amount of each grant per month, each list to be broken down by counties. Only the list containing the recipients resident in a particular county is to be available for inspection in that county. The lists of all counties are to be available for inspection in the office of the commissioner.
Acts 1953, ch. 29, § 1 (Williams, § 4765.13a); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, §§ 1 (a, b), 2 (a, b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-117, 14-1-117.
Status: in_force
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