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TN Code § 55-52-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 52 - Safety of Children|Part 1 - Child Bicycle Safety Act|§ 55-52-103. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Bicycle” means a human-powered vehicle with two (2) wheels in tandem designed to transport, by the action of pedaling, one (1) or more persons seated on one (1) or more saddle seats on its frame. “Bicycle” also includes a human-powered vehicle designed to transport by pedaling that has more than two (2) wheels where the vehicle is used on a public highway or street, public bicycle path or other public right-of-way, but does not include a tricycle;   “Highway” or “street” means the entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly maintained, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel;   “Operator” means a person who travels on a bicycle seated on a saddle seat from which that person is intended to and can pedal the bicycle;   “Other public right-of-way” means any right-of-way other than a public highway or street or public bicycle path that is under the jurisdiction and control of the state or a local political subdivision thereof and is designed for use and used by vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic;   “Passenger” means any person who travels on a bicycle in any manner except as an operator;   “Protective bicycle helmet” means a piece of headgear that meets or exceeds the impact standards for protective bicycle helmets set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or the Snell Memorial Foundation, or that  is otherwise approved by the commissioner of safety;   “Public bicycle path” means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of the state or a local political subdivision thereof for use primarily by bicycles and pedestrians;   “Restraining seat” means a seat separate from the saddle seat of the operator of the bicycle that is fastened securely to the frame of the bicycle and is adequately equipped to restrain the passenger in the seat and protect the   passenger from the moving parts of the bicycle;   “Sidewalk” means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians; and   “Tricycle” means a three-wheeled human-powered vehicle.
TN Code § 55-52-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 52 - Safety of Children|Part 1 - Child Bicycle Safety Act|§ 55-52-104. Purpose

 The purpose of this part is to reduce the incidence of disability and death resulting from injuries incurred in bicycling accidents by requiring that, while riding on a bicycle on state highways, streets and sidewalks, all bicycle operators and passengers under sixteen (16) years of age wear approved protective bicycle helmets; that all bicycle passengers who weigh less than forty pounds (40 lbs.) or who are less than forty inches (40") in height be seated in separate restraining seats; and that no person who is unable to maintain an erect, seated position shall be a passenger in a bicycle restraining seat.
TN Code § 55-52-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 52 - Safety of Children|Part 1 - Child Bicycle Safety Act|§ 55-52-105. Child Bicycle Safety Rules and Regulations

 With regard to any bicycle operated over any highway, street or sidewalk, it is unlawful:   For any person under sixteen (16) years of age to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle unless at all times when so engaged the person wears a protective bicycle helmet of good fit fastened securely upon the head with the straps of the helmet;   For any person to be a passenger on a bicycle unless, with respect to any person who weighs less than forty pounds (40 lbs.), or is less than forty inches (40") in height, the person can be and is properly seated in and adequately secured to a restraining seat;   For any parent or legal guardian of a person under twelve (12) years of age to knowingly permit the person to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle in violation of subdivision (1) or (2); and   To rent or lease any bicycle to or for the use of any person under sixteen (16) years of age unless:  The person is in possession of a protective bicycle helmet of good fit at the time of the  rental or lease; or   The rental or lease includes a protective bicycle helmet of good fit, and the person intends to wear the helmet, as required by subdivision (1), at all times while operating or being a passenger on the bicycle.
TN Code § 55-52-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 52 - Safety of Children|Part 1 - Child Bicycle Safety Act|§ 55-52-106. Penalty — Defense — Inadmissibility as Evidence in Civil Action — Issuance of Warning and Citation

  Except as provided in subsection (b), any adult person violating any requirements set forth in § 55-52-105, commits a violation and shall be assessed a civil penalty of two dollars ($2.00) and court costs.   Upon commission of the first offense within a twelve-month period under § 55-52-105(3), it shall be a defense that the accused has since the date of the violation purchased or provided a protective bicycle helmet or a restraining seat, and uses and intends to use or causes to be used or intends to cause to be used the same as the law requires.   In no event shall failure to wear a protective bicycle helmet or to secure a passenger to a restraining seat be admissible as evidence in a trial of any civil action.   A law enforcement officer observing any violation of this part shall issue a warning to the violator for the first offense and a citation to the violator for the second or subsequent offense, but shall not arrest or take into custody any person solely for a violation of this part.
TN Code § 55-52-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 52 - Safety of Children|Part 2 - Child Safety in Operation of Off-Highway Motor Vehicles|§ 55-52-201. Definitions — Offense of Operation by Minors

  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Appropriate helmet” means, except as provided in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)-(C), a helmet that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards as specified in 49 CFR 571.218;   Notwithstanding any provision in 49 CFR 571.218 relative to helmet penetration standards, ventilation airways may penetrate through the entire shell of the helmet; provided, that no ventilation airway shall exceed one and one-half inches (1½") in diameter;   Notwithstanding any provision in 49 CFR 571.218, the protective surface shall not be required to be a continuous contour; and   Notwithstanding any provision in 49 CFR 571.218 to the contrary, a label on the helmet shall be affixed signifying that the helmet complies with the requirements of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Southern Impact Research Center (SIRC), or the Snell Foundation;     “Off-highway motor vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in § 55-3-101(c)(2); and   “Relative” means a person or persons in the lineal line of consanguinity to a property owner, a spouse, or person or persons in the lineal line of consanguinity of a spouse, and includes an individual in an adoptive relationship to a property owner or the spouse of the property owner.      Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (3), it is an offense for any parent or legal guardian of a person under eighteen (18) years of age to permit that person to operate or be a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle, unless the person is wearing an appropriate helmet for off-highway vehicles. A parent or legal guardian commits an offense under circumstances indicating that the parent or legal guardian of the person under eighteen (18) years of age knew or should have known that the child is or would be operating, or is or would be a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle.   Subdivision (b)(1) does not apply to a parent or legal guardian of a person under eighteen (18) years of age if the off-highway motor vehicle is being operated by a person under eighteen (18) years of age, or the person is a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle, on the private property of the parent or legal guardian, or the private property of a relative.   Subdivision (b)(1) does not apply to a parent or legal guardian of a person under eighteen (18) years of age if the off-highway motor vehicle is being operated by a person under eighteen (18) years of age who is commuting for the purpose of hunting and is in possession of a valid hunting license.
TN Code § 56-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-101. Short Title

 This title shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Insurance Law.”
TN Code § 56-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-102. Definitions for This Chapter, Chapters 2 4, 7, 10 and 11 of This Title

 As used in this chapter and Chapters 2 4, 7, 10 and 11 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce and insurance;   “Company” or “insurance company” includes all corporations, associations, partnerships, or individuals engaged as principals in the business of insurance;   “Department” means the department of commerce and insurance;   “Domestic” designates those companies incorporated in this state;   “Foreign,” when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government;   “Net assets” means the funds of an insurance company available for the payment of its obligations in this state, including uncollected and deferred premiums not more than three (3) months due on policies actually in force, after deducting from the funds all unpaid losses and claims, and claims for losses, and all other debts and liabilities, inclusive of policy liability and exclusive of capital; and   “Unearned premiums,” “reinsurance reserve,” and “net value of policies” or “premium reserve,” severally, mean the liability of an insurance company upon its insurance contracts, other than accrued claims computed by rules of valuation established by §§ 56-1-402 — 56-1-405 [see the Compiler's Notes].
TN Code § 56-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-103. Adoption of Data Disclosure Requirements — Requests for Data Concerning Rate Adjustments

  The commissioner shall adopt data disclosure requirements developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for Property and Casualty Insurors.   The commissioner is authorized to request other data that the commissioner deems necessary in considering requests for rate adjustments.
TN Code § 56-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-104. Standardized Forms for Health Care Insurance Claims

  The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall promulgate rules and regulations to effect the development and implementation of standardized forms for all health care insurance claims made in this state. In developing the rules and regulations, the commissioner shall give consideration to requiring the use of Form UB92.   The commissioner and the commissioner of health shall develop and implement the standardized forms in consultation with the insurance companies offering for sale health care policies in this state.   The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall promulgate the rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.   All insurance companies offering for sale health care policies in this state shall require all policyholders and third party claimants to utilize the standardized forms when making a claim against any health care insurance policy in effect in this state.   As used in this section, “standardized forms” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, electronic storage systems and information.
TN Code § 56-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-105. Exclusion of Types of Insurance From Specific Insurance Definitions

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, “accident and health insurance,” “accident and sickness insurance,” “health insurance,” “health benefit plan” or other similar term used in any legislation enacted after May 24, 2000, shall not include, unless specifically provided, the following types of insurance or any combination of these types of insurance: hospital indemnity, accident, dental, specified disease, disability income, long-term care, Champus supplement, or Medicare supplement, except as provided in this section.   Nothing contained in this section shall apply to chapters 4 and 12 of this title.   Nothing contained in this section shall apply to programs and services provided pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.), and regulations promulgated pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
TN Code § 56-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-106. Requests for Information Regarding Complaints — Time Limits — Exceptions — Penalties

   Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, if the department makes a request for information from an entity or individual licensed under this title, or required to be licensed under this title, concerning a complaint filed against the entity or individual, and the request requires a response, the entity or individual must respond to the request within a reasonable time.    As used in this section, “reasonable time” means a period of time not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date the request is received by the entity or individual.   For the purposes of this section, the response by the entity or individual shall constitute a response if it acknowledges the inquiry from the department and sets forth a time frame to address the substantive issues in the inquiry.       This section does not apply to or preempt any other law that requires or allows the commissioner to require an individual or entity to respond to a request from the department within a period of time less than thirty (30) days.   The commissioner may levy a civil penalty in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per day upon any entity or individual that fails to respond within a reasonable time.   This section does not rescind or preempt any due process rights of entities regulated pursuant to this title.   This section does not apply to entities subject to regulation by the department that participate in the TennCare program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.), or any successor to the TennCare program.
TN Code § 56-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-107. Authority to Query the Tbi's Criminal History Records System

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in conjunction with the issuance of licenses, permits and registrations and the investigation of consumer complaints, the department has the authority to query the Tennessee bureau of investigation's (TBI) Tennessee criminal history records system for the following information:   Tennessee criminal history records;   Tennessee repository for apprehension of persons (TRAP);   State of Tennessee orders of protection files (STOP); and   Criminal history records of the federal government and other states to which the TBI may have access. Criminal history records of the federal bureau of investigation may be obtained for the reasons listed in this section only if fingerprints are obtained and submitted through the TBI.
TN Code § 56-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-108. Study of Impediments to Insurance for Use of Justifiable Force

  The commissioner shall conduct a study of Tennessee's insurance laws to determine what impediments, if any, exist under the insurance laws or policies of this state that may be acting as deterrents for insurance companies in this state to underwrite policies of insurance to insure a person who has used force that is justified, including deadly force, in protecting such person's self or property pursuant to §§ 39-11-611 and 39-11-612, commonly referred to as the castle doctrine, or any other law.   The commissioner shall report to the general assembly and to the governor the results of the study required by subsection (a) no later than March 1, 2012, with recommendations on whether such insurance should, in the commissioner's opinion, become available to Tennessee residents.
TN Code § 56-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 56-1-110. Claims to Be Brought in Chancery Court of Davidson County

  Claims challenging liability imposed by this title must be brought in the chancery court of Davidson County pursuant to the procedures set out in title 67, chapter 1, part 9.    The commissioner may, against any person, agency, or company licensed, registered, or permitted by or operating under a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner, or acting in an unlawful capacity that brings such person, agency, or company under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, assess the actual and reasonable costs of the investigation, prosecution, and hearing of any disciplinary action held in accordance with the contested case provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3, in which sanctions of any kind are imposed on that person, agency, or company. These costs may include, but are not limited to, those incurred and assessed for the time of the prosecuting attorneys, investigators, expert witnesses, administrative judges, and any other persons involved in the investigation, prosecution, and hearing of the action.   The commissioner may promulgate rules establishing a schedule of costs that may be assessed pursuant to this section. All rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.    All costs assessed pursuant to this section become final thirty (30) days after the date of a final order of assessment is served.   If the individual or entity disciplined fails to pay an assessment when it becomes final, the commissioner may apply to the chancery court of Davidson County, which shall have jurisdiction over recovery of the costs, for a judgment and seek execution of the judgment.
TN Code § 56-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-201. Creation of Department of Commerce and Insurance

 There is created a department of commerce and insurance, whose chief officer is the commissioner.
TN Code § 56-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-202. Commissioner Head of Department

 The commissioner shall be and act as the head of the department.
TN Code § 56-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-203. Commissioner Not to Be Financially Interested in Insurance Corporations

 The commissioner shall not be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any insurance corporation subject to the supervision of the department.
TN Code § 56-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-204. Inquisitorial Power Given Commissioner and Deputies

 Inquisitorial power is given to the commissioner or the commissioner's deputies to inquire into any violation of this title, and to examine any person under oath, and to compel production of books, records, or papers relative to the inquiry.
TN Code § 56-1-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-205. Traveling Expenses of Commissioner

 The commissioner is entitled to, and shall be paid, all necessary traveling expenses, including railroad fare and hotel bills paid while away from the commissioner's office on official business.
TN Code § 56-1-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-206. Special Deputy Commissioner — Compensation Limited to Half of Fines

  The commissioner is empowered, with the consent of the governor, to appoint special deputy commissioners for the better enforcement, and to apprehend all persons found in violation, of the insurance laws of this state.   The special deputies shall be clothed with powers as may be delegated by the commissioner.   The compensation of special deputy commissioners shall be limited to one half (½) of any fine assessed against any person found guilty of violating any of the insurance laws of this state; provided, that the fine so assessed shall be due to the efforts of the special deputy commissioner arresting or causing the arrest of the guilty person.
TN Code § 56-1-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-207. Employment of Actuaries by Commissioner — Duties — Compensation

  The commissioner is authorized to employ not more than three (3) actuaries, the qualifications of whom shall be acceptable to the commissioner, together with assistants deemed necessary by the commissioner for efficient administration of duties assigned to the actuaries. The commissioner shall assign the duties to be performed by the actuaries and assistants for the department.   The commissioner shall fix the compensation of the actuaries and assistants employed pursuant to this section and shall provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the actuaries and assistants while engaged in the performance of the duties assigned; provided, that any salary or per diem compensation shall not exceed a reasonable amount commensurate with usual compensation for like services, and the allowances of expenses shall not exceed the actual expenses incurred.
TN Code § 56-1-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-208. Actuaries to Compute Net Value of Policies — Other Duties

  The commissioner shall require the actuaries employed pursuant to § 56-1-207 to compute the net value of outstanding policies of life insurance in companies, associations or fraternal orders authorized to transact business in this state as required by law.   The commissioner may assign other duties to the actuaries that the commissioner deems necessary or proper.
TN Code § 56-1-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 1 - Department of Commerce and Insurance|Part 2 - Organization and Personnel|§ 56-1-209. Payment of Expenses of Department — Record of Receipts and Expenditures — Excess Fees

 The commissioner shall pay out of the fees of the commissioner's office the necessary expenses of the department, shall keep an accurate record of all receipts and expenditures, and shall require and preserve sworn vouchers for each payment. The excess of fees, after paying necessary expenses, shall be turned into the state treasury.