2019 Tennessee Code
Title 12 - Public Property, Printing and Contracts
Chapter 3 - Public Purchases
Part 3 - Purchases and Contracts for Goods and Services
§ 12-3-304. Unauthorized contracts void -- Personal liability of officers and heads of agencies.
(a) When any state agency required by this chapter to purchase goods or services through the central procurement office, contracts for the purchase of goods or services contrary to this chapter or the rules and regulations made hereunder, such contract shall be void and of no effect.
(b) When the central procurement office contracts for the purchase of goods or services contrary to this chapter or the rules and regulations made hereunder, such contract shall also be void and of no effect.
(c) If any state agency, including the central procurement office, purchases any goods or services contrary to this chapter or the rules and regulations made hereunder, then the chief procurement officer or head of such state agency shall be personally liable for the costs thereof, and if such goods or services are so unlawfully purchased and paid for out of state moneys, then the amount thereof may be recovered in the name of the state in an appropriate action instituted by the state.
