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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 67 - Taxes and Licenses
Chapter 4 - Privilege and Excise Taxes
Part 26 - Tobacco Settlement Funds
§ 67-4-2610. Persons Enforcing Part Have Power and Authority of Police Officers — Concurrent Authority of Highway Patrol — Authority to Be Armed
Universal Citation: TN Code § 67-4-2610 (2020)
- Inspectors, agents, representatives or officers appointed by the commissioner shall be cloaked with and have the duty, power and authority as police officers to enforce this part.
- The highway patrol shall likewise have concurrent authority to assist in the enforcement of this part.
- Any duly authorized representative or employee of the department who has been specifically designated by the commissioner to enforce this part, is authorized and empowered to go armed, or carry a pistol while on active duty engaged in enforcing this part.
- Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit the authority of the department of revenue or the attorney general's office as otherwise provided by law.
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