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TN Code § 1-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-104. Tense — Gender — Number of Words

  Words used in this code in the past or present tense include the future, and the future tense includes the present.   Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter, except when the contrary intention is manifest.   Singular includes the plural and the plural the singular, except when the contrary intention is manifest.    Code 1858, § 50; Shan., § 62; mod. Code 1932, § 14; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-304.
TN Code § 1-3-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-106. Words of Joint Authority

 All words giving a joint authority to three (3) or more persons or officers, give such authority to a majority of such persons or officers, unless it is otherwise declared.   Code 1858, § 58; Shan., § 69; Code 1932, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-306.   Law Reviews.   An Examination of The Tennessee Law of Administrative Procedure (George Street Boone), 1 Vand. L. Rev. 339 (1947).
TN Code § 1-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-107. Use of Numerals

 The Roman numerals and Arabic figures are to be taken as part of the English language, and are always sufficient to express dates and amounts, unless otherwise imperatively directed by law.   Code 1858, § 53; Shan., § 64a; Code 1932, § 17; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-307.
TN Code § 1-3-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-108. Code as Continuation of Existing Law

 For the purposes of construction, the provisions of this code insofar as they are substantially the same as existing law relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as continuations of and substitutes for the previously existing law repealed by § 1-2-104. It is not the purpose of this code to change the effect of any such existing law.
TN Code § 1-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-109. Section Headings and Histories

 Headings to sections in this code and the references at the end of such sections giving the source or history of the respective sections shall not be construed as part of the law.
TN Code § 1-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-110. Severability of Code

 It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences and parts of the Tennessee Code are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them shall be exscinded if the code would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective. If any one (1) or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or part in any one (1) or more instances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.   C. Supp. 1950, § 27.3; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-310.
TN Code § 1-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-111. Certified Mail

 Certified mail may be used instead of registered mail whenever the law requires a notice to be given by registered mail.
TN Code § 1-3-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-112. “Legal Blindness” and “Total Blindness” — Definition

  In all statutes, rules and regulations enacted and/or promulgated by the state, its departments, agencies and institutions, wherein the term “total blindness,” that is, unable to distinguish between light and dark, is used or referred to, hereinafter, the term “legal blindness” meaning a person having not more than 20/200 with correcting glasses but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees (20°) shall be used.   Such blindness shall be certified by a duly licensed ophthalmologist, and/or optometrist.   In statutes enacted and/or rules and regulations promulgated prior to and in effect on March 17, 1961, the use of the term “total blindness” shall be construed to mean “legal blindness.”
TN Code § 1-3-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-113. Eighteen-Year-Olds — Legal Responsibility — Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, or Vapor Products and Alcoholic Beverage Restrictions on Persons Under Twenty-One (21) Years of Age

  Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older shall have the same rights, duties, and responsibilities as a person who is twenty-one (21) years of age, except as provided in subsection (b) relative to the rights to purchase, possess, transport, and consume any tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products as those terms are defined in title 39 or alcoholic beverages, wine, or beer as those terms are defined in title 57.   Notwithstanding subsection (a), it is unlawful for any person under twenty-one (21) years of age to purchase, possess, transport or consume tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products, alcoholic beverages, wine, or beer, with the following exceptions:  Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older may transport, possess, sell, or dispense tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products, alcoholic beverages, wine, or beer in the course of such person's employment; and   The provisions of § 39-17-705(1) shall not be affected by any provision of subsection (b), it being the intent of the general assembly that such provisions remain lawful and in full force and effect. Any such priest or minister may utilize and administer alcohol or wine at a communion service, bat mitzvah, bar mitzvah, or other similar religious service or ceremony, in accordance with the practices of such denomination or sect.
TN Code § 1-3-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-114. Eighteen-Year-Olds — Professional Responsibility

 Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older shall not be prohibited from entering into any profession or from performing any services on the basis of such person's minority.
TN Code § 1-3-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-115. Effect of Law Reducing Age Limit

 The provisions of chapter 612 of the Public Acts of 1972, reducing the age limitations from twenty-one (21) years of age to eighteen (18) years of age in §§ 23-1-102 [repealed], 23-1-107, 34-1-106 [repealed], 34-2-201 [repealed], 34-3-412 [repealed], 35-7-102 [repealed], 36-1-102, 36-1-105 and 57-4-203 and the definition of “minor” in § 1-3-105 shall not be considered as repealing or otherwise limiting the provisions of §§ 1-3-113 and 1-3-114.
TN Code § 1-3-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-116. Population Figures

  Except as provided in subsection (b), references in this code to the federal censuses of population or brackets based on such censuses shall be deemed references to or based on the population figures contained in Volume 13 of this code, or its replacement volume which are reproduced from publications of the United States bureau of the census as specified below, and shall not be affected by revisions, corrections, or alterations to such population figures by the United States bureau of the census subsequent to the publication of these publications:  Census of 1900 and Census of 1910: Bureau of the census. Thirteenth Census of the United States. Taken in the Year 1910. Volume 1. Population. General Report and Analysis, pp. 118, 119;   Census of 1920 and Census of 1930: Bureau of the census. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930. Volume 1. Population. Distribution of Inhabitants, pp. 1033, 1034;   Census of 1940 and Census of 1950: Bureau of the census. A Report of the Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States. Census of Population: 1950. Volume 1. Number of Inhabitants, pp. 42-10, 42-11;   Census of 1960 and Census of 1970: U.S. bureau of the census. U.S. Census of Population: 1970. Number of Inhabitants. Final Report of PC(1)-A44 Tennessee, pp. 44-15, 44-16;   Census of 1980: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1980 Census of Population and Housing: Tennessee, PHC80-V-44. April 1, 1980;   Census of 1990: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1990 Census of Population: Tennessee, 1990 CP-1-44;   Census of 2000: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Census of Population and Housing: Tennessee, 2000 PHC-1-44; and   Census of 2010: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2010 Census of Population and Housing: Tennessee, 2010 CPH-1-44.     Subsection (a) does not apply to the provisions of title 3, chapter 1, relative to legislative reapportionment; § 8-24-101, relative to the classification of counties for the purpose of determining the compensation of county officers and clerks of court; §§ 16-15-204 [repealed] and 16-15-5001, relative to the classification of counties for the purpose of determining the compensation of judges; to any provision of the code in which a population figure may be adjusted by a local or state conducted supplemental census; or to any instance where an intent contrary to this section is evidenced.
TN Code § 1-3-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-117. Korean War

  All references in Tennessee Code Annotated to “Korean Conflict” are hereby amended to read “Korean War.”   All references to “Korean Conflict” included within the official publications, communications, memoranda, letters, public records, legal documents and all other official records of the State of Tennessee shall be deemed to read “Korean War” on April 13, 2000.
TN Code § 1-3-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-118. Recognition of High School Diplomas From Church-Related Schools and Home Schools

  Notwithstanding any rule, regulation or other law to the contrary, a high school diploma awarded by a school as defined by § 49-50-801 or § 49-6-3050 in recognition of completion of secondary educational requirements shall be considered by all departments, agencies, commissions or other such entities of state and local government as having all the rights and privileges of a high school diploma awarded by a public school system.   This section shall not apply to state lottery proceeds as provided in title 49, chapter 4, part 9.
TN Code § 1-3-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-119. Express Language Required to Create or Confer a Private Right of Action

  In order for legislation enacted by the general assembly to create or confer a private right of action, the legislation must contain express language creating or conferring the right.   In the absence of the express language required by subsection (a), no court of this state, licensing board or administrative agency shall construe or interpret a statute to impliedly create or confer a private right of action except as otherwise provided in this section.   Nothing in this section shall be construed in any way to impair the ability of a court to:  Recognize a private right of action that was recognized before July 1, 2012, by the courts of this state as arising under a statute, unless the statute is amended after July 1, 2012, to expressly bar the private right of action;   Create or confer a private right of action in the absence of a controlling statute on each cause of action contained in the complaint if such action is based on the common law;   Utilize the doctrine of negligence per se; or   Recognize a private right of action commenced by a state or local governmental entity to collect any fees owed for a governmental service or to recover such fees from a party that is obligated to bill and collect fees owed others for a governmental service.     Nothing in this section shall be construed in any way to impair the ability of a state or local regulatory or licensing agency to enforce rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, if such rules were duly enacted through the rulemaking authority granted to any such agency by statute.
TN Code § 1-3-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-120. Newspapers of General Circulation That Publish Public Notices Required to Post Notice in Its Entirety on Web Site for Same Price

  Beginning April 1, 2014, in all cases where a public notice or legal notice is required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, the newspaper shall for the same price post the complete notice:  On the newspaper's web site, where it shall be published contemporaneously with the notice's first print publication and will remain on the web site for at least as long as the notice appears in the newspaper; and   On a statewide web site established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Tennessee newspapers as a repository for such notices and will remain on the repository web site for at least as long as it appears in the newspaper. Any newspaper of general circulation that meets the criteria of this subsection (a) shall have access to the statewide web site at no charge.     Any such notice shall be published online in its entirety, including maps and other exhibits, and shall include the date on which it was first printed in the newspaper.   An error in a notice placed on the newspaper web site or statewide web site, or temporary web site outages or service interruptions prohibiting the posting or display of such notice shall be considered harmless error and proper legal notice requirements shall be considered met if the notice published in the newspaper is correct.   Each newspaper of general circulation publishing public notices shall include on its web site home page a link to its public notice section and shall include on its public notice home page a link to the statewide public notice web site.   Any notice published on a web site pursuant to subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) shall be accessible to the public at no charge.
TN Code § 1-3-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-121. Cause of Action Under Chapter

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a cause of action shall exist under this chapter for any affected person who seeks declaratory or injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the legality or constitutionality of a governmental action. A cause of action shall not exist under this chapter to seek damages.
TN Code § 1-3-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 1 - Code and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-122. References to Committees of General Assembly That No Longer Exist

 References in this code to committees of the general assembly that no longer exist due to rule change of either the senate or house of representatives are deemed to be references to the committee that has jurisdiction of the subject matter pursuant to the rules of the appropriate chamber.
TN Code § 2-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-101. Short Title

 This title may be cited as the “Election Code.”
TN Code § 2-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-102. Purpose

 The purpose of this title is to regulate the conduct of all elections by the people so that:   The freedom and purity of the ballot are secured;   Voters are required to vote in the election precincts in which they reside, except as otherwise expressly permitted;   Internal improvement is promoted by providing a comprehensive and uniform procedure for elections; and   Maximum participation by all citizens in the electoral process is encouraged.
TN Code § 2-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-103. Scope of Title

 All elections for public office, for candidacy for public office, and on questions submitted to the people shall be conducted under this title.
TN Code § 2-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-105. Voting Eligibility

 Only qualified voters who are registered under this title may vote at elections in Tennessee.
TN Code § 2-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-106. Absence From Work Allowed for Voting

  Any person entitled to vote in an election held in this state may be absent from any service or employment on the day of the election for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed three (3) hours, necessary to vote during the time the polls are open in the county where the person is a resident.   A voter who is absent from work to vote in compliance with this section may not be subjected to any penalty or reduction in pay for such absence.   If the tour of duty of an employee begins three (3) or more hours after the opening of the polls or ends three (3) or more hours before the closing of the polls of the county where the employee is a resident, the employee may not take time off under this section.   The employer may specify the hours during which the employee may be absent. Application for such absence shall be made to the employer before twelve o'clock (12:00) noon of the day before the election.
TN Code § 2-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-107. Signer of Petition — Address Required

  Any person signing a petition required under this title, whether for nomination of a candidate, for a referendum or for any other purpose, shall include the address of such person's residence. The signer of a petition must include the address of such person's residence as shown on such person's voter registration card in order for that person's signature to be counted; provided, that if the address shown on the petition is within the precinct in which the person is registered but is not the address shown on the registration card, the signature shall be valid and shall be counted. In the event that the signer of a petition includes information on a nominating petition that exceeds the information contained on such person's voter registration card, the signature shall be counted if there is no conflict between them. If no street address is shown on the signer's voter registration card, that person's signature and address as shown on such person's voter registration card shall be sufficient. However, a street address shall be sufficient, and no apartment number shall be required.   Any person who signed a permanent registration card shall sign any petition signed under this title; provided, that any person who printed such person's name on such person's permanent registration card shall print the name on any petition signed under this title. However, failure to comply with the foregoing shall not operate to disqualify any nominating signature or candidate's signature.   A person's regular signature shall be accepted just as such person's legal signature would be accepted. For example, for the purposes of this section “Joe Public” shall be accepted just as “Joseph Q. Public” would be accepted.
TN Code § 2-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-108. Filing of Required Documents

  When any document is required to be filed by a date or time prescribed by this title, it shall be received by the officer or body with which it is to be filed by the date or time prescribed.   The document shall be prominently marked with the time and date of filing and a receipt showing the same information shall be given to the person filing the document.
TN Code § 2-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-109. Copies of Documents — Certification

  Whenever copies or duplicates of documents, other than tally sheets and similar election return papers, are required, they shall be legible and may be made by any copying method, including photocopying, which is commonly used in business in this state for permanent records.   If copies or duplicates have to be certified, they shall be certified as true copies of the original either by a person who signed the original or by the person who made the copies. The person who certifies the copies or duplicates shall indicate the capacity in which such person is certifying.
TN Code § 2-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-110. Publication of Notice by Commission or Board

 When a commission or board established under this title is required to publish any notice in a newspaper of general circulation:   It shall publish the notice, if possible, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which notice is to be given;   It shall publish the notice in as many newspapers of general circulation as may be necessary to give notice effectively to the qualified voters of the area in which notice is to be given; and   Notices that require the same time frame for publication may be combined for publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
TN Code § 2-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-1-111. Oath of Administrators of Election Laws

 Each person charged with the administration of any part of the election laws of this state shall, before entering upon the performance of such duties, take the following oath:   “I do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Tennessee, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of my office.”