Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-17-413: Payment of fees and charges into state treasury - Allotments - Expenditures by commissioner

The commission shall pay all money received as fees and charges into the state treasury, and the commissioner of finance and administration shall make these allotments out of the general fund as the commissioner may deem proper for the necessary and proper expenses of the commission. No expenditure shall be made by the commission unless and until the allotment has been made by the commissioner. The allotment shall be subject to an appropriation being made by the general assembly in the annual general appropriations act.