Tennessee SB 1694: Motor Vehicles - As enacted, increases, from $400 to $1,500, the minimum property damage threshold for which a motor vehicle accident requires a written report to be filed with the department of safety, except in cases of damage to state or local government property; increases, from $500 to $1,500, the property damage threshold differentiating a Class B misdemeanor from a Class A misdemeanor for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 12.

Bill Text

SB1694
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HOUSE BILL 1515
By Hulsey

SENATE BILL 1694
By Lundberg

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55,
Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 12, relative to
property damage resulting from a vehicular
accident.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-102(b), is amended by
deleting the language "five hundred dollars ($500)" wherever it appears and substituting instead
the language "one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500)".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-107(a), is amended by
deleting the language "four hundred dollars ($400)" and substituting instead the language "one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500)".
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-12-104(a), is amended by
deleting the language "four hundred dollars ($400)" and substituting instead the language "one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500)".
SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-12-105(a), is amended by
deleting the language "four hundred dollars ($400)" and substituting instead the language "one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500)".
SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-12-105, is amended by deleting
the language "five hundred dollars ($500)" wherever it appears and substituting instead the
language "one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500)".
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019, the public welfare requiring it.