§ 12-2-406 — Advertisement and notice

(a) Public auctions and sales under sealed bid, as provided in this part, shall be publicly advertised and publicly held. Notice of intended disposal by public auction or sale under sealed bid shall be entered by the commissioner in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the disposal is to be made. Such notice shall specify and reasonably describe the property to be disposed of, the date, time, place, manner, and conditions of disposal, all as previously determined by the commissioner in accordance with regulations of the procurement commission. The advertisement shall be entered in the public notice or equivalent section of the newspaper and shall be run not less than one (1) day. Disposal shall be made not sooner than seven (7) days after the last day of publication nor later than fifteen (15) days after the last day of publication of the required notice, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Prominent notice shall also be conspicuously posted for ten (10) days prior to the date of disposal, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, in at least two (2) public places in the county or counties where the disposal is to be made. Furthermore, notice shall be sent to the county clerk of each county of the state, and such notice shall be posted in each county courthouse unless otherwise directed by the procurement commission. (b) Notice of intended disposal by internet auction shall be posted on the internet. Such notice shall specify and reasonably describe the property to be disposed of, the date, time, manner and conditions of disposal, all as previously determined by the commissioner in accordance with regulations of the procurement commission. (c) Except as the procurement commission may promulgate rules to govern other notification to persons, firms and corporations of public auctions and sales, no person, firm or corporation shall be notified of any public auction or sale except as provided by this part. (d) The commissioner may promulgate special provisions regarding notice and manner of disposal of firearms, ammunition and other explosives as provided in this part and with respect to the trade-in of surplus property as provided in this part, such regulations to be subject to the approval of the procurement commission.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, ch. 821, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A., § 12-240; Acts 1981, ch. 332, § 28; 2001, ch. 90, § 2; 2011, ch. 295, §§ 9(a), 19; 2012, ch. 626, § 4.