Tennessee § 56-43-102 - Construction — Legislative intent.
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§ 56-43-102. Construction — Legislative intent.
This chapter shall be interpreted liberally in order to: Encourage the development of effective and economically sound methods for making legal services more readily available; Protect the interests of the users of legal services and of the public of this state with a minimum of restrictions on experimentation with new forms of organization, administration, or benefits; Seek to have the risk inherent in experimentation borne by the promoters of new plans rather than by the consumers; Permit and encourage the providing of legal services through persons other than professional insurers subject to practical and reasonable financial and regulatory requirements; Permit and encourage fair and effective competition among the various systems of financing legal services; and Maintain a high level of quality and conformity to professional insurers subject to practical and reasonable financial and regulatory requirements. Acts 1989, ch. 423, § 1.
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Section 56-43-102 ("Construction — Legislative intent.") 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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