{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-31-102","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-31-102","heading":"Chapter definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (A) \"Governmental entity\" means a state agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive or judicial branch of state government or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, department, office, or institution of higher education; provided, that \"governmental entity\" does not include an agency or office of the legislative branch; and (B) The receipt of funding from various state, federal, or local governmental sources, including county or municipal funding, does not change the status of a state agency as a state governmental entity or office under this chapter or otherwise exclude the state agency from the definition of \"governmental entity\" under subdivision (1)(A); (2) \"Relative\" means a parent, foster parent, parent-in-law, child, spouse, brother, foster brother, sister, foster sister, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, or other family member who resides in the same household; and (3) \"State employee\" means any person who is employed by a governmental entity. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 50, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023. Acts 1980, ch. 789, § 2.\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) (A) \"Governmental entity\" means a state agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive or judicial branch of state government or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, department, office, or institution of higher education; provided, that \"governmental entity\" does not include an agency or office of the legislative branch; and (B) The receipt of funding from various state, federal, or local governmental sources, including county or municipal funding, does not change the status of a state agency as a state governmental entity or office under this chapter or otherwise exclude the state agency from the definition of \"governmental entity\" under subdivision (1)(A);\n(A) \"Governmental entity\" means a state agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive or judicial branch of state government or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, department, office, or institution of higher education; provided, that \"governmental entity\" does not include an agency or office of the legislative branch; and\n(B) The receipt of funding from various state, federal, or local governmental sources, including county or municipal funding, does not change the status of a state agency as a state governmental entity or office under this chapter or otherwise exclude the state agency from the definition of \"governmental entity\" under subdivision (1)(A);\n(2) \"Relative\" means a parent, foster parent, parent-in-law, child, spouse, brother, foster brother, sister, foster sister, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, or other family member who resides in the same household; and\n(3) \"State employee\" means any person who is employed by a governmental entity.","path":["TN Code","Title 8","Chapter 31"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"b5987b6f163c9733127e848d62360fe48210716869645409e82d5ba1094c970c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-31-101","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-31-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}