§ 56-1-201 Creation of department of commerce and insurance
§ 56-1-202 Commissioner head of department
§ 56-1-203 Commissioner not to be financially interested in insurance corporations
§ 56-1-204 Inquisitorial power given commissioner and deputies
§ 56-1-205 Traveling expenses of commissioner
§ 56-1-206 Special deputy commissioner – Compensation limited to half of fines
§ 56-1-207 Employment of actuaries by commissioner – Duties – Compensation
§ 56-1-208 Actuaries to compute net value of policies – Other duties
§ 56-1-209 Payment of expenses of department – Record of receipts and expenditures – Excess fees
§ 56-1-210 Advisory committee
§ 56-1-211 Office to assist older persons concerning insurance
§ 56-1-212 Commissioner’s authority to regulate – Conversion of health insurance business
§ 56-1-213 Fee to cover costs of issuing or renewing licenses, registrations and permits
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 1 > Part 2 - Organization and Personnel

  • 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
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. 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
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105