Tennessee Code Title 9. Public Finances § 9-13-205

The state funding board shall establish the terms and conditions of loan guarantees to local governments and may require such guarantees or security as it deems necessary to adequately secure the loans. The local government shall pledge the full faith and credit of the local government as security for any loan or loan guarantee. The local government shall also agree to pledge a sufficient amount of state-shared taxes to make principal and interest payments on the loan guaranteed by the state. The commissioner of finance and administration is authorized to withhold such sum or part of such sum from any state-shared taxes which are otherwise apportioned to the local government.