In 2012, Governor Bill Haslam proposed to eliminate the full-time TRA board, replacing the four-member board with a board of five part-time members to be appointed by the governor and legislature, plus a full-time paid executive director.
In 2012, Governor Bill Haslam proposed reforming the TRA governing body by eliminating its full-time members and replacing them with a new five-member part-time board, which would be overseen by a full-time executive director appointed by the governor and legislature.