HB1061 - Tennessee: Children, Criminal Offenses, Titles, Short

Companion Bill SB1592. Children - Enacts the "Tennessee Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB1061 / SB1592Increase State Expenditures - $384,500 / Incarceration* $5,790 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - $3,210 Bill Summary for *HB1061 / SB1592 This bill creates the following criminal offenses: (1) The Class A misdemeanor of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle, which is committed when a person knowingly leaves a child eight years of age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle and as a result of such conduct the child is injured or the child injures another person by causing a motor vehicle collision or by causing the motor vehicle to injure another person; (2) The Class B felony of especially aggravated [...]

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