Tennessee SB 2828: Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires registration plates for private passenger motor vehicles issued to drivers with disabilities to be issued containing the national motto language. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 2849
By Hill

SENATE BILL 2828
By Crowe

SB2828
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55,
Chapter 21, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4, relative
to registration plates issued for persons with
disabilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-103(b)(5)(A), is amended by
deleting the language "pursuant to this section" and substituting instead the language "pursuant
to this section or § 55-21-103".
SECTION 2. Registration plates for private passenger motor vehicles issued pursuant to
Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-21-103, must be issued containing the national motto
language as described in Section 1 of this act upon the depletion of the existing inventory being
utilized by the department of revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall ensure that a
sufficient number of registration plates issued pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
55-21-103, without the national motto language are available to be issued in addition to those
with the language.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.