Tenn. Code Ann. § 43-38-124: Promulgation of rules and regulations - Destruction of records

The secretary of state has the authority and is empowered to perform the duties required of the secretary of state by this chapter including, without limitation, the authority to promulgate necessary and appropriate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and the power to destroy any records in the secretary of state's office concerning a cooperative ten (10) years after such cooperative has dissolved, withdrawn from the state or has had its certificate of authority revoked.