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Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Local Government of S&LG of State & Local Government Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1496. Housing - Allows municipalities, associations, nonprofit corporations, and certain individuals to bring a civil action to enforce building, safety, sanitation, and related codes and ordinances related to housing; allows any building that is found to be in violation of such ordinances three or more times within 12 months to be declared a public nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6 and Title 29, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for HB1612 / *SB1496 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1612 / *SB1496 This bill grants standing to any municipality, neighborhood or tenant association, or duly organized nonprofit corporation having the goal of improving housing conditions in the county or municipal corporation in which the building involved is located, or any neighbor or tenant of the building, to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1612. Housing - Allows municipalities, associations, nonprofit corporations, and certain individuals to bring a civil action to enforce building, safety, sanitation, and related codes and ordinances related to housing; allows any building that is found to be in violation of such ordinances three or more times within 12 months to be declared a public nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6 and Title 29, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB1496 / HB1612 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1496 / HB1612 This bill grants standing to any municipality, neighborhood or tenant association, or duly organized nonprofit corporation having the goal of improving housing conditions in the county or municipal corporation in which the building involved is located, or any neighbor or tenant of the building, to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0033. Malpractice, Professional - Requires all parties involved in a medical negligence action to file a certificate of good faith asserting that the parties have consulted with experts who have a good faith belief in the validity of the parties' respective positions. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26. Fiscal Summary for HB1105 / *SB0033 State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1105 / *SB0033 This bill establishes the following requirements for medical malpractice lawsuits: (1) The plaintiff and the defendant must each file a certificate of good faith stating that they have respectively consulted with one or more medical experts who believe that: (A) There is a good faith basis to maintain or deny, as applicable, the malpractice claim on the issue of negligence and causation;[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/03/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1105. Malpractice, Professional - Requires all parties involved in a medical negligence action to file a certificate of good faith asserting that the parties have consulted with experts who have a good faith belief in the validity of the parties' respective positions. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26. Fiscal Summary for *SB0033 / HB1105 State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB0033 / HB1105 This bill establishes the following requirements for medical malpractice lawsuits: (1) The plaintiff and the defendant must each file a certificate of good faith stating that they have respectively consulted with one or more medical experts who believe that: (A) There is a good faith basis to maintain or deny, as applicable, the malpractice claim on the issue of negligence and causation;[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Withdrawn. Bill TextRemedies and Special Proceedings - Requires owner or licensee of Web site to remove defamatory statements within 15 days or within two days of notice, whichever is less; creates presumption of malice intent for failure to comply. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 24. Fiscal Summary for *HB0136Not Available
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1625. Remedies and Special Proceedings - Expands the definition of nuisance to include certain code violations. - Amends TCA Section 29-3-101. Fiscal Summary for *HB0970 / SB1625 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0970 / SB1625 This bill classifies as a nuisance the violation of any provision of any building code, fire code, housing code, electrical code, or any other code or property maintenance ordinance or regulation adopted by a local government with jurisdiction, when the violation endangers the health, safety, or property of any individual or the public health, safety or welfare. Under present law, the chancery, circuit, and criminal courts and any court designated as an environmental court have jurisdiction to abate public [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0658. Remedies and Special Proceedings - Authorizes evidence of the value of a leasehold and attendant rights to be based upon any valuation method or process commonly used by owners of such leaseholds; the value may be proven by testimony of a licensed real estate appraiser. - Amends TCA Section 29-16-114. Fiscal Summary for HB1507 / *SB0658Increase State Expenditures - $1,310,000 / Highway Fund $310,000 / General Fund Bill Summary for HB1507 / *SB0658 Present law provides the following: (1) If any person, agency, or other entity acquires any interest in real property pursuant to the execution of the power of eminent domain, then the person will acquire at least an equal interest in all buildings, structures, or other improvements located upon the real property so acquired and which the person requires [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1507. Remedies and Special Proceedings - Authorizes evidence of the value of a leasehold and attendant rights to be based upon any valuation method or process commonly used by owners of such leaseholds; the value may be proven by testimony of a licensed real estate appraiser. - Amends TCA Section 29-16-114. Fiscal Summary for *SB0658 / HB1507Increase State Expenditures - $1,310,000 / Highway Fund $310,000 / General Fund Bill Summary for *SB0658 / HB1507 Present law provides the following: (1) If any person, agency, or other entity acquires any interest in real property pursuant to the execution of the power of eminent domain, then the person will acquire at least an equal interest in all buildings, structures, or other improvements located upon the real property so acquired and which the person requires [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0970. Remedies and Special Proceedings - Expands the definition of nuisance to include certain code violations. - Amends TCA Section 29-3-101. Fiscal Summary for SB1625 / *HB0970 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1625 / *HB0970 This bill classifies as a nuisance the violation of any provision of any building code, fire code, housing code, electrical code, or any other code or property maintenance ordinance or regulation adopted by a local government with jurisdiction, when the violation endangers the health, safety, or property of any individual or the public health, safety or welfare. Under present law, the chancery, circuit, and criminal courts and any court designated as an environmental court have jurisdiction to abate public [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Study Committee Sub-committee of Budget Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3567. Banks and Financial Institutions - Creates six-member special joint study committee on home loan foreclosures. - Amends TCA Title 25; Title 26; Title 29; Title 45 and Title 47. Fiscal Summary for HB3330 / *SB3567Increase State Expenditures - $1,700 Each One-Day Meeting Bill Summary for HB3330 / *SB3567 This bill creates the Committee to Study Foreclosure Prevention. The special study committee would consist of three members of each house of the general assembly to be appointed by their respective speakers. Each speaker would be required to include in the speaker's appointees at least one member of the judiciary committee for the appointing speaker's house. The committee would be required to study the increasing incidence of home loan foreclosure in Tennessee and to make recommendations designed to lessen the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextTort Liability and Reform - Restores governmental immunity from liability for injuries caused by defective, unsafe, or dangerous condition of any street, alley, sidewalk or highway, owned and controlled by a governmental entity. - Amends TCA Section 29-20-203. Fiscal Summary for HB3664 / *SB3513 Decrease Local Expenditures - Exceeds $50,000
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Study Committee Sub-committee of Budget Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3567. Banks and Financial Institutions - Creates six-member special joint study committee on home loan foreclosures. - Amends TCA Title 25; Title 26; Title 29; Title 45 and Title 47. Fiscal Summary for HB3330 / *SB3567Increase State Expenditures - $1,700 Each One-Day Meeting Bill Summary for HB3330 / *SB3567 This bill creates the Committee to Study Foreclosure Prevention. The special study committee would consist of three members of each house of the general assembly to be appointed by their respective speakers. Each speaker would be required to include in the speaker's appointees at least one member of the judiciary committee for the appointing speaker's house. The committee would be required to study the increasing incidence of home loan foreclosure in Tennessee and to make recommendations designed to lessen the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Delayed Bill Comm Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3330. Banks and Financial Institutions - Creates six-member special joint study committee on home loan foreclosures. - Amends TCA Title 25; Title 26; Title 29; Title 45 and Title 47. Fiscal Summary for *SB3567 / HB3330Increase State Expenditures - $1,700 Each One-Day Meeting Bill Summary for *SB3567 / HB3330 This bill creates the Committee to Study Foreclosure Prevention. The special study committee would consist of three members of each house of the general assembly to be appointed by their respective speakers. Each speaker would be required to include in the speaker's appointees at least one member of the judiciary committee for the appointing speaker's house. The committee would be required to study the increasing incidence of home loan foreclosure in Tennessee and to make recommendations designed to lessen the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Jud. Comm. Bill TextTort Liability and Reform - Restores governmental immunity from liability for injuries caused by defective, unsafe, or dangerous condition of any street, alley, sidewalk or highway, owned and controlled by a governmental entity. - Amends TCA Section 29-20-203. Fiscal Summary for *SB3513 / HB3664 Decrease Local Expenditures - Exceeds $50,000
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Local Government of S&LG of State & Local Government Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1496. Housing - Allows municipalities, associations, nonprofit corporations, and certain individuals to bring a civil action to enforce building, safety, sanitation, and related codes and ordinances related to housing; allows any building that is found to be in violation of such ordinances three or more times within 12 months to be declared a public nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6 and Title 29, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for HB1612 / *SB1496 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1612 / *SB1496 This bill grants standing to any municipality, neighborhood or tenant association, or duly organized nonprofit corporation having the goal of improving housing conditions in the county or municipal corporation in which the building involved is located, or any neighbor or tenant of the building, to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0658. Remedies and Special Proceedings - Authorizes evidence of the value of a leasehold and attendant rights to be based upon any valuation method or process commonly used by owners of such leaseholds; the value may be proven by testimony of a licensed real estate appraiser. - Amends TCA Section 29-16-114. Fiscal Summary for HB1507 / *SB0658Increase State Expenditures - $1,310,000 / Highway Fund $310,000 / General Fund Bill Summary for HB1507 / *SB0658 Present law provides the following: (1) If any person, agency, or other entity acquires any interest in real property pursuant to the execution of the power of eminent domain, then the person will acquire at least an equal interest in all buildings, structures, or other improvements located upon the real property so acquired and which the person requires [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1612. Housing - Allows municipalities, associations, nonprofit corporations, and certain individuals to bring a civil action to enforce building, safety, sanitation, and related codes and ordinances related to housing; allows any building that is found to be in violation of such ordinances three or more times within 12 months to be declared a public nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6 and Title 29, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB1496 / HB1612 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1496 / HB1612 This bill grants standing to any municipality, neighborhood or tenant association, or duly organized nonprofit corporation having the goal of improving housing conditions in the county or municipal corporation in which the building involved is located, or any neighbor or tenant of the building, to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0033. Malpractice, Professional - Requires all parties involved in a medical negligence action to file a certificate of good faith asserting that the parties have consulted with experts who have a good faith belief in the validity of the parties' respective positions. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26. Fiscal Summary for HB1105 / *SB0033 State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1105 / *SB0033 This bill establishes the following requirements for medical malpractice lawsuits: (1) The plaintiff and the defendant must each file a certificate of good faith stating that they have respectively consulted with one or more medical experts who believe that: (A) There is a good faith basis to maintain or deny, as applicable, the malpractice claim on the issue of negligence and causation;[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1625. Remedies and Special Proceedings - Expands the definition of nuisance to include certain code violations. - Amends TCA Section 29-3-101. Fiscal Summary for *HB0970 / SB1625 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0970 / SB1625 This bill classifies as a nuisance the violation of any provision of any building code, fire code, housing code, electrical code, or any other code or property maintenance ordinance or regulation adopted by a local government with jurisdiction, when the violation endangers the health, safety, or property of any individual or the public health, safety or welfare. Under present law, the chancery, circuit, and criminal courts and any court designated as an environmental court have jurisdiction to abate public [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0970. Remedies and Special Proceedings - Expands the definition of nuisance to include certain code violations. - Amends TCA Section 29-3-101. Fiscal Summary for SB1625 / *HB0970 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1625 / *HB0970 This bill classifies as a nuisance the violation of any provision of any building code, fire code, housing code, electrical code, or any other code or property maintenance ordinance or regulation adopted by a local government with jurisdiction, when the violation endangers the health, safety, or property of any individual or the public health, safety or welfare. Under present law, the chancery, circuit, and criminal courts and any court designated as an environmental court have jurisdiction to abate public [...] show full description
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