Tennessee § 12-4-1003 - State employees and agents — Insurance sales to state prohibited.
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§ 12-4-1003. State employees and agents — Insurance sales to state prohibited.
All officers, officials, agents or employees of the state and its divisions, departments and agencies are prohibited from bidding, selling or contracting to sell any policy of insurance to the state or its divisions, departments and agencies. Acts 1970, ch. 567, § 3; T.C.A., §§ 12-341, 12-3-503 ; Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 82; T.C.A. § 12-3-903 . Compiler's Notes. Former title 12, ch. 3, part 9, §§ 12-3-901 — 12-3-908 (Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; Acts 1970, ch. 567, §§ 1-3; 1971, ch. 425, §§ 1-5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; Acts 1980, ch. 464, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 12-339 — 12-346, 12-3-501 — 12-3-508 ; Acts 1994, ch. 669, §§ 4-7; 2001, ch. 89, §§ 1-4; 2003, ch. 212, §§ 5, 6; 2007, ch. 168, § 1; 2010, ch. 993, § 2), was transferred to title 12, ch. 4, part 10 by Acts 2013, ch. 403, §§ 82, effective July 1, 2013. Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 83 provided that the act, which transferred former title 12, ch. 3, part 9 to this part, shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed on and after July 1, 2013.
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