Tennessee § 59-1-101 Owners and operators to make annual statistical reports - Inspection of books

Tennessee Statutes

§ 59-1-101 — Owners and operators to make annual statistical reports - Inspection of books

(a)Every owner or operator engaged in mining, quarrying, or production of coal, cobalt, copper, fluorspar, gold, iron ores, lead, zinc, manganese, natural and other gas, petroleum, phosphate rock, platinum, silver, marble and other stone, gypsum, ocher, pyrites, clay products, slate or other minerals, or engaged in the manufacture of coke, coal tar, gas, pig iron, ammonium sulphate, gas coke, Portland and other natural cements and all other by-products of any other mineral produced in this state, shall on or before February 15 of each year make out and send to the department of labor and workforce development on a form prescribed by the division a detailed annual report giving statistics and information concerning the output of mines or plants or other business, the tonnage or man hours f

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(a) Every owner or operator engaged in mining, quarrying, or production of coal, cobalt, copper, fluorspar, gold, iron ores, lead, zinc, manganese, natural and other gas, petroleum, phosphate rock, platinum, silver, marble and other stone, gypsum, ocher, pyrites, clay products, slate or other minerals, or engaged in the manufacture of coke, coal tar, gas, pig iron, ammonium sulphate, gas coke, Portland and other natural cements and all other by-products of any other mineral produced in this state, shall on or before February 15 of each year make out and send to the department of labor and workforce development on a form prescribed by the division a detailed annual report giving statistics and information concerning the output of mines or plants or other business, the tonnage or man hours for mines that do not measure tons mined, number of employees, and the estimated number of days worked. (b) It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person to fail or refuse to furnish the department any and all information called for in the annual report as above provided for each day of delay, any fine to go to this state. It is the duty of the commissioner of labor and workforce development or the commissioner's designated representative to report such failure to the district attorney general of the district where the mine, quarry, plant, or other work is situated; and in the event of the failure to furnish such information, it shall be the duty of the commissioner or the commissioner's designated representative to call upon such persons and inspect such books and records as will give the information above provided for; and such person shall be required to permit examination of all necessary books or records.

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Legislative History

Acts 1915, ch. 169, § 7; Shan., § 3079a78; Code 1932, §5562; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 58-113; Acts 1985, ch. 288, §§ 43-47; 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 520, §43; 2016 , ch. 599, § 7; 2017 , ch. 356, § 1; T.C.A. §59-1-113.