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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › HEALTH (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-6-201) › Chapter 60 - ASTHMA (§§ 68-60-101 — 68-6-201) › Section 68-6-201

(a)
As used in this part, "school youth athletic activity" has the same meaning as defined in §
68-6-102
.
(b)
Beginning September 1, 2024, the governing authority of each public and nonpublic school that serves any of the grades nine through twelve (9-12) shall establish, review, and annually rehearse an athletics emergency action plan (AEAP) for responding to serious or life-threatening injuries sustained by students participating in school youth athletic activities.
(c)
An AEAP must:
(1)
Integrate nationally recognized, evidence-based core elements or standards;
(2)
Be memorialized as a written document, specific to the sites under the control of the school where school youth athletic activities are conducted;
(3)
Be developed in consultation with local emergency medical services personnel; and
(4)
Be distributed to all athletics staff members, school personnel identified in the AEAP under subdivision (d)(2), and healthcare professionals identified in the AEAP under subdivision (d)(3).
(d)
An AEAP must, at a minimum:
(1)
Identify the address or venue of each school youth athletic activity for the respective school year;
(2)
Identify the personnel in each school who are responsible for carrying out the AEAP, including their assigned responsibilities and the designated chain of command;
(3)
Identify any healthcare professionals who may provide medical care during school youth athletic activities;
(4)
Identify any equipment and supplies that may be needed to respond to a medical emergency at a school youth athletic activity, including the location of each item;
(5)
Describe the proper procedures to be followed after a serious or life-threatening injury occurs, including, but not limited to, responding to the injured individual, summoning emergency medical care, assisting emergency responders, and documenting the actions taken during the emergency; and
(6)
Provide contact information for emergency medical services and directions to assist emergency personnel in accessing the location of a school youth athletic activity.
(e)
The requirements of this part are in addition to the requirements of the Safe Stars Act, compiled in title 49, chapter 6, part 36.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 625,s 5, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 101 - MISCELLANEOUS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-101-109) › Section 68-101-101 - Storage of gunpowder or other explosives

(a)
The corporate authorities of every city and incorporated town may, from time to time, designate some suitable place, at such distance from the limits of the corporation as may be deemed safe, to build magazines for the storage and safekeeping of gunpowder or other explosive materials, which order shall be entered on the corporation records.
(b)
They may also prescribe the rules, regulations, and restrictions under which explosive materials shall be kept stored, and the mode in which the magazines or storehouses shall be constructed and maintained so as, in their opinion, best secures the community from danger.
Code 1858, §§ 1696, 1697 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 169, § 2); Shan., §§ 3011, 3012; mod. Code 1932, §§ 5230, 5231; T.C.A. (orig. ed., §§ 53-2301, 53-2302, 68-16-101.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 101 - MISCELLANEOUS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-101-109) › Section 68-101-102 - Public theatrical buildings

(a)
It is the duty of the corporate authorities of any city or town, in which there is located any public hall for theatrical purposes, or other house kept open for public entertainment, thoroughly to examine the same, and ascertain if such buildings are provided with all the necessary safeguards against accident by fire or panic, including suitable appliances for the prompt extinguishment of fires, and sufficient passages, inlets and outlets to the building.
(b)
Whenever, in the opinion of the corporate authorities, any building in use, or that may be erected, is deficient in any particular deemed essential to the preservation of life or property, it is the duty of the authorities to require the owners or proprietors of the buildings to make such alterations as will be promotive of the public safety.
(c)
It is the duty of all persons proposing to erect such buildings first to submit to the proper municipal authorities the plan and specifications of the proposed structure.
(d)
If, in the opinion of the authorities, the same shall be considered dangerous, it shall be lawful for the authorities to withhold a permit for the erection of the building until the proper precautionary measures shall have been adopted.
(e)
Any owner or proprietor of any theater or other public building used for public entertainment, who fails or refuses to make the necessary alterations in the building, or who fails to provide the proper protection against fire or panic, after having been duly notified so to do, in writing, shall forfeit such owner's or proprietor's license, and it shall be lawful for the corporate authorities to close the house until the law shall have been observed.
Acts 1879, ch. 5, §§ 1-4; Shan., §§ 3048-3052; Code 1932, §§ 5264-5268; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2303 -- 53-2307, 68-16-102.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 101 - MISCELLANEOUS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-101-109) › Section 68-101-105 - Gas storage tanks near railroad track prohibited - Exceptions

(a)
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, association or governmental agency to construct or cause to be constructed any liquefied petroleum gas, flammable gas or nonflammable compressed gas storage tank within two hundred feet (200') of any main line railroad track classified by the federal railroad administration as either Class III, IV, or V, and that has a speed limit of over thirty miles per hour (30 mph).
(b)
This section does not apply to:
(1)
Intra- or inter-plant trackage owned or leased by private manufacturing operations;
(2)
Railroad service tanks;
(3)
Storage tank facilities or sites in existence prior to July 1, 1980;
(4)
Storage tanks with a capacity of two thousand gallons (2,000 gal.) or less; or
(5)
Railroad yards.
Acts 1980, ch. 819, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 53-2313, 68-16-105.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 101 - MISCELLANEOUS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-101-109) › Section 68-101-106 - Antenna installation and removal

(a)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Antenna" means any tower, wire, pole, circuit, rod, tubing, equipment or instrument that transmits or receives data or information by means of electromagnetic waves or impulses of any kind whatsoever;
(2)
"Code" means any of the following:
(A)
The National Electrical Code, as amended, and adopted by the National Fire Protection Association, Boston, Massachusetts and as in effect on April 27, 1981; or
(B)
The National Electrical Safety Code, as incorporated by reference in §
68-101-104
;
(3)
"Electrical contact" means the transmission of electric current, other than through or into an electrical device or electrical appliance in accordance with the design and intended use of that electrical device or electrical appliance;
(4)
"Electrical device" means any wire, line, cable, pole, conduit, switch, transformer or other equipment or accessory used for or in connection with the transmission of electricity or electrical energy, but does not include any electrical power line, wire or cable located within the structure of any building. "Electrical device" does not include any service drop line that a person fails to maintain in accordance with the requirements of the code; and
(5)
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, trust, association, joint venture, corporation or other business organization, or any like entity, or any agency, unit, or instrumentality of any government, including any publicly owned corporation or utility.
(b)
It is unlawful for any person, while causing or aiding in the installation or removal of any antenna, to engage in any activity as a result of which an antenna comes into electrical contact with any electrical device constructed or erected in compliance with the code, except by the express permission of the person by whom the electrical device is owned or operated, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c)
This section shall be supplemental to and shall not supersede any building code or permit requirement of any state agency, municipality, or county, or the more stringent requirement of any statute.
Acts 1981, ch. 205, §§ 1-3; T.C.A., §§ 53-2314, 68-16-106.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 101 - MISCELLANEOUS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-101-109) › Section 68-101-107 - Sale of metal beverage containers with detachable opening devices prohibited - Exceptions

(a)
For the purpose of this section, "beverage" means drinks in liquid form intended for human consumption.
(b)
No person shall sell or offer for sale any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a part of the container is detachable in opening the container.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale of fruit juices, fruit-ade and vegetable juices in containers the only detachable part of which is a piece of nonmetallic tape.
(d)
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale of metal beverage containers with detachable opening devices for milk-based products, soy-based products or similar products, which require heat and pressure in the canning process.
Acts 1981, ch. 214, §§ 1, 2; 1982, ch. 685, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 53-2315, 68-16-107.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 101 - MISCELLANEOUS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-101-109) › Section 68-101-108 - Limitations on release of balloons into the atmosphere - Exemptions

(a)
No person, including an officer or employee of this state or any political subdivision of the state, shall knowingly release into the atmosphere more than twenty-five (25) balloons that are:
(1)
(A)
Made of a nonbiodegradable material; or
(B)
Made of a biodegradable material that requires more than several minutes of contact with air or water to degrade; and
(2)
Filled with helium or another substance that causes the balloons to rise or float in the atmosphere.
(b)
Any person violating subsection (a) is subject to a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Each balloon released in a single day, in excess of the limit imposed in subsection (a), constitutes a separate violation.
(c)
This section does not apply to weather balloons that are used for the purpose of carrying scientific instruments during the performance of an experiment or testing procedure.
(d)
This section does not apply to any county having a population, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:
not less than
nor more than
24,600
24,700
28,500
28,560
28,690
28,750
49,275
49,375
51,025
51,125
58,075
58,175
770,000
780,000
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 93,s 5, eff. 4/8/2013.
Acts 1990, ch. 792, §§ 1-6; T.C.A., § 68-16-108.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-101 - Prevention and investigation of destructive fires by department of commerce and insurance

The duty of preventing and investigating fires destructive of buildings and other property is delegated to the department of commerce and insurance, under the control of the commissioner of that department.
Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Shan. Supp., § 373a118; mod. Code 1932, § 5677; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 5677; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2401, 68-17-101.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-102 - Specific duties of commissioner of commerce and insurance

It is the duty of the commissioner of commerce and insurance, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, to enforce the laws and this chapter in the counties, relating to the:
(1)
Prevention of fires;
(2)
Storage, sale and use of combustibles and explosives;
(3)
Installation and maintenance of automatic or other fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equipment;
(4)
Construction, maintenance and regulation of fire escapes; and
(5)
Means and adequacy of exit, in case of fire, from factories, asylums, hospitals, churches, schools, halls, theaters, amphitheaters, and all other places in which numbers of persons live, work or congregate, from time to time, for any purpose or purposes.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 487, s 2, eff. 5/24/2019.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 2; Shan., § 3079a261; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5678; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; C. Supp. 1950, § 5678; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2402, 68-17-102.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-103 - Additional powers and duties

The commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as set forth in this chapter.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 2; Shan., § 3079a262; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5679; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2403, 68-17-103.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-104 - Deputies - Appointment - Salaries

The commissioner of commerce and insurance is authorized to appoint such deputy marshals as the commissioner deems necessary to enforce this chapter, and shall fix their salaries with the approval of the commissioner of human resources.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 3; Shan., § 3079a263; Acts 1919, ch. 107, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5680; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; C. Supp. 1950, § 5680; Acts 1969, ch. 157, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2404, 68-17-104; Acts 2007, ch. 60, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-105 - Director of fire prevention - Stenographic and clerical help - Appointment - Powers

(a)
The commissioner shall appoint a director of fire prevention and such stenographic and clerical help as is necessary to enforce this chapter.
(b)
These employees shall be clothed with all the powers of deputy marshals.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 3; Shan., § 3079a264; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Acts 1929, ch. 106; Code 1932, § 5681; Acts 1969, ch. 157, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2405, 68-17-105.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-106 - Salaries fixed with approval from commissioner of human resources

The commissioner shall fix the salaries of the director and the stenographic and clerical help with the approval of the commissioner of human resources.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 3; Shan., § 3079a265; Code 1932, § 5682; modified; Acts 1969, ch. 157, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2406, 68-17-106; Acts 2007, ch. 60, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-107 - Authority to conduct fire safety inspections and enforce building codes for other local governments

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any person who is certified by the state to conduct fire safety inspections and/or to enforce building codes within a local government jurisdiction may perform those activities, within the limits of such person's certification, for any other local government that may request such services from such persons.
Acts 2000, ch. 626, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-109 - Assistant appointed - Removal of subordinate officers

(a)
If there is no officer as provided for in §
68-102-108
in any city or place, or in case such officer declines to serve, the commissioner may appoint an assistant instead.
(b)
All subordinate officers working under the commissioner, including the commissioner's deputies and assistants, may be removed for cause, and their successors appointed by the commissioner.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 4; Shan., § 3079a268; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5685; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2409, 68-17-109.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-110 - Instructions and forms to be furnished to assistants

The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall prepare instructions to the assistants designated in this chapter and forms for their use in the reports required by this chapter and cause them to be printed and sent, together with a copy of this chapter, to each such officer located within the state.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 4; Shan., § 3079a269; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5686; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; C. Supp. 1950, § 5686; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2410, 68-17-110.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-112 - State fire marshal - Supervision of fire prevention division

The commissioner of commerce and insurance, as the state fire marshal, shall supervise and direct the activities of the fire prevention division through the director of the fire prevention division.
Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 331.1 (Williams, § 255.70); Acts 1965, ch. 111, § 1; 1969, ch. 157, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2412, 68-17-112.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-114 - Fire insurance companies to make annual reports of fires - Contents

Every fire insurance company transacting business in this state is required to report to the commissioner, through the secretary or other representative of the insurance company, all fire losses on all property insured by such companies within the state, showing the owner and occupant of the premises burned, the date of fire, location, cause of fire, occupancy, amount of insurance, sound value of the property, and the amount of loss paid. The report shall be made to the commissioner annually, on or before February 1, covering the year ending December 31 preceding such report.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 6; Shan., § 3079a271; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5688; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2414, 68-17-114.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-116 - Inspection of buildings and premises

The commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, shall, subject to availability and efficient utilization of time, personnel and resources, inspect buildings or premises within their jurisdiction upon the written complaint of any citizen, or whenever the commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, deem it necessary. In the event that the commissioner is unable to make any inspection under this section, the commissioner shall transmit the complaint to the local authorities having jurisdiction.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a274; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5691; Acts 1980, ch. 657, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2416, 68-17-116.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-118 - Appeal from order of deputy or assistant to the commissioner

If an order pursuant to §
68-102-117
is made by a deputy or assistant to the commissioner, the owner or occupant may, within twenty-four (24) hours, appeal to the commissioner, who shall, within ten (10) days, review the order and file the commissioner's decision on the appeal, and, unless by the commissioner's authority the order is revoked or modified, the order shall remain in full force and be complied with within the time fixed in the order or decision of the commissioner.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a276; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5693; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2418, 68-17-118.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-119 - Review of order of commissioner and of judgment of circuit court

Any owner or occupant who feels aggrieved by the order or affirmed order may, within five (5) days after the making or affirming of the order by the commissioner, file a petition for certiorari and supersedeas with the circuit court of the county in which the property is located, praying a review of the order. It is the duty of the court to hear the petition on the first convenient day, and to make the order in the premises as right and justice may require. In case the owner or occupant is not satisfied with the order or judgment of the circuit court, the owner or occupant may file a petition for certiorari and supersedeas in the appellate court to review the order or judgment.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a277; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5694; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2419, 68-17-119.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-120 - Bond for certiorari and supersedeas

Parties that file a petition for certiorari and supersedeas in the circuit court to review an order shall file with the court a bond in an amount to be fixed by the court, in no case to be less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), with at least two (2) sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, conditioned to pay all the costs on the petition for certiorari and supersedeas, in case the appellant fails to sustain the petition, or the petition is dismissed for any cause, together with all damages that may be occasioned on account of the failure of the owner or occupant to comply with the order of the commissioner, in case the order of the commissioner is sustained or the petition dismissed for any cause.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a278; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5695; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2420, 68-17-120.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-121 - Officer may remedy dangerous conditions at expense of owners

If any party fails to comply with the order as modified on appeal by the court or the commissioner, and within the time fixed by either of them, then the officer is empowered to cause the building or premises to be repaired, torn down, demolished, materials removed and all dangerous conditions remedied, as the case may be, at the expense of the party or parties.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a279; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5696; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2421, 68-17-121.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-122 - Expense not paid by parties to be certified and paid

If a party fails, neglects, or refuses to repay the officer the expense incurred by the officer within thirty (30) days after the occurrence, the officer may immediately place a lien upon the property for the expenses incurred pursuant to §
68-102-121
, together with a twenty-five percent (25%) penalty. The lien shall be a lien on the property, including the real estate on which the property is located, and the lien shall be superior and prior to all other liens on the property, except a lien for taxes assessed and due the state, county and city in which the property is located, and vendors' liens.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a280; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5697; modified; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2422, 68-17-122; Acts 2006, ch. 868, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-124 - Officer authorized to enforce lien

The officer is authorized to institute legal proceedings to enforce the lien in any court of record or any general sessions court.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a282; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5699; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; C. Supp. 1950, § 5699; modified; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2424, 68-17-124; Acts 2006, ch. 868, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-125 - Registration of order to make lien effective

(a)
In order to make the lien against the property valid and binding, the officer, officer's assistant, or other person entitled to assert the lien shall immediately upon serving the order provided in §
68-102-117
, upon any party or parties, including any lienholders of record, file a copy of the order in the register's office in the county in which the property is located and cause the copy of the order to be registered.
(b)
For the registration of the order, the register of any county shall receive a fee authorized for the recording of the documents, such fee to be added to the cost and expense of executing the order.
(c)
The copy of the order shall be filed in the register's office of the county in which the property is located, before or at any time the order is served upon the owner or occupant of the premises, and the order when so filed shall be notice to all parties.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a283; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5700; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2425, 68-17-125; Acts 2006, ch. 868, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-126 - Penalty for failure to comply with order

(a)
Any owner or occupant failing to comply with an order pursuant to §
68-102-117
within thirty (30) days after the order has been made final commits a Class C misdemeanor for each day's neglect thereafter. An action may be brought in any court having jurisdiction, including the court of general sessions of the county in which the property is located, in the name of the state of Tennessee, upon the relation of the commissioner of commerce and insurance.
(b)
If defective or unlawful conditions, as defined in §
68-102-117
have resulted from the failure of any architect, contractor, builder, mechanic, electrician or other person to comply with the requirements of laws and regulations relating to the installation of facilities, appliances and equipment for the use of electrical energy or gas (natural, artificial or liquid petroleum) in any building, structure or on premises located in this state, then the architect, contractor, builder, mechanic, electrician or other person shall be required to comply with any order or orders issued by an officer or inspector insofar as the order or orders may relate to the failure. Upon failure to comply with the order or orders within thirty (30) days, the architect, builder, contractor, mechanic, electrician or other person commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 7; Shan., § 3079a284; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5701; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; Acts 1947, ch. 191, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 5701; modified; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 53-2426; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; T.C.A., § 68-17-126; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-127 - Police powers of commissioner and deputies and municipal fire investigators

(a)
The commissioner of commerce and insurance and the commissioner's deputies have police powers and have the right to make arrests when necessary to preserve the law in this department, and may, in addition to investigations made by any of the commissioner's assistants, at any time make further investigations as to the origin or circumstances of any fire occurring in this state, by the appointment of special assistants or the employment of other means necessary in the commissioner's discretion.
(b)
Municipal fire investigators who have been authorized by the chief of the municipal fire department or the director of fire services to conduct investigations relative to the cause and origin of fires and/or arson investigations shall also have police powers and shall have the right to make arrests when necessary to preserve the laws of this state or their respective municipalities relative to cases of arson or suspected arson.
(c)
Salaried county fire investigators who have been authorized by the chief of the county-wide fire department or the director of fire services to conduct investigations relative to the cause and origin of fires or arson investigations have police powers and have the right to make arrests when necessary to preserve the laws of this state or their respective jurisdiction relative to cases of arson or suspected arson.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 352,s 1, eff. 5/10/2019.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 8; Shan., § 3079a285; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5702; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; C. Supp. 1950, § 5702; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2427, 68-17-127; Acts 1995, ch. 248, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-128 - Power to summon and swear witnesses - False swearing as perjury

The commissioner, the commissioner's deputies and assistants, including full-time arson investigators, have the power to summon witnesses and to compel them to attend before them, or either of them, and to testify under oath in relation to any matter that is by this chapter a subject of inquiry and investigation, and may require the production of any book, paper, document or other matter whatsoever deemed pertinent or necessary to the inquiry. They also have the power to administer oaths and affirmations to any person appearing as a witness before them, and false swearing in any matter shall be deemed perjury, and shall be punishable as such.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 8; Shan., § 3079a286; Code 1932, § 5703; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; Acts 1981, ch. 64, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2428, 68-17-128.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-129 - If crime suspected, testimony and other facts presented to district attorney general

If, after examination of witnesses or any investigation, the commissioner, or any of the commissioner's deputies or assistants, is of the opinion that the facts in relation to a fire indicate that a crime has been committed, the commissioner shall present the testimony taken on examination, together with any other data in the commissioner's possession, to the district attorney general of the county in which the crime has been committed, and the district attorney general shall call especially to the attention of the grand jury such testimony, and if the facts warrant an indictment, no prosecutor shall be required.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 487,s 7, eff. 5/24/2019.
Acts 1907, ch. 460, § 2; 1915, ch. 131, § 8; Shan., § 3079a287; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5704; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2429, 68-17-129.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-130 - Power to enter buildings or premises for inspection or investigation

The commissioner, the commissioner's deputies or any of the commissioner's assistants may at all hours enter any building or premises for the purpose of making an inspection or investigation that under this chapter, the person may deem necessary to be made.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 8; Shan., § 3079a288; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5705; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2430, 68-17-130.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-131 - Fees of witnesses and officers

Every person, summoned and testifying before the commissioner, the commissioner's deputies or assistants, shall receive from the funds for the maintenance of the department, on the certificate of the commissioner, for witness fees and mileage, such sum or sums as provided for witnesses testifying in the circuit courts of this state, and officers serving subpoenas and rendering other services to the commissioner shall be paid as for like services in such courts.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 8; Shan., § 3079a289; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5706; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2431, 68-17-131.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-132 - Record of fires kept - Open to public - Information may be withheld

The commissioner shall keep in the commissioner's office a record of all fires occurring in this state and of all the facts concerning the fires occurring in the state, including statistics as to the extent of the fires and the damage caused by the fires, and whether such losses were covered by insurance, and, if so, in what amount. Such records shall be made daily from the reports made to the commissioner by the commissioner's assistants under this chapter. All such records shall be public, except any information secured in an investigation under this chapter, which the commissioner, in the commissioner's discretion, may withhold from the public.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 9; Shan., § 3079a290; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5707; Acts 1981, ch. 490, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2432, 68-17-132.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-133 - Report of commissioner - Amendment of laws

The commissioner shall, annually, on or before February 15, transmit to the governor a full report of the commissioner's proceedings under this chapter, and such statistics as the commissioner may wish to include in the report, for the year previous. The commissioner shall also recommend any amendments to the law that, in the commissioner's judgment, are deemed advisable. The report of the commissioner shall include a full and complete report of all collections made and all expenditures and for what purposes they were made and to whom paid.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 10; Shan., § 3079a291; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5708; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2433, 68-17-133.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-134 - Acts of witness punishable as for contempt of court

Any witness who refuses to obey a summons of the commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, or who refuses to be sworn or testify, or who disobeys any lawful order of the commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, in relation to any investigation instituted by the commissioner or such deputies or assistants, or who fails or refuses to produce any book, paper or document, or other matter touching any matter under investigation or examination, or who is guilty of any contemptuous act, after being summoned to appear before either of them, to give testimony in relation to any matter under examination or investigation, may be punished as for contempt of court, and for this purpose application may be made to any court of record within whose jurisdiction the contempt in question took place, and for which purpose the courts are given jurisdiction.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 11; Shan., § 3079a292; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5709; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2434, 68-17-134.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-135 - District attorney general assisting in investigation of fires of suspicious origin

The district attorney general of any county, upon request of the commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, shall assist such officers, upon an investigation of any fire that, in their opinion, is of suspicious origin.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 12; Shan., § 3079a293; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5710; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2435, 68-17-135.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-136 - No compensation of local assistants

All local assistants not receiving a salary from the state shall investigate fires without compensation and no expenses shall be paid to them.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 13; Shan., § 3079a294; Acts 1919, ch. 107, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5711; Acts 1969, ch. 157, § 6; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2436, 68-17-136.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-138 - Noncompliance by persons or corporations - Penalty

Any person, persons or corporation failing to comply with this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor for each violation of this chapter.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 14; Shan., § 3079a295; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5712; Acts 1951, ch. 154, § 1; 1951, ch. 187, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1967, ch. 136; impl. am. Acts 1968, ch. 548; Acts 1969, ch. 157, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 53-2437; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; T.C.A., § 68-17-138.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-139 - Noncompliance by officers - Penalty

Any officer, including assistants referred to in §§
68-102-101
- 68-102-143, 68-102-147, and 68-102-148, who neglects, fails or refuses to comply with any of the requirements of those sections, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 15; Shan., § 3079a296; Code 1932, § 5713; impl. am. Acts 1967, ch. 136; impl. am. Acts 1968, ch. 548; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 53-2438; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; T.C.A., § 68-17-139.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-140 - Penalties used for maintenance of division

All penalties, fees or forfeitures collected under §§
68-102-101
- 68-102-143, §
68-102-147
, or §
68-102-148
, shall be placed by the commissioner of commerce and insurance to the credit of the fund for the maintenance of the division of fire prevention and shall be used as such.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 16; Shan., § 3079a297; Code 1932, § 5714; modified; impl. am. Acts 1967, ch. 136; impl. am. Acts 1968, ch. 548; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2439, 68-17-140.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-141 - Purpose of chapter - Liberal construction

It is declared that this chapter is necessary for the public safety, health, peace and welfare, is remedial in nature, and shall be construed liberally.
Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 17; Shan., § 3079a298; Code 1932, § 5715; impl. am. Acts 1967, ch. 136; impl. am. Acts 1968, ch. 548; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2440, 68-17-141.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319) › SAFETY (§§ 68-101-101 — 68-143-103) › Chapter 102 - FIRE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-603) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-154) › Section 68-102-142 - Tax on net premium receipts of fire insurance companies to defray expenses of enforcement

For the maintenance of the division of fire prevention and the payment of expenses incident thereto, and for the maintenance of the fire investigations section transferred to the Tennessee bureau of investigation pursuant to chapter 487 of the Public Acts of 2019, and the payment of expenses incident to the duty of the fire investigations section to investigate destructive fires in this state, each fire insurance company transacting business in this state, at the same time it pays other taxes now required by law, shall pay to the commissioner of commerce and insurance the sum of three-quarters of one percent (0.75%) on the net premium receipts of the insurance companies on all business transacted by them in Tennessee, during the next preceding year, as shown by their annual statement under oath to the department of commerce and insurance. This sum shall be held in a separate fund by the commissioner, and shall be designated as the fire prevention fund, for the maintenance of the division of fire prevention and the fire investigations section, and for the payment out of the fund for the expenses and maintenance of the division and the fire investigations section shall be made only on the warrant of the commissioner, and any and all moneys on hand in this division at the end of each fiscal year shall be turned in to the general fund of the state; provided, that this state shall in no way be liable for the salaries or expenses of the fire prevention division other than the fund as provided in this section for such purposes.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 487,Secs.s8, s9 eff. 5/24/2019.
Acts 1907, ch. 460, § 6; 1915, ch. 131, § 18; Shan., § 3079a299; Code 1932, § 5716; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; C. Supp. 1950, § 5716; Acts 1975, ch. 126, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2441, 68-17-142.