(a) The commissioners of the administrative departments shall constitute a cabinet or advisory staff to the governor on all matters of state administration.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-3-122

  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Staff directors may be members of the governor’s cabinet or advisory staff, and the secretary of state, the state treasurer and the comptroller of the treasury may also serve on the governor’s cabinet or advisory staff if invited to do so by the governor.
(c)

(1) The governor shall hold regular meetings of this cabinet each month, or more often at the governor’s option.
(2) At these meetings, the administrative work and budgetary requirements of each department shall be discussed, and practical methods devised and applied to further cooperation in, and coordination of, such work, and to eliminate duplication and overlapping of functions between the several departments.