(a) A reward of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be awarded to any person whose report of voter fraud through the state election coordinator’s voter fraud hotline leads to a conviction. If more than one (1) person reports the same incident of voter fraud, the reward shall be divided and equally distributed to each person.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-8-106

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The reward awarded pursuant to subsection (a) shall be paid from the reward pool fund, created by § 40-8-105.
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