Tennessee Code Title 9. Public Finances § 9-21-302

(a) Any local government proposing to sell revenue bonds under this part and part 1 of this chapter is authorized to sell such bonds either at a competitive public sale or at a private negotiated sale as the governing body of the local government may direct.

(b) The governing body of a local government may enter into an agreement to sell its revenue bonds under this part providing for delivery of its bonds on a date greater than ninety (90) days and not greater than five (5) years (or such greater period of time if approved by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee) from the date of execution of such agreement only upon receipt of a report of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee finding that such an agreement or contract of a local government to sell its revenue bonds as authorized in this subsection (b) is in compliance with the guidelines, rules or regulations adopted or promulgated by the state funding board in accordance with § 9-21-130. Agreements to sell revenue bonds for delivery ninety (90) days or less from the date of execution of the agreement to sell the revenue bonds do not require a report of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee.