2016 Opinions
- Opinion No. 16-01, Assumption of Memphis City Schools’ Debts by Shelby County after Transfer of School Operations to County, January 5, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-02, Purposes for Which Proceeds of Tourist Accommodation Tax May Be Used, January 12, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-03, Authorized punishments for violation of Tennessee Code Annotated § 55-8-197, February 4, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-04, Application of Proceeds from Bradley County’s Tourist Accommodation Tax, February 5, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-05, Licensing and taxation of hotels selling alcohol for consumption on the premises, February 9, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-06, Role of District Attorney General and Public Defender in Proceedings Related to an Order of Protection, February 10, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-07, Withdrawn, February 24, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-08, Constitutionality of different operating hours for retail sales at liquor stores and distilleries, March 1, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-09, Constitutionality of 2015 Tenn. Pub. Acts, ch. 29, imposing durational citizenship/residency requirement for issuance of beer permits, March 4, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-10, Scope of a County’s Authority to Charge a Privilege Tax on Litigation, March 10, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-11, Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Public Schools Clause, Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 12, March 29, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-12, Validity of Annual Income Threshold for Disabled Veterans’ Property Tax Relief, March 29, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-13, Legality of Fantasy Sports Contests in Tennessee, April 5, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-14, Dissolution of a Municipal Airport Authority Created Under the Airport Authorities Act, April 5, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-15, Effect of House Bill 2414, 109th Gen. Assem. (2016), on Title IX Funding, April 11, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-16, Application of State Public Records and Open Meetings Laws to Search Firms Hired by School Boards, May 4, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-17, Effects of Judicial Diversion on Licensed Armed or Unarmed Security Guards, May 6, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-18, Payment Method to Wholesalers by Retailers (liquor stores) vs. Retailer Food Stores (wine), May 9, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-19, Conflict of Interest - Contracts: “Sole Supplier” Exception and Penalty for Unlawful Interest, May 18, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-20, Authority of the Tennessee Attorney General to Conduct an Investigation of a Member of the Tennessee General Assembly, May 26, 2016
- Opinion No. #16-21, Transfer of Felons Housed in County Jails to the Tennessee Department of Correction, June 6, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-22, Tennessee Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011, June 8, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-23, Application of Divestiture Under the Tennessee Shield Law, June 21, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-24, Reviewing Video Evidence from a Traffic Light Monitoring System, July 6, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-25, Reimbursement and Meetings of the Underground Utility Damage Enforcement Board, July 15, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-26, Requirement that person cited sign an electronic traffic citation issued in lieu of arrest, July 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-27, School Nutrition Associations and the Definition of “School Support Organization” in Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-603(4)(A)., July 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-28, Statutory Restriction on the Use of Unmanned Traffic Enforcement Cameras, July 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-29, Interplay of Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-17-1309, -1311, and -1313; Scope of the phrase “while in use by” in the context of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1309., July 27, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-30, Authorization to Review Video Information from Unmanned Traffic Cameras, August 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-31, Official Bonds of County Officials, August 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-32, Liability of Doctors and Pharmacists for Negligently Prescribing to, or Filling Prescriptions for, Patients Who Become Addicted, August 23, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-33, Public Records - Tennessee State Museum Foundation, August 26, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-34, Non-Structured Physical Activity for Students, August 30, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-35, Exception to Sex Offender Residential and Work Restrictions, August 30, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-36, Partial Expungements, August 31, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-37, LEA Property Available for Use by Charter Schools, September 16, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-38, Names on Birth Certificates, September 21, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-39, Automatic Removal of Ex Officio Emergency Communications District Board Members, October 11, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-40, Authority of Municipality to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession, November 16, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-41, “Charitable Purposes” under the Tennessee Charitable Solicitations Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 48-101-501 et seq., Dec. 6, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-42, Enforcement of Tennessee’s “All Payer Claims Database” Statute, December 7, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-43, Secondary Employment of Uniformed Police Officers as Security Personnel, December 14, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-44, Private, Occasional Sales of Firearms in Tennessee, December 14, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-45, Transfer of Campaign Contributions, December 20, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-46, Licensure as Certified Public Weigher and Public Weighmaster, December 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-47, Application of Tennessee Public Records Act to Municipal Social Media Accounts, December 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-48, Use of State Property for Campaign Related Activities, December 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-49, Prohibition on Telephone Conversations, Photography, and Video or Audio Recordings Inside a Polling Place, December 22, 2016
- Opinion No. 16-50, Authority of a Priority School to Add Additional Grades, December 30, 2016