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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Amount	Level of offense	Mandatory	Imposed by	Delegation of authority
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Massachusetts	Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 15(b)	Avoiding, rescinding or canceling county agency actions resulting from violations of chapter; restitution and damages	In addition to the remedies set forth in subsection (a), the commission may, upon a finding pursuant to an adjudicatory proceeding that a person has acted to his economic advantage + See more in violation of section 2, 3, 8, sections 11 to 14, inclusive, or section 23, issue an order (1) requiring the violator to pay the commission on behalf of the county damages in the amount of the economic advantage or $500, whichever is greater...The maximum damages that the commission may order a violator to pay under this section shall be $25,000. If the commission determines that the damages authorized by this section exceed $25,000, it may bring a civil action against the violator to recover such damages.	$500 - $25000 damages in the amount of the economic advantage or $500, whichever is + See more greater, but not to exceed $25,000.	All	No	Municipality/municipal agency	County Commission
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Massachusetts	Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 15(b)	Avoiding, rescinding or canceling county agency actions resulting from violations of chapter; restitution and damages	...and (2) requiring the violator to make restitution to an injured third party.	Not specified	All	No	Municipality/municipal agency	County Commission
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Massachusetts	Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 15(b)	Avoiding, rescinding or canceling county agency actions resulting from violations of chapter; restitution and damages	If there has been no final criminal judgment of conviction or acquittal of the same violation, upon receipt of the written approval of the attorney general and the district attorney, + See more the commission may order payment of additional damages in an amount not exceeding twice the amount of the economic advantage or $500, and payment of such additional damages shall bar any criminal prosecution for the same violation...The maximum damages that the commission may order a violator to pay under this section shall be $25,000. If the commission determines that the damages authorized by this section exceed $25,000, it may bring a civil action against the violator to recover such damages.	$500 - $25000 damages in an amount not exceeding twice of the amount of the + See more economic advantage or $500, whichever is greater, but not to exceed $25,000.	All	No	Municipality/municipal agency	County Commission
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Tennessee	Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-11-316(a)	Bondsmen Fee	Professional bondsmen and agents of insurance companies making appearance bonds of a criminal nature shall not assess more than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the face value of + See more the bond for premium fee and related charge or charges, and the premium fee and related charge or charges shall not be assessed but one (1) time during the first twelve (12) months of the pendency of the charge or charges and indictment or indictments in either the trial court or any lower court. If a premium renewal fee and any related charge or charges are assessed after the first twelve (12) months of the bond, the renewal fee and charge shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the original fee and charges. In the event the case is appealed to the court of criminal appeals or the supreme court of Tennessee, there may be charged only one (1) additional premium fee which also shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the face value of the appearance bond for that court or courts.	Up to 20% of the original premimum fee	All	No	Private actors	Bondsmen
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Tennessee	Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-11-316(b)	Bondsmen - One-Time Bond Initiation Fee	In addition to the charge authorized in subsection (a), professional bondsmen and agents of insurance companies making appearance bonds of a criminal nature may assess a one-time bond initiation fee + See more of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).	$0 - $25 no	All	No	Private actors	Bondsmen
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Tennessee	Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-11-316(c)	Bondsmen - Nonresident Fee	Notwithstanding subsection (a), if a professional bondsman, or agent of an insurance company, is making a criminal appearance bond for a defendant who is not a resident of Tennessee, the + See more bondsman or agent may assess up to fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of the face value of the bond for premium fee and related charges but only one (1) time during the first twelve (12) months of the bond. If a premium renewal fee and any related charges are assessed after the first twelve (12) months of the bond, the premium renewal fee and charges shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the original premium fee and charges. If the case is appealed to the court of criminal appeals or the supreme court of Tennessee, there may be charged only one (1) additional premium fee, which shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the face value of the appearance bond for that court or courts	Up to 20% of the original premimum fee	All	No	Private actors	Bondsmen

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