Tennessee § 68-102-132 - Record of fires kept — Open to public — Information may be withheld.

§ 68-102-132. Record of fires kept — Open to public — Information may be withheld.

The commissioner shall keep in the commissioner's office a record of all fires occurring in this state and of all the facts concerning the fires occurring in the state, including statistics as to the extent of the fires and the damage caused by the fires, and whether such losses were covered by insurance, and, if so, in what amount. Such records shall be made daily from the reports made to the commissioner by the commissioner's assistants under this chapter. All such records shall be public, except any information secured in an investigation under this chapter, which the commissioner, in the commissioner's discretion, may withhold from the public. Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 9; Shan., § 3079a290; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Code 1932, § 5707; Acts 1981, ch. 490, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2432, 68-17-132. Compiler's Notes. Former title 68, ch. 17, §§ 68-17-101 — 68-17-152 , was transferred to title 68, ch. 102, §§ 68-102-101 — 68-102-152 , respectively, in 1992. Law Reviews. Evidentiary Privileges Against the Production of Data Within the Control of Executive Departments (William V. Sanford), 3 Vand. L. Rev. 73.