Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-6-205: Opinions of attorney general - Publication - Distribution

(a) The attorney general and reporter shall cause to be printed and bound, in a form deemed appropriate, official opinions of that office. Opinions shall be printed annually.

(b) The attorney general and reporter is authorized to examine all such past opinions and omit from the publication any opinion which has, as a result of a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by a change in the law by the general assembly, become obsolete or no longer of authoritative value.

(c) Such opinions, as prepared under the above authority, shall be published in such quantity as the attorney general and reporter determines necessary to supply such publications to all state colleges and universities, the library and archives for interchange, members of the general assembly upon request and the various state departments and agencies, all of which will be furnished without cost, and a sufficient number to be sold to the public generally at a price to include necessary costs above the actual cost of publication.