Tennessee Code Title 47. Commercial Instruments and Transactions § 47-14-105

(a) Upon the publication by the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System of the average prime loan rate, as described in § 47-14-102, the commissioner of financial institutions shall:

(b) In contracting for interest pursuant to § 47-14-103(2), any person shall be entitled to rely upon the formula rate thus announced or published by the commissioner; provided, that a formula rate shall not be deemed to have been published until seven (7) days have elapsed following the publication date stated in the issue of the Tennessee Administrative Register containing the announcement of such formula rate.

(c) The determination by the commissioner as provided for herein, for the sole purpose of an announcement under this section, shall not be deemed a “rule” within the meaning of § 4-5-102, and such action of the commissioner shall be exempt from the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.