(a) There is created a fund to be known as the “employee misclassification education and enforcement fund.” Any fee collected pursuant to § 50-6-912(a) shall be deposited in the employee misclassification education and enforcement fund. Moneys in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in accordance with § 9-4-603. The fund shall be administered by the administrator of the workers’ compensation bureau.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-6-913

  • Administrator: means the chief administrative officer of the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Employee: includes every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, the president, any vice president, secretary, treasurer or other executive officer of a corporate employer without regard to the nature of the duties of the corporate officials, in the service of an employer, as employer is defined in subdivision (11), under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or implied. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) All costs of the bureau of workers’ compensation associated with the administration of this part shall be paid by the administrator of the workers’ compensation bureau from the employee misclassification education and enforcement fund. Moneys remaining in the fund after such payment may be expended, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, at the direction of the administrator of the workers’ compensation bureau for the purchase of computer software and hardware designed to establish and maintain exemptions of construction services providers pursuant to this part, for the purchase of computer software and hardware designed to identify potential employee misclassification activity, for the hiring of additional employees to investigate potential employee misclassification activity, for education of employers and employees regarding the requirements of this part and in support of the ongoing investigation and prosecution of employee misclassification.
(c) Any amount in the employee misclassification education and enforcement fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund, but shall remain available for the purposes set forth in subsection (b). Interest accruing on investments and deposits of the employee misclassification education and enforcement fund shall be credited to such account, shall not revert to the general fund, and shall be carried forward into each subsequent fiscal year.
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