Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-1-108
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Study of impediments to insurance for use of justifiable force
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(a) The commissioner shall conduct a study of Tennessee's insurance laws to determine what impediments, if any, exist under the insurance laws or policies of this state that may be acting as deterrents for insurance companies in this state to underwrite policies of insurance to insure a person who has used force that is justified, including deadly force, in protecting such person's self or property pursuant to §§ 39-11-611 and 39-11-612 , commonly referred to as the castle doctrine, or any other law. (b) The commissioner shall report to the general assembly and to the governor the results of the study required by subsection (a) no later than March 1, 2012, with recommendations on whether such insurance should, in the commissioner's opinion, become available to Tennessee residents. Acts 2011, ch. 429, § 1.
(a) The commissioner shall conduct a study of Tennessee's insurance laws to determine what impediments, if any, exist under the insurance laws or policies of this state that may be acting as deterrents for insurance companies in this state to underwrite policies of insurance to insure a person who has used force that is justified, including deadly force, in protecting such person's self or property pursuant to §§ 39-11-611 and 39-11-612 , commonly referred to as the castle doctrine, or any other law.
(b) The commissioner shall report to the general assembly and to the governor the results of the study required by subsection (a) no later than March 1, 2012, with recommendations on whether such insurance should, in the commissioner's opinion, become available to Tennessee residents.
Acts 2011, ch. 429, § 1.
(a) The commissioner shall conduct a study of Tennessee's insurance laws to determine what impediments, if any, exist under the insurance laws or policies of this state that may be acting as deterrents for insurance companies in this state to underwrite policies of insurance to insure a person who has used force that is justified, including deadly force, in protecting such person's self or property pursuant to §§ 39-11-611 and 39-11-612 , commonly referred to as the castle doctrine, or any other law.
(b) The commissioner shall report to the general assembly and to the governor the results of the study required by subsection (a) no later than March 1, 2012, with recommendations on whether such insurance should, in the commissioner's opinion, become available to Tennessee residents.
Acts 2011, ch. 429, § 1.
Status: in_force
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