Tennessee HB 1720: Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires county clerks to retain $3.00 of the $11.00 fee for noting liens, encumbrances, or mortgages on a certificate of title; requires the retained funds to be earmarked for office supplies and equipment related to the notations. - Amends TCA Section 55-6-101.

Bill Text

HB1720
012022
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HOUSE BILL 1720
By Williams

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
55-6-101, relative to county clerks.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-6-101(a)(2), is amended by
deleting the semi-colon at the end of the subdivision and substituting instead the following:
. Of the eleven-dollar fee, the county clerk shall retain three dollars ($3.00) and remit the
remaining balance of eight dollars ($8.00) to the department. The funds retained by the
county clerk shall be earmarked for office supplies and equipment required to perform
duties in connection with services related to the notation of liens and encumbrances and
the extension of mortgages on certificates of title. Such funds shall be preserved for
these purposes and shall not revert to the county general fund at the end of a budget
year if unexpended;
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-6-101(a)(3), is amended by
deleting the semi-colon at the end of the subdivision and substituting instead the following:
. Of the eleven-dollar fee, the county clerk shall retain three dollars ($3.00) and remit the
remaining balance of eight dollars ($8.00) to the department. The funds retained by the
county clerk shall be earmarked for office supplies and equipment required to perform
duties in connection with services related to the notation of liens and encumbrances and
the extension of mortgages on certificates of title. Such funds shall be preserved for
these purposes and shall not revert to the county general fund at the end of a budget
year if unexpended;
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020, the public welfare requiring it.