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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 626 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Hardaway |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0626 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 000441 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 38 and Title 40, relative to |
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| 15 | 14 | | orders of protection. |
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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, Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1, is amended by |
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| 19 | 18 | | adding the following new section: |
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| 20 | 19 | | (a) If a law enforcement officer becomes aware that an order of protection has |
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| 21 | 20 | | been entered, pursuant to title 36, chapter 3, part 6, against a person in the officer's |
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| 22 | 21 | | presence but the person has not been served with the order of protection, then the |
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| 23 | 22 | | officer must take appropriate steps to facilitate service of the order of protection, |
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| 24 | 23 | | including notifying the sheriff's department of the person's immediate location and any |
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| 25 | 24 | | other information that may assist in service of the order of protection. |
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| 26 | 25 | | (b) The curriculum requirements of the Tennessee peace officer standards and |
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| 27 | 26 | | training commission established by this part must include instruction on the requirements |
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| 28 | 27 | | of this section. |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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| 30 | 29 | | |
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