Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-17-119: Receipts and expenditures

The commission shall pay all money received as fees and charges into the state treasury and the budget director shall make these allotments out of the general fund as the budget director may deem proper for the necessary and proper expenses of the commission, and no expenditure shall be made by the commission unless and until the allotment has been made by the budget director. The allotment shall be disbursed under the general budgetary laws of the state.