Tennessee § 39-16-106 Exceptions and defenses

Tennessee Statutes

§ 39-16-106 — Exceptions and defenses

Tennessee § 39-16-106

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-106 (2026).

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(a)It is an exception to the application of §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved is a fee prescribed by law to be received by a public servant or any other benefit to which the public servant is lawfully entitled.

(b)It is a defense to prosecution under §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved was:

(1)A trivial benefit incidental to personal, professional, or business contacts, which involves no substantial risk of undermining official impartiality; or (2) A lawful contribution made for the political campaign of an elective public servant when the public servant is a candidate for nomination or election to public office.

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(a) It is an exception to the application of §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved is a fee prescribed by law to be received by a public servant or any other benefit to which the public servant is lawfully entitled. (b) It is a defense to prosecution under §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved was: (1) A trivial benefit incidental to personal, professional, or business contacts, which involves no substantial risk of undermining official impartiality; or (2) A lawful contribution made for the political campaign of an elective public servant when the public servant is a candidate for nomination or election to public office.