Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-1-601
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Duty of commissioner to keep records of proceedings and examinations - Commissioner's report
Official statutory text
(a) The commissioner shall preserve in a permanent form a record of the commissioner's proceedings, including a concise statement of the result of official examinations of insurance companies. (b) The commissioner shall, annually, and as early as consistent with full and accurate preparation, make a report to the governor of all official transactions, and shall include in the report a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the department for the preceding year, an exhibit of the financial condition and business transactions of the several insurance companies as disclosed by their annual statements, abstracts of which statements shall appear in the report, and other information and comments in relation to insurance and the public interest in insurance the commissioner deems fit to communicate. Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 17; Shan., § 3300; mod. Code 1932, § 6116; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-134.
(a) The commissioner shall preserve in a permanent form a record of the commissioner's proceedings, including a concise statement of the result of official examinations of insurance companies.
(b) The commissioner shall, annually, and as early as consistent with full and accurate preparation, make a report to the governor of all official transactions, and shall include in the report a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the department for the preceding year, an exhibit of the financial condition and business transactions of the several insurance companies as disclosed by their annual statements, abstracts of which statements shall appear in the report, and other information and comments in relation to insurance and the public interest in insurance the commissioner deems fit to communicate.
Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 17; Shan., § 3300; mod. Code 1932, § 6116; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-134.
(a) The commissioner shall preserve in a permanent form a record of the commissioner's proceedings, including a concise statement of the result of official examinations of insurance companies.
(b) The commissioner shall, annually, and as early as consistent with full and accurate preparation, make a report to the governor of all official transactions, and shall include in the report a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the department for the preceding year, an exhibit of the financial condition and business transactions of the several insurance companies as disclosed by their annual statements, abstracts of which statements shall appear in the report, and other information and comments in relation to insurance and the public interest in insurance the commissioner deems fit to communicate.
Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 17; Shan., § 3300; mod. Code 1932, § 6116; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-134.
Status: in_force
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