§ 48-101-518 — Construction of part

(a) The powers and remedies provided in this part shall be cumulative and supplementary to all other powers and remedies otherwise provided by law. The invocation of one (1) power or remedy herein shall not be construed as excluding or prohibiting the use of any other available remedy. (b) This part shall not be construed to preempt any more stringent county or municipal provisions or to restrict local units of government from adopting more stringent provisions, and, in such case, such provisions shall be complied with if the registrant desires to solicit within the geographic district of the local unit of government. (c) Nothing in this part shall be construed to preempt any municipality from exercising general police powers of municipalities by ordinance or otherwise over organizations which are excluded from the application of this part or from organizations which are included within this part. (d) In the event this part, insofar as prohibited practices are concerned, conflicts with any ordinance or regulation of any municipality, the most restrictive provisions shall apply; further, such regulations or ordinances adopted by a municipality may be broader in scope and more restrictive in their application than this part. (e) Insofar as reporting or disclosure of financial reports is concerned, the right to require information not included in this part is hereby expressly reserved unto the municipalities of this state. Any municipality in this state is authorized to accept financial reports to the secretary of state as financial reports which may be required by municipal ordinances or regulations. (f) Nothing in this part shall be construed to require any municipality which has adopted, prior to July 1, 1977, ordinances or regulations controlling, omitting, or prohibiting certain types of solicitation practices to adopt the accounting practices provided for in this part; provided, that any municipality which adopts such ordinances after July 1, 1977, shall conform to the accounting practices as provided for in this part.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, ch. 735, § 17; T.C.A., § 48-2217; Acts 1989, ch. 285, § 33; T.C.A., § 48-3-518.