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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE BILL 222 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Barrett |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE BILL 466 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Bowling |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | SB0466 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 001254 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 17, Part 9; Title 47, Chapter 18 and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Chapter 1021 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative |
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| 16 | 16 | | to civil actions. |
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| 18 | 18 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-912(e)(1), is amended by |
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| 20 | 20 | | deleting "including court costs and reasonable attorney fees" and substituting "including actual |
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| 21 | 21 | | damages; nominal damages; punitive damages, if applicable pursuant to § 29-39-104; court |
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| 22 | 22 | | costs; and reasonable attorney fees". |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-912(e), is amended by adding |
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| 24 | 24 | | the following as a new subdivision: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) An action under this section may be certified as a class action pursuant to |
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| 26 | 26 | | Rule 23 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, if appropriate. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-912, is amended by deleting |
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| 28 | 28 | | subsection (h). |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-902, is amended by adding |
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| 30 | 30 | | the following as a new subsection: |
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| 31 | 31 | | ( ) In addition to any criminal penalties, a person or entity that violates |
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| 32 | 32 | | subsection (a) may be found civilly liable to an injured party for nominal damages; actual |
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| 33 | 33 | | damages; punitive damages, if applicable pursuant to § 29-39-104; court costs; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court. |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - 001254 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-912(j), is amended by |
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| 40 | 40 | | designating the existing language as subdivision (j)(1) and adding the following new subdivision |
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| 41 | 41 | | (j)(2): |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) The attorney general and reporter may issue guidance to assist commercial |
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| 43 | 43 | | entities in complying with this part. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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