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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-35-131

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 62-35-102
  • 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.
  • Licensee: means any contract security company licensed in accordance with this chapter. See Tennessee Code 62-35-102
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, company, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, institution or similar entity. See Tennessee Code 62-35-102
  • Registrant: means an individual who holds a valid registration card. See Tennessee Code 62-35-102
  • Registration card: means a pocket card issued by the commissioner evidencing that the holder has met the qualifications required by this chapter to perform the duties of a security guard/officer in this state. See Tennessee Code 62-35-102
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. 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
  • Street patrol service: means the utilization of foot patrols, motor patrols or any other means of transportation in public areas or on public thoroughfares in order to serve multiple customers or facilities. See Tennessee Code 62-35-102
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) No licensee or registrant shall be required to obtain any authorization, permit or license from or to pay any other fee or post a bond in any municipality, county or other political subdivision of this state to engage in any business or activity regulated under this chapter.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), a municipality, county or other political subdivision of this state may impose:

(A) A bona fide business tax; and
(B) Regulations upon any person who furnishes street patrol services, including a requirement that the person register with a designated agency.
(b) When a security guard/officer is working in another jurisdiction other than the security guard/officer’s primary county, the chief law enforcement officer of the county in which the security guard/officer is working shall be notified where the security guard/officer will be assigned and the length of the assignment. This shall be done in writing by the employer of the security guard/officer, unless other arrangements are made with the chief law enforcement officer of the county within five (5) days of the date of first service. The chief law enforcement officer and the officers/deputies shall recognize the state-issued security armed card as valid in their jurisdiction while any security guard/officer is traveling to or from a job site and while performing duties while at the job site, or while any representative of a security company, supervisor or officers are traveling to or from job sites or operating as a street patrol service.
(c) The chief law enforcement officer of a county may require an individual to present proof of compliance with this chapter.
(d) The chief law enforcement officer shall waive provisions relative to training for those individuals properly and duly registered and in possession of a valid armed registration card. If a valid objection exists, however, proof or information indicating training should not be waived shall be sent to the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee within ten (10) days of the objection, along with a written explanation of the chief law enforcement officer’s objection. A security guard/officer shall not work in any jurisdiction in which the chief law enforcement officer has a pending objection to the training qualifications of the security guard/officer.
(e) In any county having a metropolitan form of government, the chief of police shall be the chief law enforcement officer (CLEO). In counties not having a metropolitan form of government the sheriff shall be the CLEO.
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