Chad, Hermitage Manor and PV's abuses don't get any legislative consideration in TN. The good ol' boys like places that store godless little teenage heathens, queers and junkies. Wilfull display of gluteal cleavage and/or boxer shorts is an abomination unto Bible-Belt True Christians and must be smited. Or smote.
First offense: $200 and 40 hours community service work.
Fourth offense: $1,000 and 160 hours of community service work.
Did Cheryl Sudweeks or Randall Hinton pull as much in fines and community service hours?
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB1757.pdfLegislative Report Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth February 27, 2009SB1757
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SENATE BILL 1757By Ford, O.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39
and Title 49, relative to criminal offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9, is amended by
adding the following language as a new section:
§ 39-17-9__.
(a) It is an offense for any person to knowingly wear pants below the
person's waistline, in a public place, in a manner that exposes the person's
underwear or bare buttocks.(b) As used in subsection (a):
(1) “Public place” means any location frequented by the public, or
where the public is present or likely to be present, or where a person may
reasonably be expected to be observed by members of the public. “Public
place” includes, but is not limited to, streets, sidewalks, parks, beaches,
business and commercial establishments, whether for profit or not-forprofit
and whether open to the public at large or where entrance is limited
by a cover charge or membership requirement, bottle clubs, hotels,
motels, restaurants, night clubs, country clubs, cabarets and meeting
facilities utilized by any religious, social, fraternal or similar organizations;
and
(2) "Underwear" means an article of personal wear that is worn
between the skin and an outer layer of clothing. "Underwear" includes,
but is not limited to, boxer shorts and thongs.
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(c)
(1) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor and
shall be punished as follows:
(A) A first offense is punishable only by a fine of two
hundred dollars ($200) and forty (40) hours of community service
work, which fine or penalty shall not be suspended or waived;
(B) A second offense is punishable only by a fine of five
hundred dollars ($500) and eighty (80) hours of community
service work, which fine or penalty shall not be suspended or
waived;
(C) A third offense is punishable only by a fine of seven
hundred and fifty dollars ($750) and one hundred and twenty (120)
hours of community service work, which fine or penalty shall not
be suspended or waived; and
(D) A fourth or subsequent offense is punishable only by a
fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and one hundred and sixty
(160) hours of community service work, which fine or penalty shall
not be suspended or waived.
(2) Any community service to which a person is sentenced for a
violation of this section shall be scheduled around the offender's work and
school schedule.
(d) There is created a special account in the state treasury to be known
as the "Extracurricular Activities Enhancement Fund", hereinafter referred to as
the "extracurricular activity fund".
(1) There shall be deposited in the extracurricular activity fund:
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(A) All funds produced from the fines ordered pursuant to
this section; and
(B) Appropriations made by the general assembly to the
extracurricular activity fund.
(2) In addition to the funds deposited pursuant to subdivision
(d)(1), the commissioner of education may accept other funds, public or
private, by way of gift or grant to the fund.
(3) Moneys in the extracurricular activity fund may be invested by
the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of § 9-4-603.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, interest
accruing on investments and deposits of the extracurricular activity fund
shall be credited to such fund, shall not revert to the general fund, and
shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year.
(5) Any balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year
in the extracurricular activity fund shall not revert to the general fund but
shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year.
(6) Money in the extracurricular activity fund shall be earmarked
for distribution to local education agencies in the proportion that each
local education agency's student population has to the overall statewide
student population of all local education agencies to be used as follows:
(A) For musical instruments for band, fifty percent (50%);
(B) For books, twenty-five percent (25%); and
(C) For sports equipment for school sponsored athletics,
twenty-five percent (25%).
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(7) Money in the extracurricular activity fund may be expended
only in accordance with annual appropriations approved by the general
assembly.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, the public welfare requiring it.