Section 68-102-102 - Specific duties of commissioner of commerce and insuranceIt is the duty of the commissioner of commerce and insurance, or the commissioner's deputies or assistants, to enforce the laws and this chapter in the counties, relating to the:
(2) Storage, sale and use of combustibles and explosives;(3) Installation and maintenance of automatic or other fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equipment;(4) Construction, maintenance and regulation of fire escapes; and(5) Means and adequacy of exit, in case of fire, from factories, asylums, hospitals, churches, schools, halls, theaters, amphitheaters, and all other places in which numbers of persons live, work or congregate, from time to time, for any purpose or purposes.Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 487, s 2, eff. 5/24/2019.Acts 1915, ch. 131, § 2; Shan., § 3079a261; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; mod. Code 1932, § 5678; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; C. Supp. 1950, § 5678; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2402, 68-17-102.