Tenn. Code Ann. § 9-9-405: Redemption of citizens bonds

Whenever the state treasurer is authorized pursuant to § 9-9-401 to sell citizens bonds, the state treasurer is also specifically authorized to redeem those citizens bonds, whenever under the terms of the bond sale they are lawfully presented to the state treasurer, from funds available to the state treasurer and be reimbursed for such redemptions from available funds in the state's debt service fund.