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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 1289 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Johnson |
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| 8 | 8 | | SB1289 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 000171 |
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| 10 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Chapter 3, Part 4, relative to occupational safety |
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| 14 | 14 | | and health penalties. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-3-403, is amended by deleting the |
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| 18 | 18 | | language "of up to seven thousand dollars ($7,000)" and substituting "of up to the maximum |
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| 19 | 19 | | penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)". |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-3-404(a), is amended by deleting |
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| 21 | 21 | | the language "of up to seven thousand dollars ($7,000)" and substituting "of up to the maximum |
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| 22 | 22 | | penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)". |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-3-405(a), is amended by deleting |
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| 24 | 24 | | the language "of up to seven thousand dollars ($7,000)" and substituting "of up to the maximum |
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| 25 | 25 | | penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)". |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-3-405(b), is amended by deleting |
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| 27 | 27 | | the language "of up to seventy thousand dollars ($70,000)" and substituting "of up to the |
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| 28 | 28 | | maximum penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)". |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-3-406, is amended by deleting the |
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| 30 | 30 | | language "of up to seven thousand dollars ($7,000)" and substituting "of up to the maximum |
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| 31 | 31 | | penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)". |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 6. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | applies to prohibited conduct occurring on or after that date. |
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