§ 8-50-501 — Disclosure statements of conflict of interests by certain public officials

(a) Disclosure of the interests named in § 8-50-502 shall be made to the Tennessee ethics commission by candidates for and appointees to the following offices: (1) Each member of the general assembly; (2) The secretary of state, comptroller of the treasury, state treasurer and each member of the state election commission; (3) Each commissioner of the Tennessee public utility commission; (4) The governor; (5) Each officer of the governor's cabinet; (6) Each supreme court justice, judge of the court of criminal appeals, judge of the court of appeals, chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or judge of a state trial court of record; (7) Each delegate to a constitutional convention called to consider a new constitution or amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee; (8) The attorney general and reporter; (9) The district attorneys general and the public defenders for each judicial district; (10) The administrative director of the courts; (11) The executive director of the district attorneys general conference; (12) The state election coordinator; (13) Members of the board of parole; (14) Members and executive director of the alcoholic beverage commission; (15) The chancellor of the board of regents, the president of each institution governed by the board of regents, and the president of each university governed by a state university board as that term is used in title 49, chapter 8; (16) The president of the University of Tennessee, and the chancellor of each separate branch or campus of the University of Tennessee; (17) Members of the registry of election finance; (18) Members of the Tennessee ethics commission; (19) Each candidate or appointee to a local public office as defined in § 2-10-102 ; (20) Members of any local planning commission; (21) Members of any regional planning commission; and (22) The chief procurement officer appointed pursuant to § 4-56-104 . (b) A candidate for any of the offices in subsection (a) that are elective shall file a disclosure statement no later than thirty (30) days after the last day provided by law for qualifying as a candidate. An appointee to any of the offices listed in subsection (a) shall file a disclosure statement within thirty (30) days from the date of appointment. The appointing authority shall notify the commission of any such appointment within three (3) days of the appointment. (c) Any candidate or appointee who is running for reelection or is reappointed to the same office or position the candidate or appointee currently holds shall not be required to file the statement required by subsection (b), as long as such candidate or appointee is in compliance with §§ 8-50-503 and 8-50-504 . (d) (1) The disclosure shall be in writing in the form prescribed by the Tennessee ethics commission and shall be a public record; provided, however, that no candidate or appointee to a local public office required to disclose pursuant to subdivision (a)(19) shall be required to electronically file documents with the commission. (2) A person required to file the form required by this part shall have one (1) attesting witness sign the form before it is submitted to the appropriate authority. The form need not be notarized before it is submitted to the appropriate authority. (3) Any disclosure filed as a candidate or appointee by a member of the general assembly, the secretary of state, the comptroller of the treasury, the state treasurer, the governor, or an officer of the governor's cabinet, and any amended disclosures filed by any such persons, shall be posted on the website of the commission. (e) The computation of time within which to do any act required by this part shall be in accordance with § 1-3-102 .

Legislative History

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1087, s 24, eff. 7/1/2022. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 562, s 4, eff. 5/26/2021. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 612, s 1, eff. 4/2/2018. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 29, eff. 4/4/2017. Acts 1972, ch. 843, § 1; 1977, ch. 185, § 1; 1978, ch. 928, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-4125; Acts 1981, ch. 412, §§ 1, 2; 1989, ch. 585, §§ 26, 27; 1991, ch. 519, §§ 12-14; 1992, ch. 671, § 2; 1992, ch. 988, § 6; 1993, ch. 66, § 11; 1995, ch. 305, § 94; 1996, ch. 996, § 2; 1998, ch. 1049, § 4; 1999, ch. 121, § 1; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 1, §§ 36-39; 2008 , ch. 735, § 2; 2012 , ch. 1023, § 1.