2-10-125 - Disclosure of contract for consulting services to the Tennessee ethics commission. - Tennessee Statutes

2-10-125. Disclosure of contract for consulting services to the Tennessee ethics commission.

(a)  If any person or other entity, other than the state, a county or municipality, contracts to pay a fee, commission or any other form of compensation for consulting services to any staff person or employee of the general assembly; member of a commission established by and responsible to the general assembly or either house of the general assembly; member or employee of a state regulatory commission, including, without limitation, directors of the Tennessee regulatory authority; or member or employee of any executive department or agency or other state body in the executive branch, then such person or entity shall disclose the following to the Tennessee ethics commission:

     (1)  The person to whom the fee was paid;

     (2)  The position of the person to whom the fee was paid;

     (3)  The amount of the fee;

     (4)  The date the services were rendered; and

     (5)  A general description of the services rendered.

(b)  The disclosure shall be on a form designed by the Tennessee ethics commission, shall be made under oath, and shall contain a statement that a false statement on the report is subject to the penalties of perjury. A disclosure form shall be filed within five (5) days of entering into any contract for consulting services. Such form shall be updated quarterly. The dates for filing the quarterly reports shall be determined by the Tennessee ethics commission.

(c)  All disclosures made to the commission pursuant to this section are public records and open for inspection during regular business hours.

(d)  (1)  It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person or entity to knowingly fail to file a disclosure form as required by this section.

     (2)  It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person or entity to file a disclosure form required by this section more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the report is due.

[Acts 2005, ch. 102, § 1; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 1, § 28.]