{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-16-106","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-106","heading":"Exceptions and defenses","body":"(a) It is an exception to the application of §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved is a fee prescribed by law to be received by a public servant or any other benefit to which the public servant is lawfully entitled. (b) It is a defense to prosecution under §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved was: (1) A trivial benefit incidental to personal, professional, or business contacts, which involves no substantial risk of undermining official impartiality; or (2) A lawful contribution made for the political campaign of an elective public servant when the public servant is a candidate for nomination or election to public office. Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.\n(a) It is an exception to the application of §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved is a fee prescribed by law to be received by a public servant or any other benefit to which the public servant is lawfully entitled.\n(b) It is a defense to prosecution under §§ 39-16-102 , 39-16-104 and 39-16-105 , that the benefit involved was: (1) A trivial benefit incidental to personal, professional, or business contacts, which involves no substantial risk of undermining official impartiality; or (2) A lawful contribution made for the political campaign of an elective public servant when the public servant is a candidate for nomination or election to public office.\n(1) A trivial benefit incidental to personal, professional, or business contacts, which involves no substantial risk of undermining official impartiality; or\n(2) A lawful contribution made for the political campaign of an elective public servant when the public servant is a candidate for nomination or election to public office.","path":["TN Code","Title 39","Chapter 16"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"e42ca28c3f78b2772d1f98b596e946e695bcd8dc1fc1b3eac36f8c1ea6855bd8","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-16-105","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-16-107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}