§ 8-50-501. Disclosure Statements of Conflict of Interests by Certain Public Officials
Disclosure of the interests named in § 8-50-502 shall be made to the Tennessee ethics commission by candidates for and appointees to the following offices: Each member of the general assembly; The secretary of state, comptroller of the treasury, state treasurer and each member of the state election commission; Each commissioner of the Tennessee public […]
§ 8-50-502. Disclosure Statements — Contents
Disclosure shall be made of: The major source or sources of private income of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), including, but not limited to, offices, directorships, and salaried employments of the person making disclosure, the spouse, or minor children residing with such person, but no dollar amounts need be stated. This subdivision (1) shall […]
§ 8-50-503. Amendments of Disclosure Statements
Any disclosure statement shall be amended from time to time as conditions change because of the termination or acquisition of interests as to which disclosure is required.
§ 8-50-504. Filing of Amended Disclosure Statement
As long as any person required by this part to file a disclosure statement retains office or employment, such person shall file an amended statement with the Tennessee ethics commission or notify the Tennessee ethics commission in writing that such person has had no change of condition which requires an amended statement, not later than […]
§ 8-50-505. Enforcement Powers
The ethics commission has the jurisdiction to administer and enforce the provisions of this part concerning disclosure statements of conflicts of interest. This enforcement power includes the full range of powers and penalties and procedures established in title 3, chapter 6. It is the intent of the general assembly that the sanctions provided in this […]
§ 8-50-506. Preferred Service Employees — Financial Disclosure
No employee in the preferred service under chapter 30 of this title, shall be required by the appointing authority to submit a disclosure statement or any financial disclosure statement, unless such employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family has a financial interest with a value of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) which […]
§ 8-50-601. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980.”
§ 8-50-602. Public Employee’s Communication With Elected Public Officials
No public employee shall be prohibited from communicating with an elected public official for any job-related purpose whatsoever. For purposes of this part, “public employee” means any person providing services for the state of Tennessee, state agencies, counties, municipalities, or subdivisions of such governmental bodies in Tennessee for which compensation is paid.
§ 8-50-603. Discipline or Discrimination for Communication Prohibited — Damages
It is unlawful for any public employer to discipline, threaten to discipline or otherwise discriminate against an employee because such employee exercised that employee’s right to communicate with an elected public official. If the court of competent jurisdiction determines that a public employer has disciplined, threatened to discipline or otherwise discriminated against an employee because […]
§ 8-50-403. Program Participants — Limitations on Assignments — Exempted Persons
Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the federal government, or another state, as a sending or receiving agency. Details relating to any matter covered in this part may be the subject of an agreement between the […]