(a) The secretary of state shall establish a list of state and local agencies and nonprofit agencies that provide counseling and shelter services to victims of domestic abuse or a sexual offense to assist persons applying to be program participants.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-38-611

  • Applicant: means the person who applies to be a program participant and who is or has been a victim of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, rape, sexual battery, or another sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Application: means the form or forms submitted, in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state, by an individual requesting certification for the address confidentiality program. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Confidential address: means the actual address of a program participant's residence, school, institution of higher education, business, or place of employment, as specified on an application to be a program participant or on a notice of change of address filed under this part. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • participant: means a person who is certified by the secretary of state as a program participant and who is an applicant, co-applicant, the child of an applicant or co-applicant, or a person with a disability for whom an applicant or co-applicant serves as a fiduciary. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • program: means the program created under this part to protect the confidentiality of the confidential address of a relocated victim of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, rape, sexual battery, or any other sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • secretary: means the secretary of state of Tennessee and any designee of the secretary. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • Sexual offense: means a sexual offense or violent sexual offense as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 40-38-601
  • 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
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary law, a state, local, or nonprofit agency or application assistant that provides counseling, shelter, or any other services to a program participant shall not be required to disclose the confidential address or any other information concerning the program participant for any reason.
(c) The secretary of state is authorized to promulgate rules under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, pertaining to application assistants and shall provide training and certification as application assistants to representatives of state, local, and nonprofit agencies that provide counseling and shelter services to victims of domestic abuse or a sexual offense. The secretary of state may partner with nonprofit agencies, or other governmental agencies, to provide training or other services in connection with the program.
(d) Any assistance or counseling rendered to an applicant by the office of the secretary of state shall in no way be construed as legal advice.
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