Tennessee § 65-15-113 - Penalties for violations.

§ 65-15-113. Penalties for violations.

Notwithstanding Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113, every officer, agent or employee of any corporation, or any other person who knowingly violates or fails to comply with or who procures, aids or abets in the violation of this part, commits a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof for the first offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), for the second offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), and for the third offense be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100). Each day any such provision is violated is a separate offense. Every officer, agent or employee of any corporation and every other person who knowingly fails to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand or requirement of the department made in pursuance of the power and authority conferred by this part, commits a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Each day any such order, decision, rule or regulation, etc., of the department of safety is violated, is a separate offense. The fact that there may have been a prosecution for the violation of any such order, decision, rule or regulation, etc., of the department of safety under this section does not operate to prevent or limit the commissioner of safety from requesting that the commissioner of revenue suspend or revoke the interstate permit or intrastate permit, or both, as provided in this part and, upon receipt of such a request from the commissioner of safety, the commissioner of revenue shall immediately make the suspension or revocation requested. Acts 1933, ch. 119, § 17; C. Supp. 1950, § 5501.19 (Williams, § 5501.17); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1524; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1990, ch. 881, § 2; 1993, ch. 382, § 1; 1995, ch. 305, § 30; 1999, ch. 97, §§ 23, 24; 2007, ch. 484, § 103; T.C.A. § 65-15-122 . Code Commission Notes. This section was renumbered from § 65-15-122 to § 65-15-113 by authority of the Code Commission in 2015. Compiler's Note. Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113, referenced in subsection (a), had directed the executive secretary of the Tennessee Code Commission to amend this section to indicate violation of the section is a Class C misdemeanor. Cross-References. Penalty for Class B misdemeanor, § 40-35-111 .