The commissioner may establish procedures for the payment of indemnities for honey bee colonies destroyed under the authority of this chapter. Indemnity under this section is not intended to be a full reimbursement but a partial compensation based on, but not limited to, the value of the colonies and the availability of funds for this purpose. Indemnification may be disallowed if the owner is in violation of this chapter.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-15-123
Indemnity for destruction
Known as the Tennessee Apiary Act
The act spans §§ 44-15-101–44-15-125 (25 sections).
Acts 1999, ch. 274, § 1; T.C.A. § 44-15-223.
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.