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.
Governor Bill Haslam in 2012 proposed dismantling the full-time TRA governing body and instead established a new board consisting of five part-time members, who would be selected by the governor and legislature, along with a full-time executive director.