WHB/1/7
Sponsored by Katie Grace Tuder, Maddie Woods of Baylor School
This legislation was filed in the Labor and Workforce Development category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
| 2 | Section 1) Terms in this act shall be defined as follows: |
| 3 | a. Employee: one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the |
| 4 | executive level. |
| 5 | b. Professional Priveldge Tax: Professional privilege tax is due June 1 each year of individuals |
| 6 | licensed or registered to practice in Tennessee in any one of the professions listed: attorney, |
| 7 | agents (security), broker dealer, investment advisor, and lobbyist. If you are registered or licensed |
| 8 | to practice in more than one of the following professions, you are only required to pay the $400 |
| 9 | tax once per year. |
| 10 | c. Real estate industry: The real estate industry encompasses the many facets of property, |
| 11 | including development, appraisal, marketing, selling, leasing, and management of commercial, |
| 12 | industrial, residential, and agricultural properties. |
| 13 | d. Real estate agent: a person who sells and rents buildings and land for clients. |
| 14 | e. Self-contractor: A self-employed person or entity contracted to perform work for- or provide |
| 15 | services to- another entity as a non-employee. |
| 16 | f. Sexual harassment: uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature |
| 17 | especially by a person in authority toward a subordinate |
| 18 | g. Weapon: an item designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage. |
| 19 | h. Tennessee Association of Realtors: association that allows a central point for realtors to |
| 20 | communicate and be contacted. |
| 21 | i. Title VII: prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national |
| 22 | origin. It prohibits harassment based on the victim’s membership in a protected class. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Section 2) The required classes to renew a realtor license will now include self-defense classes. |
| 25 | a) Basic self-defense, how to use common items as weapons, how to properly deal with and calm |
| 26 | down any hostile clients or people, will be required by the state of Tennessee in order to renew the |
| 27 | real estate license. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Section 3) The law will also protect against harassment in the workplace. Workplace will be defined |
| 30 | as someone who works in a licensed buisness, including self-emloyed workers. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Section 4) This act shall be funded by the Professional Privilege Tax. Each self-defense class costs |
| 33 | about $50-$75 per person and there are over 35,000 licensed realtors in Tennessee. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Section 5) All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act shall be hereby repealed. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Section 6) This act shall take effect on January 1st, 2025. |
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