Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 35, Chapter 8, Part 1; Section 37-10-204; Section 38-6-121; Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

ON APRIL 27, 2021, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 488, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and authorizes the department of safety to, without payment of financial consideration and following notice to the commissioner of general services, transfer a surplus first responder two-way radio held by the department to the county government of a county that is designated as a distressed county in the most recently published edition of the Appalachian Regional Commission economic classification system index. After the transfer of a surplus two-way radio to a distressed county under this amendment, other surplus two-way radios may then be transferred to other county governments in need of such equipment that submit proof to the department's satisfaction that such counties cannot purchase the radios within the budget for that fiscal year. Surplus first responder two-way radios held by the department that were obtained from the federal government or purchased with federal grant funds must be transferred in accordance with federal law or regulation regarding such property.