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Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 19 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0443. Accountants - Requires accountants who practice in Tennessee under reciprocity agreements with other states to cease practice if their license becomes invalid in state of issuance; changes eligibility date for accountancy exam. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1919 / *SB0443Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1919 / *SB0443 Under present law, an individual whose principal place of business is not in this state and who has a valid license as a certified public accountant from any state which the board of accountancy has verified to be in substantial equivalence with the CPA licensure requirements of the Tennessee Accountancy Act is presumed to have qualifications substantially equivalent to this state's requirements and has [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Public Chapter 19 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1919. Accountants - Requires accountants who practice in Tennessee under reciprocity agreements with other states to cease practice if their license becomes invalid in state of issuance; changes eligibility date for accountancy exam. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB0443 / HB1919Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB0443 / HB1919 Under present law, an individual whose principal place of business is not in this state and who has a valid license as a certified public accountant from any state which the board of accountancy has verified to be in substantial equivalence with the CPA licensure requirements of the Tennessee Accountancy Act is presumed to have qualifications substantially equivalent to this state's requirements and has [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Consumer Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0210. Architects, Engineers and Designers - Enacts "Tennessee Interior Design Consumer Protection Act"; prescribes qualifications of interior designers, prescribes who can use the designation of interior designer. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 2; Section 62-37-103(6)(B)(vi) and Section 67-4-1702(a)(3). Fiscal Summary for *HB0084 / SB0210Increase State Revenues - $518,600 Increase State Expenditures - $55,200 Recurring $8,200 One-Time Bill Summary for *HB0084 / SB0210 Under present law, a person rendering or offering interior design services may not use the title "registered interior designer" unless registered with the board of examiners for architects and engineers. To be registered a person must have passed an examination and must meet certain educational requirements. Registration is not required to practice [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Utilities, Banking and Small Business Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0763. Architects, Engineers and Designers - Specifies that a person who holds a master's or doctoral degree in engineering from an approved institution is qualified for registration as an engineer. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401. Fiscal Summary for HB1774 / *SB0763Increase State Revenues - $3,400 Biennially Increase State Expenditures - $2,500 One-Time Bill Summary for HB1774 / *SB0763 Present law requires that an applicant seeking registration as an engineer provide minimum evidence satisfactory to the board of examiners for architects and engineers to determine the applicant's qualification as an engineer. One form of evidence accepted is proof of graduation from an approved engineering curriculum combined with experience and examination. A graduate of a board-approved engineering curriculum of four years or more who provides [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0084. Architects, Engineers and Designers - Enacts "Tennessee Interior Design Consumer Protection Act"; prescribes qualifications of interior designers, prescribes who can use the designation of interior designer. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 2; Section 62-37-103(6)(B)(vi) and Section 67-4-1702(a)(3). Fiscal Summary for SB0210 / *HB0084Increase State Revenues - $518,600 Increase State Expenditures - $55,200 Recurring $8,200 One-Time Bill Summary for SB0210 / *HB0084 Under present law, a person rendering or offering interior design services may not use the title "registered interior designer" unless registered with the board of examiners for architects and engineers. To be registered a person must have passed an examination and must meet certain educational requirements. Registration is not required to practice [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1774. Architects, Engineers and Designers - Specifies that a person who holds a master's or doctoral degree in engineering from an approved institution is qualified for registration as an engineer. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401. Fiscal Summary for *SB0763 / HB1774Increase State Revenues - $3,400 Biennially Increase State Expenditures - $2,500 One-Time Bill Summary for *SB0763 / HB1774 Present law requires that an applicant seeking registration as an engineer provide minimum evidence satisfactory to the board of examiners for architects and engineers to determine the applicant's qualification as an engineer. One form of evidence accepted is proof of graduation from an approved engineering curriculum combined with experience and examination. A graduate of a board-approved engineering curriculum of four years or more who provides [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 236 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0215. Attorneys at Law - Removes the minimum population requirement for regional bar associations to bring legal action to stop unauthorized practice of law. - Amends TCA Title 23, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0098 / SB0215Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0098 / SB0215 ON APRIL 12, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 98, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 removes the minimum population requirement for regional bar associations to bring legal action to stop the unauthorized practice of law, so that all such regional associations may bring such an action.
Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0220. Attorneys at Law - Authorizes bar associations that adopt certain protocol to bring civil action seeking relief against persons engaged in unauthorized practice of law. - Amends TCA Title 23, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0160 / SB0220Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0160 / SB0220 This bill authorizes bar associations that adopt the protocol approved by the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Bar Association, regarding the enforcement of the unauthorized practice of law statutes, to bring a civil action seeking relief against a person engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. Under present law, the authority to bring such an action is granted to associations of a municipality, county, except any county having a metropolitan form of government, and multi-county [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 236 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0098. Attorneys at Law - Removes the minimum population requirement for regional bar associations to bring legal action to stop unauthorized practice of law. - Amends TCA Title 23, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB0215 / *HB0098Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB0215 / *HB0098 ON APRIL 12, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 98, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 removes the minimum population requirement for regional bar associations to bring legal action to stop the unauthorized practice of law, so that all such regional associations may bring such an action.
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0160. Attorneys at Law - Authorizes bar associations that adopt certain protocol to bring civil action seeking relief against persons engaged in unauthorized practice of law. - Amends TCA Title 23, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB0220 / *HB0160Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB0220 / *HB0160 This bill authorizes bar associations that adopt the protocol approved by the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Bar Association, regarding the enforcement of the unauthorized practice of law statutes, to bring a civil action seeking relief against a person engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. Under present law, the authority to bring such an action is granted to associations of a municipality, county, except any county having a metropolitan form of government, and multi-county [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1030 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3224. Bail, Bail Bonds - Designates as unprofessional conduct for a bail bondsman engaging in business of bondsman or surety without maintaining business office, business telephone, and appropriate signage; requires that any listing or description of bondsmen or surety agents in a jail, workhouse, or other correctional facility be done in terms of seniority, based upon the length of continuous experience in bail bond matters; the sheriff or other person in charge of the jail, workhouse, or other correctional facility would have the final decision over the listing of bonding companies or surety agents. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-126. Fiscal Summary for HB4010 / *SB3224 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB4010 / *SB3224 ON MAY 1, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 3224 FOR HOUSE BILL 4010, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Agriculture Bill TextPest Control - Prohibits a pest control operator from initially entering into a contract for provision of ongoing termite prevention or control services on a structure or building until the operator has applied a suitable pesticide to such structure or building. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for HB3910 / *SB3989State Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 727 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4141. Property - Redefines "appraisal" and "appraisal report" under the "State Licensing and Certified Real Estate Appraisers Law." - Amends TCA Section 62-39-102. Fiscal Summary for *HB4097 / SB4141Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4097 / SB4141 Under present law, it is unlawful for anyone to solicit an appraisal assignment, or prepare an appraisal or an appraisal report relating to real estate or real property in this state, without first obtaining a real estate appraiser's license or certificate. Under present law, the following is an "appraisal" and therefore requires licensure or certification: a written or oral statement independently and impartially prepared by a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser setting forth an opinion as to the market value of an adequately described [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 727 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4097. Property - Redefines "appraisal" and "appraisal report" under the "State Licensing and Certified Real Estate Appraisers Law." - Amends TCA Section 62-39-102. Fiscal Summary for SB4141 / *HB4097Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4141 / *HB4097 Under present law, it is unlawful for anyone to solicit an appraisal assignment, or prepare an appraisal or an appraisal report relating to real estate or real property in this state, without first obtaining a real estate appraiser's license or certificate. Under present law, the following is an "appraisal" and therefore requires licensure or certification: a written or oral statement independently and impartially prepared by a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser setting forth an opinion as to the market value of an adequately described [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1038 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4172. Regulatory Boards - Changes the license cycle for certain regulated professions from annual to biennial; revises other license renewal provisions. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapters 6, 20, 27, 32 and 35. Fiscal Summary for *HB4128 / SB4172Decrease State Expenditures - $3,598/Biennial Other Fiscal Impact - Collection of revenue will shift from an annual collection to a biennial collection. Fees will be adjusted so that the total amount of biennial revenue collected will equal the total amount of annual revenue collected over a two-year period. Bill Summary for *HB4128 / SB4172 This bill clarifies that home improvement contractors' licenses will be valid for 24 months. Under present law, all collection service business licenses and identification cards and all company licenses and all polygraph examiner's licenses expire [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 1038 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4128. Regulatory Boards - Changes the license cycle for certain regulated professions from annual to biennial; revises other license renewal provisions. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapters 6, 20, 27, 32 and 35. Fiscal Summary for SB4172 / *HB4128Decrease State Expenditures - $3,598/Biennial Other Fiscal Impact - Collection of revenue will shift from an annual collection to a biennial collection. Fees will be adjusted so that the total amount of biennial revenue collected will equal the total amount of annual revenue collected over a two-year period. Bill Summary for SB4172 / *HB4128 This bill clarifies that home improvement contractors' licenses will be valid for 24 months. Under present law, all collection service business licenses and identification cards and all company licenses and all polygraph examiner's licenses expire [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Senate Reset on Calendar for 5/1/2008 Bill TextPest Control - Prohibits a pest control operator from initially entering into a contract for provision of ongoing termite prevention or control services on a structure or building until the operator has applied a suitable pesticide to such structure or building. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for *SB3989 / HB3910State Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextProfessions and Occupations - Requires legal challenges to municipal and county ordinances, penalties, service charges, or fines imposed on alarm systems contractors to be brought in chancery court of Davidson County. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32. Fiscal Summary for *HB3808 / SB3979Other Fiscal Impact - Expenditures for processing the cases and revenue from fees, taxes and costs collected will shift from one court system to another. These expenditures and revenue are estimated to be not significant.
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Utilities, Banking and Small Business of Commerce of Commerce Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3985. Professions and Occupations - Revises laws regulating security guard/officers, contract security companies, and proprietary security organizations; requires drug testing and background checks of employees of contract security companies and proprietary security organizations. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 35. Fiscal Summary for *HB3839 / SB3985Increase State Revenue - $8,500/One-Time $1,206,300/Recurring Increase State Expenditures - $8,500/One-Time $1,206,300/Recurring Bill Summary for *HB3839 / SB3985 This bill revises and adds to present law regarding private protective services. DRUG TESTING This bill adds a requirement that any security company licensee or registered security guard, or any applicant for any such license or registration, not be suffering from [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextProfessions and Occupations - Requires legal challenges to municipal and county ordinances, penalties, service charges, or fines imposed on alarm systems contractors to be brought in chancery court of Davidson County. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32. Fiscal Summary for SB3979 / *HB3808Other Fiscal Impact - Expenditures for processing the cases and revenue from fees, taxes and costs collected will shift from one court system to another. These expenditures and revenue are estimated to be not significant.
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