Tennessee Code Title 12. Public Property, Printing and Contracts § 12-2-113

(a) The state of Tennessee and the counties and cities thereof are authorized and empowered to permit use of their respective properties to promote and foster industrial development and create employment opportunities within their respective boundaries so long as such use does not unreasonably interfere with the use of such properties for their public purposes.

(b) The state of Tennessee is specifically authorized through the governor and the commissioner of finance and administration, acting in cooperation with the state department involved, to enter into contracts with utility districts, water districts, local governments, industry or others for the sale of water from reservoirs owned by the state, in order that the purposes set forth in subsection (a) can be achieved.