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Statement of Interests
State and Local Office Holders, Candidates and Appointees to such Positions,
Non-General Assembly Members
**This form must be filed with the Tennessee Ethics Commission**
Please see the attached instructions before completing this form. The failure to timely and properly submit the required
disclosure statement can, under T.C.A. §3-6-205, result in the imposition of civil penalties in amounts up to $10,000. Attached
additional pages as necessary. Note that this disclosure statement must be signed and the signature attested to by a
witness in item 13. In addition, please be aware that the information listed on this statement will be transferred to an electronic
format for posting on the Commission’s website, pursuant to T.C.A. §8-50-501(d)(3).
Please Print or Type
1. Name of Official or Candidate
_____________________________________________
2. Email (optional):
3. Phone Number
Work: _______________ Home: _______________
4. Home Address
Mailing Address (check here if same as home address )
5. Check one: Office Holder OR New Candidate
County: _______________________________ Title of Office held or sought: _______________________________
District Number, Municipality, or County where office located: ________________________________________________
6. Sources of Income
List major source(s) of private (non-governmental) income of more than $1,000 for yourself, your spouse or minor child
residing with you. “Major sources of private income” include, but are not limited to: offices, directorships and salaried
employments. No dollar amounts need to be stated. Select as many recipients as necessary.
NONE
Name of Source Recipients
____________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
____________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
____________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
7. Investments List any investment by you, your spouse or minor child residing with you in any corporation or other
business organization in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or five percent (5%) of the total capital. The name of the
corporation or organization must be listed but no dollar amounts or percentages of the investment need be stated.
NONE
Name of Corporation or Organization Held By
_____________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
_____________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
_____________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
Print Form
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8. Lobbying List any person, firm or organization for whom compensated lobbying is done by any associate, your spouse or
minor child residing with you. Also, list any firm in which you, your spouse or minor child residing with you hold any interest
for whom compensated lobbying is done. Explain the terms of any such employment, the subject matters lobbied and/or the
measures to be supported or opposed.
NONE
Terms of Subject Matter
Name of Lobbyist Employment or Measures Lobbyist Relation to Filer
______________________ _______________ ____________________ Filer Associate of Filer
Spouse Minor Child
______________________ _______________ ____________________ Filer Associate of Filer
Spouse Minor Child
9. Professional Services List in general terms (by areas of the client’s interests) the entities to which professional services,
such as those of an attorney, accountant or architect, are furnished by you or your spouse.
NONE
Licensed Profession Client Interest Furnished by
_______________________________ _____________________________ Filer Spouse
_______________________________ _____________________________ Filer Spouse
10. Retainer Fees List any retainer fee you receive from any person, firm or organization who is in the practice of promoting
or opposing, influencing or attempting to influence directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any legislation before the
Tennessee General Assembly, the legislative committees or the members thereof.
NONE
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Bankruptcy List any adjudication of bankruptcy or discharge received in any United States district court within five (5)
years of the date of this report.
NONE
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Loans List any loan or combination of loans for more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) from the same source made in
the previous calendar year to you, your spouse or minor child residing with you. See the attached instructions for the
list of loans that should not be disclosed on this report.
NONE
Lender Name Loan Recipient
___________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
___________________________________________________ Filer Spouse Minor Child
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13. Signature Must be attested to by a witness
I certify that the information contained in this disclosure statement is true and that it is a complete and accurate report in
accordance with the Conflict of Interest Disclosure Act.
_____________________________________________________________ ______________________
Signature of Official or Candidate Date
To be completed by witness:
I, _____________________________________, the undersigned, do hereby witness the above signature, which was
(Print Name of Witness) signed in my presence:
_____________________________________________________________ ______________________
Signature of Witness Date
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Instructions to Statement of Interests (SS-8005)
The positions listed below are required by the Ethics Reform Act of 2006 to file a Statement of Interests (SS-8005)
with the Tennessee Ethics Commission.
Each member of the general assembly;
The secretary of state, comptroller of the treasury, state treasurer and each member of the state election
commission;
Each director of the Tennessee regulatory authority;
The governor;
Each officer of the governor’s cabinet;
Each supreme court justice, each judge of the court of criminal appeals and each judge of the court of
appeals;
Each delegate to a constitutional convention called to consider a new constitution or amendments to the
Constitution of Tennessee;
The attorney general and reporter;
The district attorneys general and the public defenders for each judicial district;
The administrative director of the courts;
The executive director of the district attorneys general conference;
The state election coordinator;
Members of the board of probation and parole;
Members and executive director of the alcoholic beverage commission;
The chancellor of the board of regents and the president of each college or university governed by the
board of regents;
The president of the University of Tennessee, and the chancellor of each separate branch or campus of the
University of Tennessee;
Members of the registry of election finance;
Members of the Tennessee ethics commission;
Each candidate or appointee to a local public office as defined in § 2-10-102;
Members of any local planning commission; and
Members of any regional planning commission.
When Must the Statement Be Filed?:
Candidates must file within 30 days of the last day to qualify as a candidate.
Current officeholders must file by January 31
st
of each year.
Newly-appointed officeholders must file within 30 days of appointment to office. The appointing authority
must send notice to the Commission within 3 days of appointment.
Where Should the Statement Be Filed?:
Electronic filing: To file electronically for the first time, go to https://apps.tn.gov/conflict/, click on “Sign Up,” and
follow directions to set up a TN.GOV account with your unique authorization code. After setting up your TN.GOV
account, go to
https://apps.tn.gov/conflict/ and log in as a returning user to file your Statement of Interests. If you
have previously filed electronically, go to
https://apps.tn.gov/conflict and log in to file your report. If you do not
remember your Username and Password, call 615-313-0300, press “1” for technical support, to retrieve that
information.
Paper Filing: To file on paper, go to www.tn.gov/sos/tec/forms/ss-8005.pdf to print the form and instructions.
Complete your Statement in its entirely. Mail the completed form to the Tennessee Ethics Commission, 404 James
Robertson Parkway, Suite 104, Nashville, TN 37243. Your Statement of Interests is not considered filed until
received by the Commission. If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Commission’s office at: (615)
741-7959 or e-mail us at
ethics.counsel@tn.gov.
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An amended Statement of Interests must be filed whenever reported conditions change due to a termination or an
acquisition of any of those interests that you are required to report. This report is a public document and will be
posted on the internet. Social security numbers, dates of birth, and account numbers are not
required and should
not
be included on your Statement.
SUPPLEMENTAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Question 6: Sources of Income
1. Private income” refers to any income you, your spouse or minor child residing with you receive in excess
of $1,000 per annum from a non-governmental source.
2. “Private Income includes, but is not limited to:
Bank and Bond Interest
Business Income
Capital Gains
Clinical Practice Income
Income from Employment
Income from Contractual Relationships
Directorships
Dividends from CDs, stocks and securities
Compensated Fiduciary Positions (trusteeships, conservatorships, etc.)
Honoraria
Lecture Fees
Payments from Annuities, Settlements…etc.
Rental income
Research Grants
Research Foundation Income
Trust Income (The principal is reported in the investment question.)
This list is not exhaustive, but merely exemplary. If you, your spouse or minor child residing with you have other
income that is not listed here but meets the requirements of this section, you are required to list them.
3. “Private income” does not include monies received directly by inheritance or gift. The term does include
the income produced by an investment which has been received by inheritance or gift.
As a general rule, if the receipts are reportable to the IRS as private income, then they must be listed on the form.
Question 7: Investments
1. Do not report holdings that are ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less in value or five percent (5%) of
the total capital. If, however, the holding is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less in value, but is five
percent (5%) or more of the total capital, the holding must be reported.
If the investment is managed by entities other than yourself, spouse or minor child residing with you (such
as mutual funds or 401Ks), list the entity managing the account and the type of investment, but not the
corporations to which the money has been distributed.
2. Examples of investments that must be listed if held by you, your spouse or minor child residing with you:
401K, 403(b) and 457 plans
Annuities
Bonds
Certificates of Deposit
College Savings Programs
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State Deferred Compensation Plans
Estates
Stocks and securities
IRAs
Keogh Plans
Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs)
Mutual Funds in IRAs
Mutual Funds not in IRAs
Notes (investments)
Pensions
Real Estate (but not your primary or secondary residence)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Retirement Plans for States other than Tennessee
TIAA-CREF Supplemental Retirement Plans
Treasury Notes
Blind Trusts
Warrants
Zero Coupon Bonds
Question 8: Lobbying Interests
1. If you, your spouse, or minor child residing with you are associated with a compensated lobbyist, you must
provide the name(s) of the entities for which the associate lobbies.
2. If you, your spouse or minor child have any interest in any lobbying firm, you must list the name of the
entity. Do not report interests in employers of lobbyists, e.g., do not report interests in public corporations
or other entities that may engage a lobbyist.
Question 9: Professional Services
For the purpose of this question, you must list the general areas of interests of your (or your spouse’s) clients if you
(or your spouse) engage in any profession licensed by the State of Tennessee. You are not, however, required to
list your clients or to otherwise furnish personal information about your clients. These professions include, but are
not limited to:
Chiropractic Massage Therapy Optometry
Dentistry Medicine Audiology
Physical Therapy Midwifery Nursing
Pharmacology Podiatry Architecture
Public Accounting Veterinary Medicine Law
This list is not exclusive. If you or your spouse practice a profession that is not listed but that requires a license to
practice in the State of Tennessee, you are required to list the general areas of your clients’ interests.
Question 12: Loans
Loans need not be disclosed on this report if they are:
1. From your immediate family (spouse, parent, sibling or child);
2. From a federally insured financial institution or made in accordance with existing law in the ordinary course
of doing business of making loans. The loan must bear the usual and customary rate of interest, be made
on a basis which assures repayment, evidenced by a written instrument and subject to a due date or
amortization schedule;
3. Secured by a recorded security interest in collateral, bearing the usual and customary interest rate of the
lender made on a basis which assures repayment; evidenced by a written instrument and subject to a due
date or amortization schedule;
4. From a partnership in which you have at least ten percent (10%) partnership interest;
5. From a corporation in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting shares are owned by
you or by your immediate family (spouse, parent, sibling or child).