Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-56-202

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) As used in this part:

(1) “Chief procurement officer” means the chief procurement officer within the department of general services;

(2) “Company” means a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other entity, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, or majority-owned subsidiaries of such entities, that exist for the purpose of making profit;

(3) “Domicile” means the country in which a company is registered, where the company's affairs are primarily completed, or where the majority of ownership shares are held;

(4) “Final product or service” means a technology service or software that may contain information and communication technology;

(5) “Foreign adversary” means a country designated by the United States department of commerce under 15 CFR 791.4 on January 1, 2025, and as amended thereafter;

(6) “Foreign adversary company”:

(A) Means a company that:

(i) Is domiciled, incorporated, issued, or listed in a foreign adversary;

(ii) Is headquartered in a foreign adversary;

(iii) Has its principal place of business in a foreign adversary;

(iv) Is controlled by the government or an instrumentality thereof of a foreign adversary; or

(v) Is majority-owned by an entity or is board-controlled by an entity that is under the jurisdictional control of the government of a foreign adversary; and

(B) Does not mean a parent company solely because one (1) or more subsidiaries or affiliates meet the definition of a foreign adversary company, if the parent company does not meet the criteria in subdivision (a)(6)(A) and does not recognize more than fifty percent (50%) of the total annual global revenue of the parent company and subsidiaries from China and Hong Kong combined; and

(7) “Information and communication technology”:

(A) Means the following electronic, digital, or telecommunications equipment, systems, software, or services used to create, convert, store, process, transmit, receive, display, distribute, or otherwise make information available:

(i) Computers, laptops, tablets, mobile devices, and peripheral equipment;

(ii) Software applications, operating systems, databases, and cloud-based services;

(iii) Internet and intranet websites, web applications, and digital content;

(iv) Telecommunications equipment and services, including voice, video, messaging, and data communications systems;

(v) Electronic documents, multimedia, and audiovisual materials; and

(vi) Any related hardware, firmware, or embedded technology integral to the operation of the foregoing; and

(B) Does not include standalone mechanical systems or equipment that do not electronically process or transmit information.

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