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Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 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...
§ 68-102-102. Specific Duties of Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance - It is the duty of the commissioner of commerce and...
§ 68-102-103. Additional Powers and Duties - The commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, shall have...
§ 68-102-104. Deputies — Appointment — Salaries - The commissioner of commerce and insurance is authorized to appoint...
§ 68-102-106. Salaries Fixed With Approval From Commissioner of Human Resources - The commissioner shall fix the salaries of the director and...
§ 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...
§ 68-102-110. Instructions and Forms to Be Furnished to Assistants - The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall prepare instructions to...
§ 68-102-112. State Fire Marshal — Supervision of Fire Prevention Division - The commissioner of commerce and insurance, as the state fire...
§ 68-102-114. Fire Insurance Companies to Make Annual Reports of Fires — Contents - Every fire insurance company transacting business in this state is...
§ 68-102-116. Inspection of Buildings and Premises - The commissioner, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, shall, subject...
§ 68-102-117. Buildings Inherently Dangerous or Containing Inflammable Matter — Dangerous or Defective Conditions — Removal or Remedies — Noncompliance With Orders — Penalties - NOTICE: FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT ON THE DATE ASSIGNED...
§ 68-102-118. Appeal From Order of Deputy or Assistant to the Commissioner - If an order pursuant to § 68-102-117 is made by...
§ 68-102-119. Review of Order of Commissioner and of Judgment of Circuit Court - Any owner or occupant who feels aggrieved by the order...
§ 68-102-120. Bond for Certiorari and Supersedeas - Parties that file a petition for certiorari and supersedeas in...
§ 68-102-121. Officer May Remedy Dangerous Conditions at Expense of Owners - If any party fails to comply with the order as...
§ 68-102-122. Expense Not Paid by Parties to Be Certified and Paid - If a party fails, neglects, or refuses to repay the...
§ 68-102-124. Officer Authorized to Enforce Lien - The officer is authorized to institute legal proceedings to enforce...
§ 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...
§ 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,...
§ 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...
§ 68-102-131. Fees of Witnesses and Officers - Every person, summoned and testifying before the commissioner, the commissioner's...
§ 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...
§ 68-102-133. Report of Commissioner — Amendment of Laws - The commissioner shall, annually, on or before February 15, transmit...
§ 68-102-134. Acts of Witness Punishable as for Contempt of Court - Any witness who refuses to obey a summons of the...
§ 68-102-135. District Attorney General Assisting in Investigation of Fires of Suspicious Origin - The district attorney general of any county, upon request of...
§ 68-102-136. No Compensation of Local Assistants - All local assistants not receiving a salary from the state...
§ 68-102-138. Noncompliance by Persons or Corporations — Penalty - Any person, persons or corporation failing to comply with this...
§ 68-102-139. Noncompliance by Officers — Penalty - Any officer, including assistants referred to in §§ 68-102-101 —...
§ 68-102-140. Penalties Used for Maintenance of Division - All penalties, fees or forfeitures collected under §§ 68-102-101 —...
§ 68-102-141. Purpose of Chapter — Liberal Construction - It is declared that this chapter is necessary for the...
§ 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...
§ 68-102-146. Controlled Burns — Burning Woods — Notice — Extinguishment — Penalty - Code 1858, §§ 1703, 1704 (deriv. Acts 1777, ch. 25,...
§ 68-102-150. Installers of Electrical Wiring, Heating, or Any Electrical Devices — Registration — Fee — Application Forms - Every person, firm or corporation, or legal entity engaged in...
Part 2 - Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy
§ 68-102-202. Transfer of State Fire College - All employees currently assigned duties for the Tennessee state fire...
§ 68-102-203. Facility Operating Costs - Annual operating costs of the fire and code enforcement training...
§ 68-102-204. Rules to Remain in Effect - All rules, regulations, orders and decisions previously issued or promulgated...
§ 68-102-205. Acceptance of Donations or Grants - The Tennessee fire service and code enforcement academy may accept,...
Part 3 - Fire Department Recognition Act
§ 68-102-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 68-102-302. “Fire Department” Defined - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 68-102-303. State Fire Marshal's Standards and Qualifications - No municipality, county, or political subdivision shall operate a fire...
§ 68-102-304. Application for Operation of Fire Department — Classification — Certificate of Recognition — Recognition Renewal - To obtain recognition from the department of commerce and insurance,...
§ 68-102-305. Compliance With § 68-102-108 - The municipality, county, political subdivision, organization, agency, or entity filing...
§ 68-102-307. Penalty for Violations - Any person violating this part shall be guilty of a...
§ 68-102-309. Filing of Annual Financial Report by Volunteer Fire Departments Receiving Appropriations - The governing board of each recognized volunteer fire department receiving...
Part 4 - Commissioned Instructors of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy
§ 68-102-401. “Member” Defined - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 68-102-402. Retention of Injured Member on Payroll - Whenever a commissioned instructor employed at the Tennessee law enforcement...
Part 5 - Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act
§ 68-102-501. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 68-102-502. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 68-102-508. Enforcement of Part - To enforce this part, the attorney general and reporter and...
§ 68-102-509. Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund - There is established in the state treasury a special fund...
§ 68-102-510. Construction of Part - Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any...
§ 68-102-511. Federal Preemption - This part shall cease to be effective if a federal...
§ 68-102-512. Enactment and Enforcement of Local Law or Regulations — Conflicts of Law - Notwithstanding any other law, the local governmental units of this...
Part 6 - Boat Dock Safety (Noah Dean and Nate Act)
§ 68-102-601. Part Definitions - As used in this part:
§ 68-102-603. Enforcement by State Fire Marshal - The state fire marshal shall enforce this part and may...