Tenn. Code § 4-3-111 : STATE GOVERNMENT — CREATION, ORGANIZATION AND POWERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS — GENERAL PROVISIONS —3-111 - Chief executive officers of administrative departments

There shall be a chief executive officer of each of the administrative departments of state government created by § 4-3-101, which shall be as follows:

(1) Attorney general and reporter, for the legal department;
(2) Commissioner of agriculture, for the department of agriculture;
(3) Commissioner of children's services, for the department of children's services;
(4) Commissioner of commerce and insurance, for the department of commerce and insurance;
(5) Commissioner of correction, for the department of correction;
(6) Commissioner of economic and community development, for the department of economic and community development;
(7) Commissioner of education, for the department of education;
(8) Commissioner of environment and conservation, for the department of environment and conservation;
(9) Commissioner of finance and administration, for the department of finance and administration;
(10) Commissioner of financial institutions, for the department of financial institutions;
(11) Commissioner of general services, for the department of general services;
(12) Commissioner of health, for the department of health;
(13) Commissioner of human resources, for the department of human resources;
(14) Commissioner of human services, for the department of human services;
(15) Commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities, for the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities;
(16) Commissioner of labor and workforce development, for the department of labor and workforce development;
(17) Commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, for the department of mental health and substance abuse services;
(18) Commissioner of revenue, for the department of revenue;
(19) Commissioner of safety, for the department of safety;
(20) Commissioner of tourist development, for the department of tourist development;
(21) Commissioner of transportation, for the department of transportation;
(22) Commissioner of veterans services, for the department of veterans services;
(23) Comptroller of the treasury, for the department of audit;
(24) Secretary of state, for the department of state; and
(25) State treasurer, for the department of treasury.

T.C.A. § 4-3-111

Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 24,s 4, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 2, 24; 1925, ch. 115, § 4; Shan. Supp., §§ 373a32, 373a62, 1487a19; Acts 1929, ch. 22, § 1; Code 1932, §§ 257, 286, 2310, 9950; Acts 1933, ch. 92, § 1(12); 1937, ch. 33, §§ 2, 15; 1939, ch. 11, §§ 2, 10; 1945, ch. 6, § 1; 1945, ch. 28, §§ 2, 3; 1945, ch. 34, § 2; 1945, ch. 40, § 4; 1947, ch. 29, § 10; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 255.2, 255.15; Acts 1953, ch. 27, § 2; 1953, ch. 163, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; Acts 1959, ch. 9, §§ 2, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 14; 1961, ch. 97, §§ 2, 5; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 169, § 3; Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; 1972, ch. 543, §§ 4, 7, 11; 1972, ch. 829, § 19; 1972, ch. 852, §§ 6, 16; 1973, ch. 294, § 3; 1975, ch. 219, § 2(a); 1975, ch. 248, § 1(c); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 249, § 1(a); Acts 1976, ch. 468, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-302; Acts 1983, ch. 216, § 3; 1983, ch. 311, § 3; 1983, ch. 472, § 3; 1989, ch. 278, § 17; 1991, ch. 289, § 3; 1991, ch. 448, § 3; 1996, ch. 1079, § 18; 1999, ch. 520, § 18; 2000, ch. 947, § 6; 2007, ch. 60, § 3; 2010, ch. 1100, § 6; 2012, ch. 575, §§ 1, 2.