Tenn. Code Ann. § 14-6-101: [Expired] Anti-commandeering

(a) Except funding for emergency rules already in effect and until the emergency rule expires, public funds of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, shall not be allocated for the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any federal law, executive order, rule, or regulation that mandates the administration of a COVID-19 countermeasure.

(b) Except for emergency rules already in effect and until the emergency rule expires, personnel or property of this state, or any governmental entity of this state, shall not be allocated for the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any federal law, executive order, rule, or regulation that mandates the administration of a COVID-19 countermeasure.

(c) As used in this section, "countermeasure" has the same meaning as "covered countermeasure" as that term is defined in the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d .

Added by 2021EX3 Tenn. Acts, ch. 6, s 1, eff. 11/12/2021.