(a)(1) Each licensee shall submit to the local law enforcement agency of any jurisdiction in which the licensee provides services for a restaurant, as defined in § 57-4-102, licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, wine or beer for consumption on the premises, a form promulgated by the commissioner notifying the local law enforcement agency that the licensee provides services within the agency's jurisdiction. The form shall include the name, license number and armed or unarmed status of each security guard/officer providing services for compensation to the licensee and the name and location of the licensee's clients within the agency's jurisdiction.(2) Any licensee providing services for a restaurant, as defined in § 57-4-102, licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, wine or beer for consumption on the premises on January 1, 2010, shall submit the form required by this section to any applicable agency within fifteen (15) days of January 1, 2010. Otherwise, the licensee shall submit the form within fifteen (15) days of the date the licensee commences offering services in an agency's jurisdiction. y within fifteen (15) days of January 1, 2010. Otherwise, the licensee shall submit the form within fifteen (15) days of the date the licensee commences offering services in an agency's jurisdiction. The licensee shall ensure that the information submitted to the local law enforcement agency is kept current and shall notify the local law enforcement agency in writing of the substance of any change within fifteen (15) days of the date of the event necessitating the change.(b) Any local law enforcement agency that has knowledge of a violation of this section or this chapter shall notify the commissioner. The commissioner shall communicate in writing to the local law enforcement agency any action taken in response to the notification.(c) For purposes of this section, 'local law enforcement agency' means: (1) Within the territory of a municipality, the municipal police department;(2) Within the territory of a county having a metropolitan form of government, the metropolitan police department; or(3) Within the unincorporated territory of a county, the sheriff's office.(d) The commissioner of commerce and insurance is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this rtment; or(3) Within the unincorporated territory of a county, the sheriff's office.(d) The commissioner of commerce and insurance is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this section. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 580, s 10, eff. 7/1/2020. Acts 2009 , ch. 465, §§ 1, 2.
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