Tennessee Code Title 45. Banks and Financial Institutions § 45-5-101

(a) This chapter is adopted for the purpose of revising and restating the Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act, to the end that the people of this state may have available the facilities and resources of regulated lending institutions to meet their needs for loans at rates and charges reasonably commensurate with economic realities.

(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its declared purpose, and to that end, no charge authorized under this chapter shall be construed as interest or a loan charge that is not defined and denominated as such.

(c) The procedural provisions of this chapter shall be construed in pari materia with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to the end that all proceedings under this chapter to which the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act applies shall be governed by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, with this chapter construed as supplemental thereto. Only where there is an express conflict shall this chapter be deemed to control.