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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0345. Criminal Offenses - Requires all metal recyclers and junk dealers in business of scrap metal to register with local police and sheriff and keep log book of all transactions that must be submitted to such law enforcement officers daily. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 62, Chapter 9, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0146 / SB0345 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0146 / SB0345 This bill revises the record-keeping requirements for junk dealers and makes such requirements consistent with the requirement applicable to persons dealing in antique, used, or scrap jewelry and precious metal. Present law requires persons who are buying, selling, exchanging, trading or dealing in scrap iron, brass, wire, cable, copper, [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Judiciary Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0146. Criminal Offenses - Requires all metal recyclers and junk dealers in business of scrap metal to register with local police and sheriff and keep log book of all transactions that must be submitted to such law enforcement officers daily. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 62, Chapter 9, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB0345 / *HB0146 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB0345 / *HB0146 This bill revises the record-keeping requirements for junk dealers and makes such requirements consistent with the requirement applicable to persons dealing in antique, used, or scrap jewelry and precious metal. Present law requires persons who are buying, selling, exchanging, trading or dealing in scrap iron, brass, wire, cable, copper, [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Public Chapter 302 Bill TextEducation - Requires department of education to study allowing LEAs to create school district police departments. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB1765 / *SB1451 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 302 Bill TextEducation - Requires department of education to study allowing LEAs to create school district police departments. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB1451 / HB1765 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 567 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0869. Firefighters - Sets annual in-service training pay bonus supplement for eligible firefighters and police at $600. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 56, Chapter 4, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0290 / SB0869 Increase State Expenditures - $855,000 Bill Summary for *HB0290 / SB0869 Under present law, firefighters and police officers who complete an annual in-service training course of at least 40 hours are entitled to a pay supplement. The supplement amount is 5 percent of the firefighter's or officer's salary, but may not exceed $600. In the case of police officers, if 5 percent of the officer's salary is less than $600, the officer is entitled to the $600 supplement. This bill sets the firefighter and police officer pay supplement at a flat [...] show full description
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Public Chapter 567 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0290. Firefighters - Sets annual in-service training pay bonus supplement for eligible firefighters and police at $600. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 56, Chapter 4, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB0869 / *HB0290 Increase State Expenditures - $855,000 Bill Summary for SB0869 / *HB0290 Under present law, firefighters and police officers who complete an annual in-service training course of at least 40 hours are entitled to a pay supplement. The supplement amount is 5 percent of the firefighter's or officer's salary, but may not exceed $600. In the case of police officers, if 5 percent of the officer's salary is less than $600, the officer is entitled to the $600 supplement. This bill sets the firefighter and police officer pay supplement at a flat [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means Bill TextLaw Enforcement - Increases, from $600 to $800, the maximum amount that can be paid out of the police pay supplement fund per year to a police officer who completes in-service training. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-204 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB0738 / *SB0111 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $2,400,000
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means Bill TextLaw Enforcement - Requires that all police officers and highway patrol officers who are on duty in patrol vehicles be provided with safety devices for any necessary water rescue. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB2078 / *SB1588Increase State Expenditures - $376,400 One-Time Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - $5,200,000 One-Time*
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 259 Bill TextLaw Enforcement - Requires that all police and highway patrol officers be provided training on proper response to persons with mental illnesses; and requires that the POST commission's curriculum also include such training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB2079 / *SB1701MINIMAL
Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextLaw Enforcement - Increases, from $600 to $800, the maximum amount that can be paid out of the police pay supplement fund per year to a police officer who completes in-service training. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-204 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB0111 / HB0738 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $2,400,000
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Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3908. Tort Liability and Reform - Specifies that a law enforcement officer's lawful pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of any law or ordinance when such violator flees from such pursuit is not a negligent act. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-108. Fiscal Summary for *HB3761 / SB3908State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3761 / SB3908 Present law provides that the fact that law enforcement personnel pursue an actual or suspected violator of a law or ordinance who flees from pursuit does not render the law enforcement personnel, or the employers of such personnel, liable for injuries to a third party proximately caused by the fleeing party, unless the conduct of the law enforcement personnel was negligent and such negligence was a proximate [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3761. Tort Liability and Reform - Specifies that a law enforcement officer's lawful pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of any law or ordinance when such violator flees from such pursuit is not a negligent act. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-108. Fiscal Summary for SB3908 / *HB3761State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3908 / *HB3761 Present law provides that the fact that law enforcement personnel pursue an actual or suspected violator of a law or ordinance who flees from pursuit does not render the law enforcement personnel, or the employers of such personnel, liable for injuries to a third party proximately caused by the fleeing party, unless the conduct of the law enforcement personnel was negligent and such negligence was a proximate [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Public Chapter 1152 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3689. Sheriffs - Requires deputies newly assigned to courts to participate in 40 hours of courthouse security training within 12 months of assignment and 16 hours of courthouse security training each year thereafter; training to be approved by Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission. - Amends TCA Section 5-7-108 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB3034 / SB3689 Increase State Revenue - $6,000 Increase State Expenditures - $18,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $106,000 Bill Summary for *HB3034 / SB3689 ON MAY 20, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3034, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 applies this bill's courthouse security training requirements to deputy sheriffs who are newly assigned to courts, beginning July 1, 2008, instead of requiring sheriffs to undergo [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1152 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3034. Sheriffs - Requires deputies newly assigned to courts to participate in 40 hours of courthouse security training within 12 months of assignment and 16 hours of courthouse security training each year thereafter; training to be approved by Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission. - Amends TCA Section 5-7-108 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB3689 / *HB3034 Increase State Revenue - $6,000 Increase State Expenditures - $18,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $106,000 Bill Summary for SB3689 / *HB3034 ON MAY 20, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3034, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 applies this bill's courthouse security training requirements to deputy sheriffs who are newly assigned to courts, beginning July 1, 2008, instead of requiring sheriffs to undergo [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of Transportation of Transportation Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3096. Motor Vehicles - Authorizes full-time, part-time, and volunteer members of fire departments and rescue squads to use sirens and red lights on personal vehicles, and authorizes certain police and correction officers to use blue lights on personal vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB2941 / SB3096Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB2941 / SB3096 Present law requires every police, fire department, and fire patrol vehicle, and every ambulance and emergency repair vehicle of public service companies used for emergency calls, to be equipped with a bell, siren, or exhaust whistle. The bell, siren, or exhaust whistle must be of a type approved by the department of safety or local police authorities in incorporated cities or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2941. Motor Vehicles - Authorizes full-time, part-time, and volunteer members of fire departments and rescue squads to use sirens and red lights on personal vehicles, and authorizes certain police and correction officers to use blue lights on personal vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for SB3096 / *HB2941Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for SB3096 / *HB2941 Present law requires every police, fire department, and fire patrol vehicle, and every ambulance and emergency repair vehicle of public service companies used for emergency calls, to be equipped with a bell, siren, or exhaust whistle. The bell, siren, or exhaust whistle must be of a type approved by the department of safety or local police authorities in incorporated cities or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means Bill TextLaw Enforcement - Requires that all police officers and highway patrol officers who are on duty in patrol vehicles be provided with safety devices for any necessary water rescue. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB2078 / *SB1588Increase State Expenditures - $376,400 One-Time Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - $5,200,000 One-Time*
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 259 Bill TextLaw Enforcement - Requires that all police and highway patrol officers be provided training on proper response to persons with mental illnesses; and requires that the POST commission's curriculum also include such training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB2079 / *SB1701MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextPolice - Removes requirement that a person be free of all apparent mental disorders in order to be a police officer. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8. Fiscal Summary for *HB2270 / SB2219 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Less than $100,000
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextPolice - Removes requirement that a person be free of all apparent mental disorders in order to be a police officer. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8. Fiscal Summary for SB2219 / *HB2270 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Less than $100,000
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