Tennessee Code Title 13. Public Planning and Housing § 13-29-102

(1) Minority business councils have been created to serve, support and promote minority business interests and minority-owned business entities in Tennessee urban communities;

(2) Such councils have enhanced the ability of minority business to procure employment opportunities in each council's respective community; and

(3) At present, each council has independent and often duplicative certification procedures and no reciprocity provisions exist between the various councils.