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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 171

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 544

                                                             By Stevens

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1342

                                         By Lamberth, Cochran, Vaughan, Bulso

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, relative to Uniform Commercial Code
          financing statement filings.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-9-513(e)(5)(C), is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting:

                    (C) Within three (3) business days of receipt of the petition for review and cost bond by
          the filing office, the filing office shall forward the petition, the Uniform Commercial Code
          financing statement that is the subject of the petition, and the notarized affidavit of the public
          official to the administrative procedures division of the office of the secretary of state, along
          with a request for a hearing.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-9-513(e)(7), is amended by adding the
following language at the end of the subdivision:

          If an administrative law judge reaches a determination as described in this subsection, then
          the secured party shall provide a copy of the determination to the filing office.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-9-513(e)(8), is amended by adding the
following language at the end of the subdivision:

          If an administrative law judge reaches a determination as described in this subsection, then
          the public official filing an affidavit under this part shall provide a copy of such determination to
          the filing office. If the secured party seeks review of a determination made by an administrative
          law judge under this subsection pursuant to § 4-5-322, then the secured party shall provide a
          copy of the petition for judicial review to the filing office within seven (7) days of the filing of the
          petition.

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 544

PASSED:  March 31, 2025

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                                SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                           CAME~TON, SPEAKER
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR