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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of TR Bill TextCounty Clerks - Requires county clerks to provide facilities on their premises for the recycling of motor vehicle registration plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB1299Increase State Expenditures -Not Significant Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB1299 This bill requires each office of the county clerk to provide a clean and convenient facility on its premises to recycle motor vehicle registration plates. Any revenues from recycled registration plates would be used to defray the costs of the recycling facility. This bill requires the department of revenue, with the cooperation and assistance of the department of general services, to solicit contracts for the furnishing and maintenance of motor vehicle registration plate recycling facilities through a public advertisement and competitive bid process.
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of TR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0560. Insurance, Motor Vehicles - Requires liability insurance be maintained on all motor vehicles operated in Tennessee; insurance companies shall notify division of financial responsibility when coverage is terminated; owner of motor vehicle has 60 days to obtain insurance coverage again. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 56. Fiscal Summary for *HB0324 / SB0560(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $800,000 Recurring Exceeds $900,000 One-Time Increase State Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for *HB0324 / SB0560 This bill prohibits the commissioner of safety from issuing or renewing any motor vehicle registration unless the application is accompanied [...] 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 TextCompanion Bill SB1936. Insurance, Motor Vehicles - Enacts the "Mandatory Motor Vehicle Insurance Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 56. Fiscal Summary for *HB1499 / SB1936(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $800,000 Recurring Exceeds $900,000 One-Time $19,800/Incarceration* Increase State Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000** Bill Summary for *HB1499 / SB1936 This bill prohibits the commissioner of safety from issuing or renewing any motor vehicle registration unless the application is accompanied by proof that the vehicle and its owner have met the requirements of the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977. This bill requires every registration [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0324. Insurance, Motor Vehicles - Requires liability insurance be maintained on all motor vehicles operated in Tennessee; insurance companies shall notify division of financial responsibility when coverage is terminated; owner of motor vehicle has 60 days to obtain insurance coverage again. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 56. Fiscal Summary for SB0560 / *HB0324(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $800,000 Recurring Exceeds $900,000 One-Time Increase State Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for SB0560 / *HB0324 This bill prohibits the commissioner of safety from issuing or renewing any motor vehicle registration unless the application is accompanied [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1499. Insurance, Motor Vehicles - Enacts the "Mandatory Motor Vehicle Insurance Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 56. Fiscal Summary for SB1936 / *HB1499(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $800,000 Recurring Exceeds $900,000 One-Time $19,800/Incarceration* Increase State Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000** Bill Summary for SB1936 / *HB1499 This bill prohibits the commissioner of safety from issuing or renewing any motor vehicle registration unless the application is accompanied by proof that the vehicle and its owner have met the requirements of the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977. This bill requires every registration [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 278 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0267. Motor Vehicles - Requires motor vehicle dealers to pay off the agreed upon indebtedness on the trade-in vehicle within 30 days after the dealer has received actual payment on the financing contract for the new motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 2 and Title 55. Fiscal Summary for *HB0221 / SB0267State Revenues - Net Impact - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0221 / SB0267 Under present law, when a dealer sells a vehicle, the dealer must execute an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of title or the dealer must execute a bill of sale and deliver the same to the buyer, together with evidence of ownership. This bill adds that the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Public Chapter 278 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0221. Motor Vehicles - Requires motor vehicle dealers to pay off the agreed upon indebtedness on the trade-in vehicle within 30 days after the dealer has received actual payment on the financing contract for the new motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 2 and Title 55. Fiscal Summary for SB0267 / *HB0221State Revenues - Net Impact - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB0267 / *HB0221 Under present law, when a dealer sells a vehicle, the dealer must execute an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of title or the dealer must execute a bill of sale and deliver the same to the buyer, together with evidence of ownership. This bill adds that the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 181 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1600. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Changes the allowable lease under the provisions governing a motor vehicle producer leasing vehicles to employees from "no less than an 18-month closed-end lease" to "no less than a 12-month closed-end lease." - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for *HB0383 / SB1600MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB0383 / SB1600 ON APRIL 30, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1600, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. Under present law, a producer of motor vehicles may lease no more than three motor vehicles, and provide any maintenance ancillary to the motor vehicles, of the same line-make as the producer or any related business entity produces, to each regular full-time working employee under no less than an 18-month closed-end lease. This amendment changes [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1601. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Revises authority of persons holding a security interest or lien in a motor vehicle to transfer such security interest or lien; person transferring a security interest or lien in a motor vehicle is liable for any obligations arising out of such security interest or lien until such time as the assignee is named on the certificate of title as the holder of the security interest or lien. - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for *HB0384 / SB1601Decrease State Revenues - $750,000 Bill Summary for *HB0384 / SB1601 This bill amends provisions for the assignment of liens on and security interests in motor vehicles. It maintains that the ability the holder of a security interest in a vehicle has under present law to assign the security interest to another person, but it changes some details [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of TR Bill TextMotor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Prohibits department of revenue from issuing a registration for a motor vehicle unless applicant provides proof of financial responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB0391 / SB0894Increase State Expenditures - $400,000 Recurring $200,000 One-Time Increase State Revenues - Net Impact - Exceeds $8,000,000 Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Exceeds $10,000,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000*
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Latest Action: 02/11/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of TR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4017. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Authorizes secretary of state to set fee for filing of certain liens on motor vehicles; requires house and senate transportation committees to prepare reports on the filing of certain motor vehicle liens with the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for HB4033 / *SB4017 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4033 / *SB4017 Under present law, if a manufacturer's statement of origin or an existing certificate of title on a motor vehicle is unavailable, then a first lienholder or the first lienholder's designee may file a notarized copy of an instrument creating and evidencing a lien or encumbrance on the motor vehicle with the secretary of state. The fee to file the lien is $10.00. [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Transportation Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4065. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Expands disabled veterans free vehicle registration and license plate provision to include any noncommerical vehicle with a GVWR of 9,500 pounds or less; and establishes free driver licenses for disabled veterans. - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for *HB4080 / SB4065Decrease State Revenue - $229,400 Increase State Expenditures - $50,000/One-time Bill Summary for *HB4080 / SB4065 Present law authorizes the issuance of license plates, at no charge, to disabled veterans for private passenger automobiles, recreational vehicles, trucks of one-half or three-quarter ton rating, and motorcycles. This bill expands the types of vehicles for which disabled veterans are authorized to obtain license plates at no cost to include any noncommercial motor vehicle with a manufacturer's [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 1007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4192. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Revises various provisions governing the taxation, titling, registration, and regulation of motor vehicles; requires that University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers' NCAA National Championships new specialty earmarked license plate include commemoration of the 2008 basketball championship. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 65; Title 67 and Chapter 660 of the Public Acts of 2004. Fiscal Summary for *HB4194 / SB4192Other Fiscal Impact - Enacting this legislation will allow the Department of Revenue to continue collecting approximately $6,256,500 per year for two additional years. Such revenue is currently earmarked for the Departments titling and registration system (TRUST system). Absent this legislation, state revenue earmarked for the TRUST system will decrease by $6,256,500 per year. (This funding is included [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of TranSenate Comm Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4033. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Authorizes secretary of state to set fee for filing of certain liens on motor vehicles; requires house and senate transportation committees to prepare reports on the filing of certain motor vehicle liens with the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for *SB4017 / HB4033 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB4017 / HB4033 Under present law, if a manufacturer's statement of origin or an existing certificate of title on a motor vehicle is unavailable, then a first lienholder or the first lienholder's designee may file a notarized copy of an instrument creating and evidencing a lien or encumbrance on the motor vehicle with the secretary of state. The fee to file the lien is $10.00. [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Trans Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4080. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Expands disabled veterans free vehicle registration and license plate provision to include any noncommerical vehicle with a GVWR of 9,500 pounds or less; and establishes free driver licenses for disabled veterans. - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for SB4065 / *HB4080Decrease State Revenue - $229,400 Increase State Expenditures - $50,000/One-time Bill Summary for SB4065 / *HB4080 Present law authorizes the issuance of license plates, at no charge, to disabled veterans for private passenger automobiles, recreational vehicles, trucks of one-half or three-quarter ton rating, and motorcycles. This bill expands the types of vehicles for which disabled veterans are authorized to obtain license plates at no cost to include any noncommercial motor vehicle with a manufacturer's [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1007 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4194. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Revises various provisions governing the taxation, titling, registration, and regulation of motor vehicles; requires that University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers' NCAA National Championships new specialty earmarked license plate include commemoration of the 2008 basketball championship. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 65; Title 67 and Chapter 660 of the Public Acts of 2004. Fiscal Summary for SB4192 / *HB4194Other Fiscal Impact - Enacting this legislation will allow the Department of Revenue to continue collecting approximately $6,256,500 per year for two additional years. Such revenue is currently earmarked for the Departments titling and registration system (TRUST system). Absent this legislation, state revenue earmarked for the TRUST system will decrease by $6,256,500 per year. (This funding is included [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Transportation & Highways of TR Bill TextSpecial License Plates - Authorizes issuance of hummingbird awareness new specialty earmarked plate; allocates 50 percent of funds produced from sale thereof to wildlife resources fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67. Fiscal Summary for HB3828 / *SB3097Increase State Revenue - $5,800/General Fund $29,200/Dedicated Funds Increase State Expenditures - $5,800/One-Time
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of TR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2702. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Requires proof of valid driver license and motor vehicle liability insurance before issuance of registration or renewal of registration for a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB3679 / *SB2702Decrease State Revenue - Net Impact - $11,731,100 Increase State Expenditures - $258,400/One-Time $1,484,000/Recurring Decrease Local Revenue - Net Impact - $20,562,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $376,700 Bill Summary for HB3679 / *SB2702 This bill requires a person to present a valid driver license in order to register a motor vehicle or renew a registration. This bill also requires a person to present proof of compliance with the financial responsibility law in order to register a motor vehicle or renew [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1026 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: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 1001 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3798. Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Authorizes issuance of disabled driver placards to agency providing motor vehicle rentals to disabled clients; applies only to vehicles permanently equipped with a wheelchair ramp or lift; violation is Class B misdemeanor punishable by $200 fine only. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB3610 / *SB3798Increase State Revenue - Less than $47,800 Bill Summary for HB3610 / *SB3798 ON APRIL 21, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3610, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 limits the vehicles for which placards may be issued pursuant to this bill to those vehicles permanently equipped with a wheelchair ramp or lift. This amendment clarifies that use of the placard for a purposes other than those authorized by this bill or the use of [...] show full description
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