(a) The state may, through the office of the attorney general, seek an injunction against a person who commits harassment against a state employee. The injunction may be sought in any court of competent jurisdiction having the power to grant injunctions. This section does not authorize any cause of action unrelated to a person’s status as a state employee. This section does not authorize a court to issue an injunction prohibiting activities that are protected by the constitutions of this state or the United States, including, but not limited to, political speech.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-1-506

  • Employee: means an employee of any county, metropolitan government, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state. See Tennessee Code 50-1-502
  • Harassment: means two (2) or more instances of contact serving no legitimate purpose directed at an employee, in connection with that person's status as an employee, that a reasonable person would consider alarming, threatening, intimidating, abusive, or emotionally distressing and that does or reasonably could interfere with the performance of the employee's duties. See Tennessee Code 50-1-502
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Notwithstanding § 50-1-502, as used in this section, “state employee” has the same meaning as defined in § 8-42-101.