Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-35-108

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all meetings of an audit committee created pursuant to this chapter shall abide by the notice requirements adhered to by the state governing board, council, commission, or equivalent body to which the audit committee is attached.

(b) All meetings of an audit committee created pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the open meetings provisions of title 8, chapter 44, except that the audit committee may hold confidential, nonpublic executive sessions to discuss:

(c) No business, other than that described under subdivisions (b)(1)-(5), shall be considered during a confidential, nonpublic executive session by the audit committee.

(d) For purposes of providing notice of a confidential, nonpublic executive session, the agenda must disclose the general nature of discussion as described under subdivisions (b)(1)-(5).

(e) A meeting at which both subject matter open to the public and confidential subject matter will be discussed shall be conducted as follows:

(f) This chapter is not intended to prevent the full state governing board, commission, council, or equivalent body from going into confidential, nonpublic executive session for the purpose of further discussing those matters as described under subdivisions (b)(1)-(5). All portions of meetings of the full state governing board, commission, council, or equivalent body, where matters described under subdivisions (b)(1)-(5) will be discussed, shall be exempt from title 8, chapter 44; provided, that the full state governing board, commission, council or equivalent body shall abide by the notice requirements of subsections (c)-(e).