43-32-210 - Compensation of claimants. - Tennessee Statutes

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43-32-210. Compensation of claimants.

Within ninety (90) days of the commissioner's approval of a valid claim, the department shall, in accordance with this section, compensate from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer or warehouseman.

(1) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer shall be entitled to be compensated for eighty-five percent (85%) of a valid claim, to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), with moneys from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund. To the maximum extent that funds are or may be made available for such purpose, the remaining balance of the claims shall be paid by the department from the assets and other security of the failed dealer.

(2) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to the failure of a warehouseman and who has surrendered a warehouse receipt for payment or holds a warehouse receipt and cannot receive value shall be compensated for one hundred percent (100%) of the claim.

[Acts 1989, ch. 232, § 19; 1997, ch. 387, § 13.]

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43-32-210. Compensation of claimants.

Within ninety (90) days of the commissioner's approval of a valid claim, the department shall, in accordance with this section, compensate from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer or warehouseman.

(1) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer shall be entitled to be compensated for eighty-five percent (85%) of a valid claim, to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), with moneys from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund. To the maximum extent that funds are or may be made available for such purpose, the remaining balance of the claims shall be paid by the department from the assets and other security of the failed dealer.

(2) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to the failure of a warehouseman and who has surrendered a warehouse receipt for payment or holds a warehouse receipt and cannot receive value shall be compensated for one hundred percent (100%) of the claim.

[Acts 1989, ch. 232, § 19; 1997, ch. 387, § 13.]

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43-32-210. Compensation of claimants.

Within ninety (90) days of the commissioner's approval of a valid claim, the department shall, in accordance with this section, compensate from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer or warehouseman.

(1) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to a failure of a commodity dealer shall be entitled to be compensated for eighty-five percent (85%) of a valid claim, to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), with moneys from the Tennessee grain indemnity fund. To the maximum extent that funds are or may be made available for such purpose, the remaining balance of the claims shall be paid by the department from the assets and other security of the failed dealer.

(2) Any claimant who has incurred a financial loss due to the failure of a warehouseman and who has surrendered a warehouse receipt for payment or holds a warehouse receipt and cannot receive value shall be compensated for one hundred percent (100%) of the claim.

[Acts 1989, ch. 232, § 19; 1997, ch. 387, § 13.]