Tennessee § 45-2-1201 - Short title.
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§ 45-2-1201. Short title.
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Financial Exploitation Prevention Act.” Acts 2017, ch. 264, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former §§ 45-2-1201 — 45-2-1203 (Acts 1953, ch. 47, §§ 1-3; Williams, §§ 4129.4 — 4129.6; Acts 1957, ch. 111, § 1; 1959, ch. 28, §§ 1-3; 1959, ch. 310, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1968, ch. 523, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.) §§ 45-1201 — 45-1203; Acts 1982, ch. 860, § 1; 1983, ch. 189, § 6), concerning foreign institutions investing in loans, were repealed by Acts 1990, ch. 1087, § 1. Acts 2017, ch. 264, § 1 enacted a new part 22, §§ 45-2-2201 — 45-2-2206 , but the part has been redesignated as part 12, §§ 45-2-1201 — 45-2-1206 by authority of the Code Commission. Acts 2017, ch. 264, § 6 provided that the Department of Financial Institutions is encouraged, within existing public or private resources, to consult with financial service providers as defined in this act, the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability, and the Department of Human Services to consider distributing public education and information to alert the public to the dangers posed to elderly and vulnerable adults by financial exploitation. Acts 2017, ch. 264, § 7 provided that the act, which enacted this section, shall be repealed on June 30, 2022. However, Acts 2020, ch. 605, § 9 deleted the language of chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2017, which provided for the repeal.
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