Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-68-106

(a) Subject to specific appropriation of funds by the general assembly, effective no later than July 1, 2025, there is created an immigration enforcement grant program to incentivize local governments and law enforcement agencies to enter into agreements between the respective local government or law enforcement agency and the United States attorney general under the 287(g) program pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1357(g)) concerning the enforcement of federal immigration laws, detentions and removals, and investigations in this state.  Funds received for the grant program must be deposited into a special account in the state treasury to be known as the immigration enforcement fund, hereinafter known as the “fund.”

(b) The grant program and grants approved under the program are to be administered by the chief immigration enforcement officer (CIEO) appointed pursuant to § 4-3-2014 and distributed from the fund.

(c) To qualify for and receive a grant from the fund, a local government or law enforcement agency must have a valid, executed agreement between the local government or law enforcement agency and the United States attorney general under the 287(g) program pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1357(g)) and must:

(d) The CIEO:

(e) Grants under the grant program may be issued for the following purposes:

(f) A local government or law enforcement agency that receives a grant under the grant program shall submit quarterly reports to the centralized immigration enforcement division no later than thirty (30) days after the end of the quarter in which the local government or law enforcement agency receives the grant, and for each quarter thereafter until all grant funding has been expended by the local government or law enforcement agency.  Each report must specify:

(g) The CIEO may require a local government or law enforcement agency that has been issued a grant under the grant program to provide an accounting of the grant funds at any time after issuance of the grant.

(h) Subsequent to a quarterly report filed under subsection (f) or an accounting required under subsection (g), upon a finding by the division or the CIEO that grant funds have been misused or misappropriated by a local government or law enforcement agency, that the local government or law enforcement agency has failed to demonstrate meaningful steps toward supporting federal immigration laws or the immigration policies of this state, or that the local government or law enforcement agency has otherwise failed to fulfill any commitment made as a condition of receiving the grant, including the expiration, cancellation, or invalidation of the agreement between the local government or law enforcement agency required for grant funding under subsection (c), the CIEO shall require the local government or law enforcement agency to remit all remaining grant funds back to the department of safety for deposit into the grant program fund.

(j) The department of safety may maintain any information or records collected pursuant to the grant program confidentially, including, but not limited to, sensitive or confidential law enforcement information.