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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 374 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Zachary |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0374 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002323 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 3 and Title 27, Chapter 1, relative to |
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| 15 | 14 | | causes of action. |
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| 17 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1-3-121, is amended by deleting the |
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| 19 | 18 | | section and substituting: |
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| 20 | 19 | | Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a cause of action exists in state |
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| 21 | 20 | | court under this chapter for any affected person who seeks declaratory or injunctive |
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| 22 | 21 | | relief in any action brought in such state court regarding the legality or constitutionality of |
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| 23 | 22 | | a governmental action. A cause of action does not exist under this chapter to seek |
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| 24 | 23 | | damages. This section does not waive or abrogate the immunities and privileges |
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| 25 | 24 | | available to this state, state entities, and state officials under existing federal or state |
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| 26 | 25 | | law, or expand the justiciability doctrines applicable to state courts. |
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| 27 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, |
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| 28 | 27 | | and applies to actions filed on or after that date. |
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