No member, employee or officer of the department of environment and conservation shall use such member's, employee's or officer's official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof, or for the purpose of coercing the political action of any person or body. Failure to comply with the express purpose of this section constitutes grounds for immediate dismissal.Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 93,s 1, eff. 4/8/2013.Acts 1939, ch. 217, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.68 (Williams, § 255.75d); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 11; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 169, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 11-104.
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