Any amount withheld, or that should have been withheld, by the purchaser due to an assessment shall be a personal debt of the purchaser. If the purchaser's monthly payments to the commissioner are not timely made, a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount due shall be imposed. The commissioner may bring a civil action against the purchaser for collection of the debt and the above specified ten percent (10%) penalty.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 43-29-116
Personal debt — Penalties — Collection
Known as the Agriculture Commodities Promotion Act
The act spans §§ 43-29-101 to 43-29-122 (22 sections).
Acts 1985, ch. 188, § 16.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.