Tennessee § 45-1-109 - Oaths of office.
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§ 45-1-109. Oaths of office.
The commissioner shall, within fifteen (15) days from the time of notice of the appointment, take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. In addition, the commissioner, examiners and other employees, before entering upon discharge of their duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of their respective offices and to keep secret all information acquired by them in the discharge of their duties except as may be otherwise required by this chapter and chapter 2 of this title or otherwise by law. Willful violation of this oath is declared to be a criminal offense. The oath of the commissioner shall be filed with the secretary of state. The oaths of other employees of the department shall be filed with the commissioner. Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (2.104); 1973, ch. 294, § 14; T.C.A., § 45-109; Acts 1993, ch. 22, §§ 4-6. Code Commission Notes. Pursuant to § 39-11-111 , when the performance or nonperformance of any act is made criminal by statute, and no penalty, punishment or forfeiture for the violation of that statute is imposed, the doing of the act is a misdemeanor. The criminal offense in this section has been designated as a Class A misdemeanor by authority of § 40-35-110 , which provides that an offense designated a misdemeanor without specification as to category is a Class A misdemeanor. See also § 39-11-114 .
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Section 45-1-109 ("Oaths of office.") 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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