38-8-105 - Minimum standards binding on governmental entities Penalty for violation. - Tennessee Statutes

38-8-105. Minimum standards binding on governmental entities Penalty for violation.

(a)  Requirements for minimum standards as set forth in this part or as required by the commission shall be mandatory and binding upon any municipality, county or political subdivision of this state.

(b)  Any person who appoints any applicant, who, to the knowledge of the appointor, fails to meet the minimum standards as set forth in this part or required by the commission, and any person who signs the warrant or check for the payment of the salary of any person who, to the knowledge of the signer, fails to meet the qualifications as a police officer as provided in this part or required by the commission, commits a Class A misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(c)  This section shall not apply to any police officer hired by any municipality, county, or political subdivision of this state prior to July 1, 1982.

[Acts 1981, ch. 455, § 5; 1982, ch. 747, §§ 1, 2; 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6; T.C.A., § 38-11-105.]