Tenn. Code Ann. § 9-4-5402: Purpose

The purpose of this part is to require state agencies to act with deliberate planning and with maximum feasible input of concerned citizens, religious congregations, nonprofit agencies and service providers and their clients/customers and board members and local government officials, in implementing reorganizations and new priority decisions related to receipt of federal block grants or other state decisions related to the devolution of policy and funding decisions from the federal government to the state.