Tennessee § 50-3-107 - Unpaid fines and penalties — Interest — Additional penalties for late payment.

§ 50-3-107. Unpaid fines and penalties — Interest — Additional penalties for late payment.

The commissioner shall refer any fine or penalty assessed under this chapter that remains unpaid for more than six (6) months from the date the order against the violator becomes final to the attorney general and reporter for enforcement. The attorney general and reporter is authorized to contract with one (1) or more private entities or individuals for the collection of these fines and penalties. When any person or entity is assessed a fine or penalty under this chapter, and the fines or penalties are not paid on or before the date they are due, as established in the final order or otherwise, interest shall be added to the amount due, in addition to any further penalty provided by law, at the rate established pursuant to § 67-1-801(a)(1). In addition to the interest assessed pursuant to subsection (b), there shall be imposed a penalty in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the unpaid fine or penalty amount for each thirty (30) days or fraction of the thirty-day period that the fine or penalty remains unpaid after becoming due, up to a maximum of thirty percent (30%) of the unpaid amount. Any interest or penalty imposed due to failure to pay a fine or penalty assessed under this chapter shall be considered a part of the delinquent fine or penalty and shall be collectible in the same manner as the fine or penalty. Any interest or penalty imposed and collected pursuant to this section shall be used to offset the cost of collection of the fines and penalties assessed under this chapter. The commissioner shall include within the department's annual report to the general assembly and the governor a listing of employers whose penalties remain unpaid more than one (1) year after a final order has been entered. The listing shall include the amount of any unpaid penalty for each employer. Acts 1996, ch. 944, § 45; 1999, ch. 520, § 41. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1996, ch. 944, which enacted this section, is known and may be cited as the “Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 1996.” Cross-References. Reporting requirement satisfied by notice to general assembly members of publication of report, § 3-1-114 .