Tennessee SB 283: Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, removes weekend and federal holiday driving restriction for antique motor vehicles and allows them to be used for general transportation any day of the week; provided, that they are not driven more than 5,000 miles annually. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

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HOUSE BILL 263
By Carr

SENATE BILL 283
By Haile

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55,
Chapter 4, relative to antique motor vehicles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-111(b)(1), is amended by
deleting the subdivision in its entirety and substituting instead the following:
(1) Upon receipt of an application on a form prescribed by the commissioner,
applying for registration and certifying that the motor vehicle for which registration is
being applied is an "antique motor vehicle," the commissioner may issue license plates
to owners of antique motor vehicles in accordance with part 2 of this chapter. These
license plates shall bear the word "ANTIQUE" in capital letters at the bottom of their
plate, and a unique identifying number in the center of the plate. For the purpose of this
section, "antique motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle over twenty-five (25) years old
with a nonmodified engine and body that is used:
(A) For participation in, or transportation to and from, club activities,
exhibits, tours, parades, and similar uses as a collector's item; and
(B) For general transportation; provided, that the motor vehicle is not
driven more than five thousand (5,000) miles annually.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-111(b)(3), is amended by
deleting the language ", or operating an antique motor vehicle for general transportation
purposes on a day other than Saturday or Sunday or a federal holiday,".
SECTION 3. The Commissioner of Revenue is authorized to promulgate rules to
effectuate the purposes of this Act. All such rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the

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Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in Tennessee Code Annotated Title 4,
Chapter 5.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring
it.