(a) No member of the general assembly, the governor, a member of the governor’s cabinet or a cabinet-level member of the governor’s staff shall serve as a director or employee of the corporation while holding such position in state government.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-51-130

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means the Tennessee education lottery corporation. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
  • Director: means a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Share: means any intangible evidence of participation in a lottery game. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
  • Ticket: means any tangible evidence issued by the lottery to provide participation in a lottery game. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
  • vendor: means a person who provides or proposes to provide goods or services to the Tennessee education lottery corporation pursuant to a major procurement contract, but does not include an employee of the Tennessee education lottery corporation, a retailer, or a state agency or instrumentality of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
(b) No member of the general assembly, the governor, a member of the governor’s cabinet or a cabinet-level member of the governor’s staff shall serve as an employee, or otherwise receive compensation or other benefit for consultation or services rendered directly or indirectly through a partnership, corporation or other business entity, from an on-line or instant ticket lottery vendor of the Tennessee education lottery corporation or an on-line or instant ticket lottery vendor seeking to become a vendor of the Tennessee education lottery corporation, while holding such position in state government. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be construed as prohibiting continued employment of such official by a partnership, corporation, or other business entity receiving compensation from an on-line or instant ticket lottery vendor if:

(1) Such official has no direct or indirect contact with an on-line or instant ticket lottery vendor; and
(2) Such official does not share in any compensation or any benefit received from an on-line or instant ticket lottery vendor.
(c) This section shall not apply to any employee of the corporation or of an on-line or instant ticket lottery vendor who, subsequent to such employment, seeks election to the general assembly or the office of governor. No provision of this subsection (c) shall be construed as prohibiting such employee from continuing in such employment during the individual’s term in office as a member of the general assembly.
(d) This section also applies to any children residing in the primary residence and the spouse of any member of the general assembly, the governor, a member of the governor’s cabinet or a cabinet-level member of the governor’s staff.
(e) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor punishable only by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
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