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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 8 - UNIFORM EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT OF 2007 (§§ 58-2-801 — 58-2-813) › Section 58-2-811 - Acts or omissions - Vicarious liability - Recovery of damages - Participation in retirement system

(a)
Subject to subsection (b), volunteer health practitioners authorized to provide health services pursuant to this part are not liable for the payment of a judgment based on their acts or omissions in providing services, nor shall they be named as defendants in an action based on their acts or omissions.
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), this section does not apply to:
(1)
Willful, wanton, grossly negligent, reckless, or criminal conduct of, or an intentional tort committed by, a volunteer health practitioner; or
(2)
An action brought against a volunteer health practitioner:
(A)
For damages for breach of contract, other than for contracts related to the provision of health or veterinary services;
(B)
By a source or host entity; or
(C)
Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other vehicle by a volunteer health practitioner for which this state requires the operator to have a valid operator's license or to maintain liability insurance, other than an ambulance or other emergency response vehicle, vessel, or aircraft operated by a volunteer health practitioner responding to a request for health services or transporting a patient.
(c)
Source, coordinating, and host entities are not vicariously liable for the acts or omissions of volunteer health practitioners in providing health services authorized pursuant to this part.
(d)
Source, coordinating, and host entities are not liable for civil damages for the operation of, or reliance upon information provided by a registration system, unless the acts or omissions constitute an intentional tort or are willful, wanton, grossly negligent, reckless, or criminal in nature.
(e)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), for purposes of recovering damages from the state, volunteer health practitioners shall be considered volunteer state employees under §
8-42-101(3)(B)
for purposes of §
9-8-112
, for the purposes of recovering damages from the states based on their acts or omissions in providing health services pursuant to this part. The registration of individual volunteer health practitioners with the board of claims required under §
8-42-101(3)(B)
shall be made by the registration system under which the volunteer health practitioner was registered; provided, however, that nothing in this part shall authorize any volunteer health practitioner's participation as a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, unless the practitioner was a member at the time the emergency was declared.
Acts 2007, ch. 579, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 8 - UNIFORM EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT OF 2007 (§§ 58-2-801 — 58-2-813) › Section 58-2-812 - Workers' compensation benefits

Notwithstanding §
8-42-101(3)(B)
concerning workers' compensation coverage of certain state employees, a volunteer health practitioner who is providing health services in this state pursuant to this part, or who is traveling to or from this state to provide such services, and who is not covered by workers' compensation insurance, shall be considered an employee of this state for purposes of any medical workers' compensation benefits concerning any injury incurred in traveling or providing the services. Benefits for volunteer health practitioners are limited to those medical benefits provided to state employees under the laws of this state.
Acts 2007, ch. 579, § 13.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 8 - UNIFORM EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT OF 2007 (§§ 58-2-801 — 58-2-813) › Section 58-2-813 - Uniformity of law among states

In applying and construing this part, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Acts 2007, ch. 579, § 14.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 9 - RESILIENT TENNESSEE REVOLVING LOAN FUND ACT (§§ 58-2-901 — 58-2-905) › Section 58-2-901 - Short title

This part is known and may be cited as the "Resilient Tennessee Revolving Loan Fund Act.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 9 - RESILIENT TENNESSEE REVOLVING LOAN FUND ACT (§§ 58-2-901 — 58-2-905) › Section 58-2-902 - Findings and purpose

(a)
The general assembly declares that disaster mitigation and resiliency are of the highest priority to the state and the people of Tennessee.
(b)
The general assembly finds that congress enacted the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation {STORM) Act (Pub. L. No. 116-284) in 2021 for states to establish a revolving loan fund. Revolving loan funds are used to provide funding assistance to local governments for projects to reduce disasters and hazards.
(c)
The purposes of this part are to ensure that Tennessee is ready and able to receive federal funds from the STORM Act by establishing the Resilient Tennessee Revolving Loan Fund, and to authorize the proper administration of the fund.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 9 - RESILIENT TENNESSEE REVOLVING LOAN FUND ACT (§§ 58-2-901 — 58-2-905) › Section 58-2-903 - Definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Director" means the director of the agency;
(2)
"Eligible recipient" means Tennessee counties and local governments, as well as other entities or persons eligible under federal emergency management agency (FEMA) eligibility guidelines, or amendments to eligibility in the STORM Act, in effect at the time of the award;
(3)
"Fund" means the Resilient Tennessee Revolving Loan Fund established in this part; and
(4)
"STORM Act" means the federal Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act (Pub. L. No. 116-284).
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 9 - RESILIENT TENNESSEE REVOLVING LOAN FUND ACT (§§ 58-2-901 — 58-2-905) › Section 58-2-904 - Resilient Tennessee Revolving Loan Fund

(a)
There is created in the state treasury a revolving loan fund to be known as the "Resilient Tennessee Revolving Loan Fund.
(b)
The following moneys must be deposited into the fund:
(1)
Moneys received through the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) and the STORM Act;
(2)
Moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the fund;
(3)
Investment and interest earnings of the fund;
(4)
Moneys received as repayment of loan principal and interest; and
(5)
All other moneys received by the fund from any other source.
(c)
Moneys in the fund must be used to provide loans, at an interest rate of not more than one percent (1%), to eligible recipients for local resilience and hazard mitigation projects.
(d)
The state treasurer shall invest the moneys of the fund in the same manner as other state moneys may be invested. All interest earnings of the fund must be credited to the fund.
(e)
The fund balance must remain available in perpetuity to provide loans under this part. All moneys deposited into the fund and interest earned on the balance of the fund must be available to the director for expenditures consistent with this part.
(f)
Moneys expended from the fund must be supplemental to funding that otherwise would be appropriated or provided to eligible recipients.
(g)
In accordance with the limitations set forth in the STORM Act, moneys in the fund may be used to provide loans and financial assistance for projects or activities of eligible recipients that mitigate the impacts of natural hazards, including:
(1)
Drought and prolonged episodes of intense heat;
(2)
Severe storms, including hurricanes, tornadoes, wind storms, cyclones, and severe winter storms;
(3)
Wildfires;
(4)
Earthquakes;
(5)
Flooding;
(6)
Shoreline erosion; and
(7)
High water levels.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 2 - DISASTERS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-2-101 — 58-2-905) › Part 9 - RESILIENT TENNESSEE REVOLVING LOAN FUND ACT (§§ 58-2-901 — 58-2-905) › Section 58-2-905 - Administration and rulemaking

(a)
The agency shall administer the fund.
(b)
The agency shall adopt rules and regulations for the fund's administration in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. The rules must implement the requirements of the STORM Act and establish application procedures and eligibility criteria for loans from the fund. For loans, the rules establishing eligibility criteria must include that an eligible recipient demonstrate:
(1)
The need for a loan to address hazard mitigation; and
(2)
The ability to repay the loan, if required, at a later date.
(c)
The agency has such other authority as is necessary and appropriate for the exercise of the powers and duties conferred by this part.
(d)
The agency may pay the administrative expenses and costs associated with the fund, as authorized by the STORM Act.
(e)
The agency shall publicly publish and periodically update information about all projects receiving funding from the fund, including:
(1)
The location of the project;
(2)
The type and amount of assistance provided from the fund;
(3)
The expected funding schedule; and
(4)
The anticipated date of completion of the project.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-101 - Privileges extended to World War II veterans

(a)
All privileges, rights and immunities now extended by law to honorably discharged veterans of World War I are extended to honorably discharged veterans of World War II in as full and complete a manner as though such veterans of World War II had been specifically named in each and every statute granting such privileges, rights and immunities to veterans of World War I.
(b)
"Honorably discharged veterans of World War II" includes any person who performed active service, as distinguished from service in the reserve, between November 1, 1940 and the termination of World War II in the United States army, United States air forces, United States navy, United States marine corps, United States coast guard, army nurse corps, merchant marine, and specifically includes females in active service in any auxiliary, attached to and under the discipline of any of the above organizations. The privileges extended to World War II veterans shall also include all the civilian groups assimilated as veterans under the federal code by § 401 of Public Law 95-202, the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977.
Acts 1945, ch. 13, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.33 (Williams, § 1012.36); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1001; Acts 1990, ch. 985, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-102 - Substitution of military service for occupational experience

(a)
The lack of experience in terms of days, weeks, months or years shall not be a barrier to any honorably discharged veteran of World War II seeking to qualify for any position, trade, profession or vocation; provided, that such veteran was engaged in the profession, trade, position or occupation prior to entry into the service; provided further, that the time in days, weeks, months or years spent in the service plus the time previously spent at such trade, profession, vocation or occupation equals the experience required for such trade, position or occupation; and provided further, that such veteran possesses all other necessary qualifications for such trade, position or occupation.
(b)
This section shall not apply to any profession requiring great skill and technical knowledge except in cases where the veteran can present satisfactory evidence from the veteran's service record that the veteran was engaged in such profession while in service for a period of time which meets the necessary experience qualifications.
Acts 1947, ch. 186, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.34 (Williams, § 1012.37); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1002.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-103 - Removal of disability of minor veterans and spouses

The disability of minority is removed from all minors who serve with the armed forces of the United States so far as the same is necessary to enable such minors to enter into any and all contracts contemplated and authorized by any legislation, state or federal, granting rights, benefits or privileges to honorably discharged veterans. This removal of such disability shall likewise extend and apply to all contracts necessarily implied and arising out of their acceptance of such benefits, rights or privileges, likewise whenever under the laws of this state, the joinder of the spouse of any such minor in the execution of any instrument shall be necessary to its enforceability and if such spouse be likewise a minor, the disability shall also be removed to the extent necessary to allow the valid and enforceable execution of such instrument by such spouse, including the execution of all warranty deeds, trust deeds and all other instruments directly or incidentally connected with such benefits, but not further or otherwise.
Acts 1945, ch. 26, § 1; 1947, ch. 195, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, §1012.32 (Williams, § 1012.35); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1003.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-104 - Information furnished to veterans

The department of veterans services shall collect all necessary data and information regarding facilities and services available to veterans, their families and dependents, and shall cooperate with all information or service agencies throughout the state in informing such persons regarding the existence or availability of all educational, training and retraining facilities; health, medical, rehabilitation and housing services and facilities; employment and reemployment services; federal, state and local laws affording rights, privileges and benefits to veterans, their families and dependents, and all other matters of similar, related or appropriate nature.
Acts 1945, ch. 40, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.9 (Williams, § 1012.11); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 6; Acts 1975, ch. 249, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1006.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-105 - Assistance in obtaining benefits

It shall likewise be the duty of the department of veterans services to assist veterans, their families and dependents in the presentation, proof and establishment of all claims, privileges, rights and other benefits which they may have under federal, state or local laws, and to cooperate with all national, state and local government and private agencies securing services or any benefits to veterans, their families and dependents.
Acts 1945, ch. 40, § 3; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.10 (Williams, § 1012.12); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 6; Acts 1975, ch. 249, §5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1007.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-107 - Oaths administered by department employees

The commissioner of veterans services and the assistant commissioners or service officers herein provided shall be authorized to take acknowledgements and administer oaths and affirmations and perform such other notarial acts as may be required in the presentation of claims hereunder, including all affidavits, affirmations and acknowledgements directly or by necessary implication falling within the purview of §§
58-3-104
- 58-3-108, but not further or otherwise. The commissioner likewise is authorized to designate in writing to be filed with the secretary of state, such additional employees of the department as the commissioner may desire to perform such notarial functions, which writing in case of an employee in the central office shall be filed with the secretary of state, and if in a branch office, shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such branch office is located. Any false statement made on oath or affirmation before any of such persons shall subject the offender to punishment for perjury under the penalties now provided by law.
Acts 1945, ch. 40, § 7; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.13 (Williams, § 1012.16); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 249, §§ 1-3; Acts 1975, ch. 249, § 7; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1009.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-108 - Acceptance of aid by department

The department of veterans services is authorized to accept services and facilities from any source, public or private, granted in aid and furtherance of the objectives of the department; provided, that no obligation of the department or the state is incurred thereby.
Acts 1945, ch. 40, § 8; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.14 (Williams, § 1012.17); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 6; Acts 1975, ch. 249, § 8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1010.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-109 - County and municipal service offices

(a)
The county legislative bodies of the several counties of this state and the governing bodies of each municipal corporation in this state are authorized, jointly or severally, to establish service offices for the purpose of advising veterans of the United States armed forces, and their dependents, of all rights, privileges, immunities and benefits to which they may be entitled under any law, state or federal, and which may be made available to them by private institutions, organizations or individuals and of assisting them in every way possible in obtaining such rights, immunities and benefits. The service offices shall be staffed by accredited veterans' service officers.
(b)
Such service offices may be established by joint contract of a county and a municipal corporation; of two (2) or more counties or by contract between one (1) or more counties and one (1) or more municipalities or two (2) or more municipalities.
Acts 1945, ch. 38, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.15 (Williams, § 1012.18); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1011; Acts 2004, ch. 664, §§ 1 - 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-110 - Appropriations for local service offices

(a)
The several county legislative bodies of the counties of this state and the several governing bodies of incorporated municipalities in this state are authorized to appropriate such funds as may be deemed necessary for the operation of such service offices; provided, however, that where such offices be established by appropriate agreement as hereinabove provided, the necessary funds for the operation thereof may be appropriated by the several political subdivisions participating therein in such proportion as may be agreed upon between themselves.
(b)
(1)
The senior accredited officer serving in a county veterans' service office may receive compensation commensurate to the compensation paid to heads of county government departments of comparable size in the county in which the officer is employed. Such compensation may be prorated to reflect the number of hours that the officer actually works during a specific pay period.
(2)
Staff personnel employed by the respective veterans' service offices may receive compensation commensurate to the compensation paid to county government employees in comparable positions.
Acts 1945, ch. 38, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.16 (Williams, § 1012.19); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1012; Acts 2004, ch. 664, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-111 - Director of local service office

(a)
A veterans' service officer shall be chosen by the governing body or bodies of the political subdivision or subdivisions creating the veterans' service office by which the officer is to be employed.
(b)
If a veterans' service office is created by contract between two (2) or more political subdivisions, the veterans' service officer shall be approved by the governing body of each subdivision participating in the establishment of the office. If the political subdivisions are unable to agree upon a veterans' service officer, then the officer shall be chosen by the commissioner of veterans services from among the candidates proposed by the political subdivisions.
(c)
All veterans' service officers shall be honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces. Veterans' service officers shall have the authority to administer oaths and to take acknowledgments related to any matter falling within the scope of authority of their office, including the presentation of claims and other functions incident to obtaining benefits for discharged veterans. No veteran or dependent of a veteran shall be charged any fee for services rendered by a veterans' service officer.
(d)
All veterans' service officers shall successfully complete training and be issued accreditation by the department of veterans services within one (1) year from the date of appointment. Any veterans' service officer who does not complete the required training and receive accreditation within one (1) year of appointment shall be removed from office by the governing body or bodies of the political subdivisions creating the veterans' service office by which the officer is employed.
Acts 1945, ch. 38, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.17 (Williams, § 1012.20); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 249, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-1013; Acts 1991, ch. 21, § 1; 2004, ch. 664, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-112 - Free admission to state parks one day a year

In order to honor the veterans of this state and encourage the use of natural parks across Tennessee, the division of parks and recreation shall designate one (1) day per year during which access to and use of all state parks, including, but not limited to, campgrounds and golf courses, shall be free of charge for all veterans. Each veteran shall be required to show proof of veteran status, which may include, but is not limited to, a DD Form 214 or other comparable certificate of discharge from the armed forces, prior to being granted free admission to any state park.
Acts 2010, ch. 807, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-113 - Tennessee Fallen Heroes Medal

(a)
A Tennessee Fallen Heroes Medal may be awarded on behalf of the people of this state to an individual serving on active duty who has been killed in action, while:
(1)
Engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;
(2)
Engaged in military support operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force;
(3)
Serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party; or
(4)
Serving in a combat zone as designated by presidential order.
(b)
A Tennessee Fallen Heroes Medal may be awarded on behalf of the people of this state to an individual serving on active duty who has been killed in an attack that specifically targets military service members or is carried out by an individual inspired or directed by a foreign terrorist organization.
(c)
The recipient's name shall be entered on the medal's case of the Tennessee Fallen Heroes Medal recipient.
(d)
Individuals eligible to receive the Tennessee Fallen Heroes Medal include all active duty military who are legal residents of this state or stationed in this state.
(e)
The Tennessee Fallen Heroes Medal shall be awarded solely by the governor of this state or the governor's designee to the immediate survivor of the recipient.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 581,Secs.s1, s2 eff. 3/10/2016.
Acts 2011, ch. 403, § 1; 2012, ch. 655, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 3 - VETERANS' RIGHTS IN GENERAL (§§ 58-3-101 — 58-3-114) › Section 58-3-114 - Suicide prevention training

The department of veterans services shall provide training in suicide prevention to the employees of the department who directly interact with veterans. The training provided pursuant to this section must equip employees with the ability to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide. The department may utilize resources from nonprofit organizations to provide the training required by this section.
Acts 2020, ch. 531, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 1 - WAR RECORDS BUREAU (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-103) › Section 58-4-101 - Establishment and duties of bureau

There is created in the military department a war records bureau, the duties of which shall be to compile and preserve the records of those Tennesseans who have served their state and nation in time of war, to correlate these records as to rank, organization and branch of service, and to furnish to each county in the state a complete list of the residents of that county participating in such war; provided, however, that it shall be the duty of such war records bureau to furnish to the department of veterans services, upon request of such department and without cost to the latter, any and all records which may be in the possession of the war records bureau.
Acts 1945, ch. 136, § 1; 1947, ch. 86, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.6 (Williams, § 1012.8); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 249, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-801.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 1 - WAR RECORDS BUREAU (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-103) › Section 58-4-102 - Personnel - Appropriations

The adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint such necessary personnel as may be needed to enable the war records bureau to function efficiently; the compensation of such personnel, to be fixed by the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, shall be upon the same scale as paid for comparable services in other departments of the state. For the purpose of enabling the bureau to operate, there is appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) annually.
Acts 1945, ch. 136, § 2; 1947, ch. 86, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.7 (Williams, § 1012.9); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-802.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 1 - WAR RECORDS BUREAU (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-103) › Section 58-4-103 - Request for redaction of social security number from official records

(a)
Any veteran of the United States armed forces, or the veteran's surviving spouse, attorney-in-fact, personal representative or court appointed guardian, may request that the war records bureau redact from the official records that are maintained and distributed by the bureau the veteran's social security identification number from those military records if the records are stored in a manner that permits redaction.
(b)
The request for redaction of a social security identification number from a military record in the possession of the war records bureau shall be made on a paper writing in a form that is substantially similar to the form that is authorized for use under §
10-7-513
. The commissioner of veterans services shall approve a form that meets the requirements of this subsection (b).
(c)
The war records bureau has no duty to inquire beyond the acknowledged request to verify the identity or authority of the person requesting the removal. Upon receiving the written request, the war records bureau shall act in accordance with the request to redact the social security identification number from a military record in the possession of the bureau. If redaction is requested and is not practicable, the war records bureau shall verbally or by writing explain to the person making the request why redaction is not practicable.
Acts 2009, ch. 219, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-201 - Appropriations by county legislative bodies

The county legislative bodies are authorized to appropriate, by a roll call and recorded vote, from their respective county treasuries, money to be expended solely in the erection of permanent monuments or buildings or libraries or any other evidence of appreciation of the bravery and valor of soldiers, sailors, and marines, within the respective counties appropriating the same, but not from any special fund heretofore provided by law, to the honor and memory of the living and dead American soldiers, sailors, and marines, collectively, who served in World War I, II, or the War Between the States, but it is expressly provided that no sum in excess of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) shall be appropriated by any one (1) county for such purpose.
Acts 1919, ch. 10, § 1; 1919, ch. 41, § 1; 1925, ch. 28, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 6054a6; Code 1932, § 10243; Acts 1943, ch. 83, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 10243; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-901.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-202 - County monument or building commissioners

When any county makes any such appropriation, the county legislative body making it shall elect five (5) reputable citizens of the respective county, over eighteen (18) years of age, who shall be known as the county monument or building commissioners, who shall be duly sworn faithfully to discharge their duties as such, and whose duty it shall be to superintend the erection of the monument or building under the general orders and direction of the legislative body; and it is expressly provided that such commissioners shall, when the monument or building has been completed and delivered, forthwith make a full and complete detailed report in writing to the county legislative body in open session, which shall be spread of record in the legislative body, accounting definitely and with detailed particulars for every dollar coming into their hands.
Acts 1919, ch. 10, § 3; 1919, ch. 41, § 3; Shan. Supp., § 6054a8; Code 1932, § 10245; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 162, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-902.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-203 - Filing of plans - Accounting for funds

Before any part of any such appropriation shall be paid out of any county treasury, there shall first be filed with the county trustee of the county making the appropriation, plans and specifications of the proposed monument or building or library or other evidence of appreciation, with a detailed estimate of every cost and expense of the same; and it is further provided as an absolute prerequisite to the paying out of any part of any such appropriation that the persons receiving the appropriation, or any part thereof, shall give the trustee detailed vouchers approved by county monument or building commissioners and the county mayor in open court and personally receipted in writing by the payees and duly entered of record in detail in the books of the county clerk, in such manner and form as to clearly and definitely show for what purpose the money was paid and to whom, etc.
Acts 1919, ch. 10, § 2; 1919, ch. 41, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 6054a7; Code 1932, § 10244; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-903.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-204 - Appropriation limited to work and material

No part of any such appropriation shall be expended for land, fees, or salaries, but shall all be used for the erection of the monument or building, and all such money shall be alone for work on and material entering into the construction of the monument or building.
Acts 1919, ch. 10, § 4; 1919, ch. 41, § 4; Shan. Supp., § 6054a9; Code 1932, § 10246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-904.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-205 - Penalty for misappropriation of funds

Any and all persons accepting the custody or control of any part of any such appropriation provided for, who misappropriates or aids in the misappropriation or willful diversion of any part of the same is guilty of a Class E felony, which penalty may be commuted to six (6) months in the workhouse in the discretion of the court, and shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) which, when collected, shall be paid into the county school fund.
Acts 1919, ch. 10, § 5; 1919, ch. 41, § 5; Shan. Supp., § 6054a10; Code 1932, § 10247; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-905; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 76.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-206 - Municipal and county memorials

Each municipality and county of the state is authorized and empowered to erect suitable public memorials and to contract for the erection of such memorials to the services of the members of the armed forces and veterans of the various wars in which Tennesseans have fought. The memorials selected shall be in the form of any public improvement approved as hereinafter provided by the governing body of such municipality or county and may include public buildings, hospitals, schools and auditoriums (but such enumeration shall not limit the discretion of such governing body of the municipality or county in its selection of appropriate memorials).
Acts 1945, ch. 131, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.18 (Williams, § 1012.21); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-906.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-207 - Cooperation with federal government

Each municipality and county of the state acting under §§
58-4-206
- 58-4-208 is expressly authorized to cooperate with the federal government or any other governmental agencies in the planning, erecting and financing of any memorial hereunder, and is authorized to receive from such governmental agencies, pursuant to any plan of cooperation with such governmental agencies gifts, bounties or grants-in-aid of any character to supplement or entirely finance the cost of any project undertaken pursuant to §§
58-4-206
- 58-4-208.
Acts 1945, ch. 131, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.19 (Williams, § 1012.22); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-907.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 2 - VETERANS' MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-201 — 58-4-208) › Section 58-4-208 - Borrowing power - Bonds

Each municipality and county of the state, acting by and through its governing body, is authorized to borrow money and to issue and sell bonds of such municipality or county pursuant to title 9, chapter 21 for the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry out the purposes of §§
58-4-206
- 58-4-208.
Acts 1945, ch. 131, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.20 (Williams, § 1012.23); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-908; Acts 1988, ch. 750, § 65.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 3 - P.O.W.-M.I.A. RECOGNITION (§§ 58-4-301 — 58-4-306) › Section 58-4-301 - Display of P.O.W. - M.I.A. flag over state capitol

(a)
(1)
On days that neither house of the general assembly is in session during the month of September, the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag must be displayed over the state capitol in accordance with §
4-1-406(a)
, on any day the United States flag is displayed, in order to increase public awareness of the P.O.W.-M.I.A. issue and to gain public support for the efforts of the United States government to resolve this matter.
(2)
Beginning June 30, 2017, the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag must be displayed daily below the United States flag in War Memorial Plaza and in Vietnam Veterans Park.
(b)
In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag may be displayed over the state capitol, in accordance with §
4-1-406(a)
, on any day the United States flag is displayed over the state capitol.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 437,s 1, eff. 5/25/2017.
Acts 1994, ch. 713, § 1; 2006, ch. 857, § 1; 2011, ch. 238, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 3 - P.O.W.-M.I.A. RECOGNITION (§§ 58-4-301 — 58-4-306) › Section 58-4-302 - Donations of P.O.W. - M.I.A. flags

(a)
Any individual or group may donate a P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag to a county, municipal or state government for the display of the flag pursuant to this part.
(b)
In addition to the display of the flag over the state capitol pursuant to §
58-4-301(b)
, the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag may be displayed by a county or municipal government at the following buildings on any day the United States flag is displayed:
(1)
The courthouse or other building that serves as the main administrative building of the county; or
(2)
The building that serves as the city or town hall or main administrative building of the municipality.
(c)
If the flag is displayed, it shall be displayed in accordance with §
4-1-406(a)
.
Acts 1994, ch. 713, § 1; 2011, ch. 238, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 3 - P.O.W.-M.I.A. RECOGNITION (§§ 58-4-301 — 58-4-306) › Section 58-4-303 - Display and maintenance of flags

If a P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag is donated for display to and is displayed by the state, county or municipal government in accordance with this part, it shall be raised and lowered at the same time, and maintained in the same manner, as the state and United States flags. The county, city, or state government will utilize current flag poles and halyard to display the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag.
Acts 1994, ch. 713, § 1; 2011, ch. 238, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 3 - P.O.W.-M.I.A. RECOGNITION (§§ 58-4-301 — 58-4-306) › Section 58-4-304 - Hours of display - Flag design

The P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag, which depicts a prisoner's profile against the background of a P.O.W. watchtower, if displayed, shall be displayed in accordance with this part during normal business hours.
Acts 1994, ch. 713, § 1; 2011, ch. 238, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 3 - P.O.W.-M.I.A. RECOGNITION (§§ 58-4-301 — 58-4-306) › Section 58-4-305 - "Public building" defined

For purposes of this part, "public building" is defined according to §
68-120-203
.
Acts 1994, ch. 713, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 4 - WAR RECORDS AND MEMORIALS (§§ 58-4-101 — 58-4-306) › Part 3 - P.O.W.-M.I.A. RECOGNITION (§§ 58-4-301 — 58-4-306) › Section 58-4-306 - Welcome centers

The P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag, as described in §
58-4-304
, may be displayed at each welcome center operated by the department of tourist development, and, if so displayed, shall be third in order on the flagpole after the flag of the United States of America and the Tennessee state flag. When the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag is so displayed, it shall be displayed during the same hours and maintained in the same manner as the flag of the United States of America and the Tennessee state flag are displayed and maintained at the respective welcome centers operated by the department of tourist development, notwithstanding §
58-4-304
to the contrary. Flags displayed pursuant to this section shall be donated in accordance with §
58-4-302
and no state funds shall be expended to purchase the flags.
Acts 2006, ch. 857, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 7 - STATE VETERANS' HOMES (§§ 58-7-101 — 58-7-114) › Section 58-7-101 - Establishment - Purpose - Funding requirements

(a)
There shall be public homes for veterans in Tennessee known as "Tennessee state veterans' homes."
(b)
The primary purpose of the homes shall be to provide support and care for honorably discharged veterans who served in the United States armed forces.
(c)
These homes shall be established and operated only if federal veterans' administration funds are available to meet a substantial part of any construction costs incurred in the establishment of such homes.
(d)
Additionally, each state veterans' home established pursuant to this chapter must be eligible for and receive the veterans' administration per diem payments available to qualified residents in accordance with applicable federal regulations.
Acts 1988, ch. 899, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 58 - MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL DEFENSE (§§ 58-1-101 — 58-9-105) › Chapter 7 - STATE VETERANS' HOMES (§§ 58-7-101 — 58-7-114) › Section 58-7-102 - State veterans' homes board

(a)
(1)
There is hereby created a body, politic and corporate, to be known as the "Tennessee state veterans' homes board."
(2)
The board, a political subdivision and instrumentality of the state, shall be deemed to be acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state in the performance of essential public functions and shall be deemed to be serving a public purpose and improving and otherwise promoting their health, welfare, and prosperity.
(b)
The board shall consist of thirteen (13) members. The commissioner of veterans services and the commissioner of finance and administration shall be ex officio, voting members of the board. A commissioner may designate a staff member to attend meetings of the board or its committees and to exercise the commissioner's right to vote in the commissioner's absence. The designation shall be made in writing to the chair of the board. The remaining eleven (11) members shall be appointed by the governor. At least three (3) members shall be appointed from each of the three (3) grand divisions of the state. All appointments shall be subject to review by the joint select committee on veterans' affairs of the general assembly. Initial appointments to the board shall be for one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively. Thereafter, all appointed members shall serve three-year terms. Each member must be a citizen of the state. One (1) member shall be a nursing home administrator at the time of the member's appointment and shall be experienced in the financial operations of nursing homes. One (1) member shall have clinical experience in nursing homes. The remaining members shall be honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces. Veteran members shall be appointed from nationally chartered service organizations that have departments in this state. The board shall be composed of members representing different organizations as well as different branches of the armed forces.
(c)
Appointed members of the board may be removed for cause by the governor.
(d)
Vacancies occurring in an office of a member of the board before the expiration of a term by reason of death, resignation, or any other reason shall be filled by the governor in the same manner as a regular appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Acts 1988, ch. 899, §2; 2008 , ch. 1137, §§ 1, 2.