Reporting obligations concerning unlawful presence

Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-58-112, under Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-58-112

(a) Except as prohibited by federal law, each state governmental entity, local governmental entity, and local health department shall report individuals and all identifying information about such individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States pursuant to the federal Immigration and Nationality Act and who receive federal, state, or local public benefits from the state governmental entity, local governmental entity, or local health department to the centralized immigration enforcement division within the department of safety, created in § 4-3-2014, unless the state governmental entity, local governmental entity, or local health department is required to report such individuals pursuant to 7 CFR § 273.4(b)(1).

(b) (1) It is an offense for an employee or official to intentionally fail to report an individual who the employee or official knows is not lawfully present in the United States pursuant to the federal Immigration and Nationality Act as required pursuant to subsection (a).(2) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.

(1) It is an offense for an employee or official to intentionally fail to report an individual who the employee or official knows is not lawfully present in the United States pursuant to the federal Immigration and Nationality Act as required pursuant to subsection (a).

(2) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.