Tennessee Code Title 20. Civil Procedure § 20-9-616

(a) All moneys collected pursuant to this part must be deposited in the state treasury in a separate fund to be known as the Tennessee court reporting fund.

(b) Disbursements from this fund must be made solely for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred in the implementation and enforcement of this part.

(c) Such expenses must not be payable from the general fund of the state.

(d) Any part of the Tennessee court reporting fund remaining at the end of a fiscal year must not revert to the general fund of the state but must be carried forward until expended in accordance with this part.

(e) The commissioner shall budget annually, in advance, expenditures for programs, services, allocated overhead or chargebacks, and other normal operating expenses as determined by the commissioner.  These expenditures must be budgeted at the beginning of the fiscal year and must not exceed the fees to be received by the commissioner, including the excesses accumulated in the Tennessee court reporting fund.  The commissioner of finance and administration shall inform the commissioner annually, in advance for budgeting purposes, of the allocation of all overhead or chargebacks.

(f) Subject to approval of the comptroller of the treasury and the commissioner of finance and administration, the commissioner may also contract for services to carry out this part.

(g) As of July 1, 2025, the Tennessee board of court reporting fund must be renamed the Tennessee court reporting fund, and all funds in the Tennessee board of court reporting fund must remain in the Tennessee court reporting fund.