Tennessee Code Title 47. Commercial Instruments and Transactions § 47-18-1308

(a) Each official and employee within the department, and each official and employee of a person contracting with the department, who is directly or indirectly involved in the administration or enforcement of this part, and who has a direct or indirect interest in the conveyance of kerosene or motor fuel for consumption in Tennessee, shall annually file a written statement summarizing the official's or employee's involvement in the administration or enforcement of this part as well as the official's or employee's interest in the conveyance of kerosene or motor fuel for consumption in Tennessee. The statements shall constitute open records, shall be kept on file in the commissioner's office, and shall be available for public inspection during the department's regular business hours.

(b) No official or employee within the department and no official or employee of a person contracting with the department shall take away or appropriate for the official's or employee's own use any sample collected by or submitted to the department for testing. By duly promulgated rule, the department shall establish policies and procedures governing the use, disposal, or sale of any samples remaining unused after testing thereon is completed.