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Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Recommended for Passage w/ am., Referred to Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2794. Highways, Roads and Bridges - Adds inherently low-emission vehicles (ILEV) with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less and low-emission and energy-efficient vehicles (LEEEV) to present list of vehicles authorized to drive in high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB2716 / HB2794Other Fiscal Impact - According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, federal guidelines concerning HOV lanes, found in SAFETEA-LU section 1121, do authorize low-emission and energy-efficient vehicles with fewer than two occupants to be driven in such lanes if procedures for enforcement are established. However, according to the Department of Transportation, the language in this bill does not conform to the requirements of SAFETEA-LU section 1121 which could result in the federal government requesting [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Recommended for Passage w/ am., Referred to Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3200. Safety, Dept. of - Requires the department to maintain records on drivers who have successfully completed driver's education or driver improvement courses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for SB3379 / *HB3200Increase State Expenditures - $15,000 / One-Time $70,600 / Recurring Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for SB3379 / *HB3200 Present law allows a court to require a person who violates traffic and motor vehicle provisions to attend a driver education course approved by the department of safety in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty imposed. This bill requires a court clerk, upon a person's certification that the person has completed a driver's education or improvement course, to report the completion [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3650. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Includes as a dealer any scrap metal processor purchasing motor vehicles for purposes of dismantling and/or scraps and mandates all dealers to require sellers of such vehicles to show proof of ownership. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *SB2858 / HB3650Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2858 / HB3650 Present law requires every dealer, including any person or junk dealer, who purchases motor vehicles for dismantling to maintain for three years a record of every vehicle bought or sold, dismantled, or exchanged or received, for sale, exchange, or dismantling. A dealer is required [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Placed Behind the Budget Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2716. Highways, Roads and Bridges - Adds inherently low-emission vehicles (ILEV) with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less and low-emission and energy-efficient vehicles (LEEEV) to present list of vehicles authorized to drive in high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB2794 / *SB2716Other Fiscal Impact - According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, federal guidelines concerning HOV lanes, found in SAFETEA-LU section 1121, do authorize low-emission and energy-efficient vehicles with fewer than two occupants to be driven in such lanes if procedures for enforcement are established. However, according to the Department of Transportation, the language in this bill does not conform to the requirements of SAFETEA-LU section 1121 which could result in the federal government requesting [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Placed Behind the Budget Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3379. Safety, Dept. of - Requires the department to maintain records on drivers who have successfully completed driver's education or driver improvement courses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB3200 / SB3379Increase State Expenditures - $15,000 / One-Time $70,600 / Recurring Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for *HB3200 / SB3379 Present law allows a court to require a person who violates traffic and motor vehicle provisions to attend a driver education course approved by the department of safety in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty imposed. This bill requires a court clerk, upon a person's certification that the person has completed a driver's education or improvement course, to report the completion [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/6/08 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2858. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Includes as a dealer any scrap metal processor purchasing motor vehicles for purposes of dismantling and/or scraps and mandates all dealers to require sellers of such vehicles to show proof of ownership. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3650 / *SB2858Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3650 / *SB2858 Present law requires every dealer, including any person or junk dealer, who purchases motor vehicles for dismantling to maintain for three years a record of every vehicle bought or sold, dismantled, or exchanged or received, for sale, exchange, or dismantling. A dealer is required [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Transportation & Highways of Transportation of Transportation Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0886. Driver Licenses - Abolishes certificates of driving; authorizes issuance of one-year renewable driver licenses to aliens demonstrating lawful presence. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB0366 / SB0886Decrease State Revenues - Net Impact - $8,700 Beginning in Year 2 Decrease State Expenditures - Net Impact - $12,400 Beginning in Year 2 Bill Summary for *HB0366 / SB0886 Present law authorizes the department of safety to issue a certificate for driving to persons whose presence in the United States has been authorized by the federal government for a specific purpose and for a specified period of authorized stay. This certificate for driving is valid only during the period of the applicant's authorized stay in the United States for a minimum period of one year and a maximum of five [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextDriver Licenses - Provides that commercial driver license holders whose licenses are suspended for DUI who meet all other prerequisites for reissuance of license within two years of such conviction do not have to take written exam. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB1018 / SB1399Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 251 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1663. Driver Licenses - Provides that, for purposes of determining whether a conviction for driving a motor vehicle with a canceled, suspended, or revoked license is a second or subsequent conviction and, therefore, subject to enhanced penalty, a conviction that occurred more than 10 years prior to the immediate violation will not be considered; this provision is subject to federal rules and regulations relative to the issuance, suspension, and revocation of driver licenses and qualification of drivers. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for *HB1112 / SB1663Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - According to the Departments of Safety and Transportation, the provisions of this bill will place the State of Tennessee in noncompliance with 49 CFR 383.51(b) relative [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of Transportation of Transportation Committee Bill TextDriver Licenses - Requires judge who dismisses underlying offense against minor driver involved in an accident to notify the department of safety; and prohibits the department, upon receiving such notice, from finding such driver at fault in the accident in administrative proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB2042 / SB2092Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant
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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Placed on Senate Trans Comm. Calendar for 05/06/2008 Bill TextMemorials, Government Officials - Urges county clerks to provide space for display of U.S. department of transportation-produced pamphlets on the dangers of 15-passenger vans; urges department of safety to study issues associated with such vans. - Fiscal Summary for *SJR0890Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SJR0890 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE SENATE RECALLED SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 890 FROM THE HOUSE.
Latest Action: 02/11/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of TR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4060. Driver Licenses - Creates new classes of veterans, honorary, and distinctive driver licenses for certain military persons and spouses; and provides that such driver licenses, and renewals thereof, shall be issued free of charge. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for HB4030 / *SB4060Decrease State Revenue - $2,200,600 Increase State Expenditures - $97,000/One-Time Bill Summary for HB4030 / *SB4060 This bill authorizes the issuance of three new classes of driver licenses, all of which would authorize the licensee to operate the same motor vehicles as may be operated by holders of Class D driver licenses, and for which there would be no renewal charge. The new classes of driver licenses include the following: (1) A Class V (veteran's class) driver license would be available to an individual who [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/07/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3711. Driver Licenses - Increases period of denial of license due to withdrawal from secondary school from 18 to 21 years of age with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for HB4048 / *SB3711Decrease State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $10,500/One-Time Bill Summary for HB4048 / *SB3711 Present law prohibits the issuance of a driver license to any person less than 18 years of age who at the time of application does not present a high school diploma or certificate of graduation, or documentation that the person is: (1) Enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a GED course or has obtained a GED; (2) Enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in a secondary school; or (3) Excused from such requirement due [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Trans Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4030. Driver Licenses - Creates new classes of veterans, honorary, and distinctive driver licenses for certain military persons and spouses; and provides that such driver licenses, and renewals thereof, shall be issued free of charge. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *SB4060 / HB4030Decrease State Revenue - $2,200,600 Increase State Expenditures - $97,000/One-Time Bill Summary for *SB4060 / HB4030 This bill authorizes the issuance of three new classes of driver licenses, all of which would authorize the licensee to operate the same motor vehicles as may be operated by holders of Class D driver licenses, and for which there would be no renewal charge. The new classes of driver licenses include the following: (1) A Class V (veteran's class) driver license would be available to an individual who [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/6/08 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2858. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Includes as a dealer any scrap metal processor purchasing motor vehicles for purposes of dismantling and/or scraps and mandates all dealers to require sellers of such vehicles to show proof of ownership. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3650 / *SB2858Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3650 / *SB2858 Present law requires every dealer, including any person or junk dealer, who purchases motor vehicles for dismantling to maintain for three years a record of every vehicle bought or sold, dismantled, or exchanged or received, for sale, exchange, or dismantling. A dealer is required [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 638 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3116. Driver Licenses - Enacts the "Gus Kampas Act" to require that the date of birth on driver licenses be printed in red and the same font size as the driver license number. - Amends TCA Section 55-50-331. Fiscal Summary for HB3490 / *SB3116Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3490 / *SB3116 This bill requires the date of birth information on a driver license to be in red and be the same font size as the driver license number. This bill would only apply as new driver licenses are issued. This bill would not require licensees to obtain a new driver license until such time as application is made for a new or replacement license or a renewal of a license. This bill would take effect on January 1, 2009. ON FEBRUARY 25, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Government Operations Bill TextSunset Laws - Department of safety, June 30, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20. Fiscal Summary for HB3589 / *SB2417 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Action Deferred in Senate Ed. Comm. to 3/12/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4048. Driver Licenses - Increases period of denial of license due to withdrawal from secondary school from 18 to 21 years of age with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *SB3711 / HB4048Decrease State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $10,500/One-Time Bill Summary for *SB3711 / HB4048 Present law prohibits the issuance of a driver license to any person less than 18 years of age who at the time of application does not present a high school diploma or certificate of graduation, or documentation that the person is: (1) Enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a GED course or has obtained a GED; (2) Enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in a secondary school; or (3) Excused from such requirement due [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Placed Behind the Budget Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3379. Safety, Dept. of - Requires the department to maintain records on drivers who have successfully completed driver's education or driver improvement courses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB3200 / SB3379Increase State Expenditures - $15,000 / One-Time $70,600 / Recurring Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for *HB3200 / SB3379 Present law allows a court to require a person who violates traffic and motor vehicle provisions to attend a driver education course approved by the department of safety in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty imposed. This bill requires a court clerk, upon a person's certification that the person has completed a driver's education or improvement course, to report the completion [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Recommended for Passage w/ am., Referred to Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3200. Safety, Dept. of - Requires the department to maintain records on drivers who have successfully completed driver's education or driver improvement courses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for SB3379 / *HB3200Increase State Expenditures - $15,000 / One-Time $70,600 / Recurring Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for SB3379 / *HB3200 Present law allows a court to require a person who violates traffic and motor vehicle provisions to attend a driver education course approved by the department of safety in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty imposed. This bill requires a court clerk, upon a person's certification that the person has completed a driver's education or improvement course, to report the completion [...] show full description
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