Tennessee § 56-47-105 - Penalties.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 56-47-105 — Penalties., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 56-47-105. Penalties.
Violations of § 56-47-103(a) , (b) and (c) are to be valued according to § 39-11-106(a)(38) , and punished as theft under § 39-14-105 . Violations of § 56-47-103(d) shall be valued to include the total amount of workers' compensation premiums that the employer avoided paying, to be calculated by utilizing the appropriate Tennessee assigned risk plan advisory prospective loss cost and multiplier for such an employer for the total number of years, and parts of years, during which the employer was subject to the workers' compensation law and intentionally failed to secure payment of compensation as required by the workers' compensation law, and the violations shall be punished as theft under § 39-14-105 . Acts 1996, ch. 944, § 48; 1998, ch. 1024, § 12; 2000, ch. 852, § 11. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2000, ch. 852, § 21, provided that the act shall take effect May 31, 2000. Section 21 further provided that sections 10-16 of the act shall be effective for violations occurring on and after January 21, 2001, and section 19 of the act shall be effective on July 1, 2000. This section is set out in the supplement to update the reference from “39-11-106(a)(36)” to “39-11-106(a)(38)” in light of the amendment by Acts 2019, ch. 279.
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What does Tennessee Code Annotated § 56-47-105 cover?
Section 56-47-105 ("Penalties.") 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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