Tennessee § 48-1-126 - Exemptions from notice filing and fee requirements.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 48-1-126 — Exemptions from notice filing and fee requirements., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 48-1-126. Exemptions from notice filing and fee requirements.
Notwithstanding § 48-1-125(a)(1)(A)(i) and (ii), the following covered securities are exempt from the notice filing and fee requirements set forth in § 48-1-125 : Any covered security sold to an institutional investor, as defined under § 48-1-102; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is exempt from federal securities registration pursuant to § 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is exempt from federal securities registration pursuant to § 3(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is exempt from federal securities registration pursuant to § 3(a)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is exempt from federal securities registration pursuant to § 3(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is exempt from federal securities registration pursuant to § 3(a)(7) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is sold in a transaction exempt from federal registration pursuant to § 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is sold in a transaction exempt from federal registration pursuant to § 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is exempt from federal registration pursuant to § 3(a)(12) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is exempt from federal registration pursuant to § 3(a)(13) of the Securities Act of 1933; Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 48-1-102 and is determined, by rule or order of the commissioner, that such notice filing is not necessary for the protection of investors; Any security issued by a unit investment trust that is registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. § 80a-1 et seq.), as amended, if: The units have been the subject of a previous notice filing and fee under this part and have been sold; The units are offered or sold by a broker-dealer registered under this part; and The units are sold by or on behalf of a sponsor or depositor of the unit investment trust or affiliate of the sponsor or depositor; and Any security that is defined to be a covered security pursuant to § 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, or will be such a covered security upon completion of the transaction. Acts 1999, ch. 74, § 2; 2010, ch. 697, § 5; T.C.A., § 48-2-126 ; Acts 2017, ch. 424, § 47. Code Commission Notes. Former § 48-2-126 was transferred to § 48-1-126 by the code commission in 2012. Compiler's Notes. The Securities Law of 1955, formerly codified as §§ 48-1601 — 48-1653, was repealed by Acts 1980, ch. 886, § 27. However, the section also contained a savings provision referring to former §§ 48-1601 — 48-1653 which read: “(b) Prior law exclusively governs all suits, actions, prosecutions, or proceedings which are pending or may be initiated on the basis of facts or circumstances occurring before the effective date of this Act, except that no civil suit or action may be maintained to enforce any liability under prior law unless brought within any period of limitation which applied when the cause of action accrued and in any event within two years after the effective date of this Act. “(c) All effective registrations under prior law, all administrative orders relating to such registrations, and all conditions imposed upon such registrations remain in effect so long as they would have remained in effect if this Act had not been passed. They are considered to have been filed, entered, or imposed under this Act, but are governed by prior law. “(d) Prior law applies in respect of any sale made within one year after the effective date of this Act pursuant to an offering exempt under prior law which offering was begun in good faith before such effective date. “(e) Judicial review of all administrative orders as to which review proceedings have not been instituted by the effective date of this Act are governed by Section 20, except that no review proceeding may be instituted unless the petition is filed within any period of limitation which applied to a review proceeding when the order was entered and in any event within 60 days after the effective date of this Act.” The effective date of the Act was July 2, 1980. Section 3 of the Securities Act of 1933, referred to in this section, is codified in 15 U.S.C. § 77 c.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 48-1-126 ("Exemptions from notice filing and fee requirements.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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