3-6-206 - Register of unpaid penalties Effect of unpaid penalties. - Tennessee Statutes

3-6-206. Register of unpaid penalties Effect of unpaid penalties.

(a)  The Tennessee ethics commission shall maintain a register of all civil penalties imposed under this chapter and remaining unpaid.

(b)  If a civil penalty lawfully assessed and any lawfully assessed cost attendant to the penalty are not paid within thirty (30) days after the assessment becomes final, any candidate owing a civil penalty shall be ineligible to qualify for election to any state public office until the penalty and costs are paid.

(c)  If a civil penalty authorized by this section is imposed, it shall be considered a personal judgment against the person subject to the civil penalty.

[Acts 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.) ch. 1, § 27.]