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Diane Black - 45th District April 11, 2002 Violent felons and door-to-door sales The House Consumer and Employee Affairs Committee has approved legislation this week that would prevent violent felons from going door to door selling merchandise or services. The bill follows the murder of a Knoxville woman who was brutally attacked and murdered by a magazine salesman with a criminal history of violent crime. The bill would place a requirement on traveling sales crews that they must have a background check before selling in Tennessee communities to assure that citizens are protected from violent felons. The traveling crew workers would have to get a permit from the county clerk in the county in which they will be selling. After they furnish their proof of identity, driver's license, car license plate number, and the permanent address of all sellers, a background report would be conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. A fee of $50 will be charged to the applicants for processing the application and for the background check.
If the TBI finds that an applicant has been charged with or convicted
of first degree murder, second degree murder, rape, aggravated rape,
aggravated or especially aggravated robbery, aggravated or especially
aggravated kidnapping, or felony reckless endangerment,
they would be denied a permit to sell door to door.
The penalty for violation of the law is a fine of up to $1,000.
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