Tennessee Code Title 12. Public Property, Printing and Contracts § 12-2-402

(1) “Commission” means the procurement commission;

(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of general services;

(3) “Personal property” or “property” means every species of state property which is not either:

(4) “Surplus” or “surplus property” means that personal property which has been determined to be obsolete, outmoded, or no longer usable by the state and declared as such, by the commissioner or head of the releasing department or agency, in accordance with this part.