Failure To Comply

(1) Any person who appoints any applicant who to the knowledge of the appointor fails to meet the minimum standards as set forth herein or required by the Commission, and any person who signs the warrant or check for the payment of the salary of any person who to the knowledge of the signer fails to meet the qualifications as a police officer as provided herein or required by the Commission, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). Further, any person who makes any false statement on a required state document, such as an Application for Certification, under oath or under penalty of perjury commits the offense of perjury under T.C.A. § 39-16-702 and may be subject to the penalties of T.C.A. § 38-8-124.