56-3-601 - Use and acceptance of insurance funds for political purposes prohibited. - Tennessee Statutes

56-3-601. Use and acceptance of insurance funds for political purposes prohibited.

No officer, trustee, director, stockholder, attorney, agent, or representative of any insurance company or association, including fraternal beneficiary associations, doing business in this state, shall, directly or indirectly, pay, use, offer, consent or agree to pay or use any of the funds of the company or association for or in aid of any political party, committee, or organization, or for or in aid of any corporation, joint stock, or other association organized or maintained for political purposes, or for or in aid of any candidate for political office or for or in aid of a nomination for the office or for any political purpose whatsoever, or for the reimbursement or indemnification of any person for money or property so used; nor shall any person solicit or knowingly receive any money or property of any insurance company or association to be used for or in aid of any political party, committee, or organization, or for or in aid of any corporation, joint stock, or other association organized or maintained for political purposes, or for or in aid of any candidate for political office or for nomination for the office or for any political purpose whatsoever, or for the reimbursement or indemnification of any person for money or property so used.

[Acts 1907, ch. 443, § 1; Shan., § 3369a143; mod. Code 1932, § 6436; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-225; T.C.A., § 56-323.]