Tennessee Code Title 12. Public Property, Printing and Contracts § 12-6-105

(a) If the printer or secretary of state fails to perform such printer's or secretary of state's duties, the printer or secretary of state shall forfeit five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered in the name and for the use of the state by the comptroller of the treasury.

(b) Moreover, such failure is a Class C misdemeanor, and the comptroller of the treasury shall cause the delinquent to be indicted for the same.

(c) The comptroller of the treasury shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same, if the comptroller of the treasury fails to enforce the aforementioned penalties against the printer and secretary of state.