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TN Code § 65-15-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-104. Sight-Seeing Buses Not Exempt

 Motor vehicles, for which passengers are solicited, and which are operated to and from points of interest in or near any city, and which, therefore, perform the same service as a sight-seeing bus, are not excepted from this part, and this part shall apply to such motor vehicles, whether the same be called “buses” or “for hire cars” or by any other name.
TN Code § 65-15-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-105. Interstate Commerce and Government Business Excepted

 Neither this part nor any provision thereof shall be construed to regulate or apply to commerce with foreign nations, or commerce among the several states of the United States, or to business conducted for the government of the United States, except insofar as the same may be permitted under the Constitution of the United States and the acts of congress.
TN Code § 65-15-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-107. Interstate Permits

  It is unlawful for any motor carrier, contract hauler, or exempt for-hire motor carrier to use any of the public highways of this state for the transportation of persons or property, or both, in interstate or intrastate commerce, without first having received a permit from the department or from any state designated as the base jurisdiction state for that carrier pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 11506 [omitted] as amended by § 4005 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Violators are subject to penalty pursuant to § 65-15-113.   Such interstate permits, when issued, shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the department may thereafter legally prescribe.
TN Code § 65-15-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-108. Void and Unenforceable Covenants, Promises, Agreements or Understandings Concerning Motor Carrier Transportation Contracts

  A covenant, promise, agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to a motor carrier transportation contract purporting to indemnify the promisee against liability for damages resulting from the negligence of the promisee, the promisee's agents or employees, or indemnitee, is against public policy and is void and unenforceable.   Subsection (a) shall not apply to the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use or possession of intermodal chassis, containers or other intermodal equipment.
TN Code § 65-15-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-110. Liability Insurance Requirements. [For Contingent Operation, See the Compiler's notes.]

  No interstate or intrastate permit shall be issued by the department until such carrier shall have filed with the department, and the department shall have approved, a policy of liability insurance or bond and also, in the case of intrastate common carriers, a policy of cargo or passenger insurance in some reliable insurance company or association or other insurer satisfactory to the department and authorized to transact insurance business in this state, in such amount and such forms and upon such conditions as the department may deem necessary to adequately protect the interests of the public in the use of the public highway and with due regard to the number of persons and the amount of property to be transported, which liability or cargo insurance shall bind the obligors thereunder to make compensation for injury to persons, and loss of or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation by such motor carrier or contract hauler. No other or additional policies of insurance, bonds, or licenses than those prescribed herein shall be required of any motor carrier or contract hauler to which this chapter applies by any city, town or other subdivision of this state; provided, that this section shall not be so construed as to interfere with the right of any county, city or other civil subdivision of this state, to levy and collect any lawful tax to which such motor carrier or contract hauler is liable under the general revenue laws of this state within such county, state or other civil subdivision.  [For contingent operation, see the Compiler's notes.]    Any operator of a whitewater rafting outfitting company or other paddle and floating water activity operator who provides services to consumers on intrastate waterways and who transports customers distances not to exceed twenty-five (25) miles by motor carrier shall have filed with the department, and the department shall have approved, a policy of liability insurance in the amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000). Such policy of insurance shall meet the requirements of subsection (a) and shall bind the obligors thereunder to make compensation for injury to persons and for loss of or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation by such operator.
TN Code § 65-15-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-112. Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee — Motor Vehicle Account

   Beginning January 1, 1994, for that calendar year and each calendar year thereafter, every freight motor vehicle required to register with the state pursuant to § 55-4-113, with the exception of those vehicles described in § 55-4-113(4), shall pay a safety inspection fee. This safety inspection fee shall provide a means for the state to exercise its police powers in order to protect the highways, and to promote the safety of the traveling public by the regulation of the use of and safe operation of such vehicles over the highways. This safety inspection fee shall be an amount equal to two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the vehicle registration fees prescribed in § 55-4-113, for those freight motor vehicles subject to the fee. This fee to the department of safety shall be paid in addition to all property, franchise, license, or other taxes, fees and charges assessed or charged by law against the vehicle.   This safety inspection fee shall be paid annually as a part of the registration taxes due to the state for such freight motor vehicles. This fee shall be remitted to the department of revenue and shall be paid over to the department of safety for use in accordance with this section.     It is the duty of the department of safety to keep separate account of the safety inspection fees paid over to it by the department of revenue and to segregate them in an account to be known as the “motor vehicle account.” Any funds remaining in the motor vehicle account at the end of the year shall be carried over from year to year and expended only for the purposes specified in this part.   The department of revenue shall not issue or renew a certificate of registration or permit for any freight motor vehicle that fails to pay the annual safety inspection fee.   A lien is declared, and shall exist, upon all the property of each such certificate or permit holder, which shall be used upon the highways of this state, and upon which such fees shall be properly payable, for the payment of the fees prescribed by this part, together with all penalties accruing hereunder, which lien shall be superior to all other liens, except federal, state, county and municipal taxes.   All fines levied by the department of safety as well as all fees and penalties collected by the department of safety under this part shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the motor vehicle account, and used to defray the expenses incurred by the department in the enforcement of this part.
TN Code § 65-15-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-113. Penalties for Violations

  Notwithstanding Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113, every officer, agent or employee of any corporation, or any other person who knowingly violates or fails to comply with or who procures, aids or abets in the violation of this part, commits a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof for the first offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), for the second offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), and for the third offense be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100). Each day any such provision is violated is a separate offense.   Every officer, agent or employee of any corporation and every other person who knowingly fails to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand or requirement of the department made in pursuance of the power and authority conferred by this part, commits a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Each day any such order, decision, rule or regulation, etc., of the department of safety is violated, is a separate offense. The fact that there may have been a prosecution for the violation of any such order, decision, rule or regulation, etc., of the department of safety under this section does not operate to prevent or limit the commissioner of safety from requesting that the commissioner of revenue suspend or revoke the interstate permit or intrastate permit, or both, as provided in this part and, upon receipt of such a request from the commissioner of safety, the commissioner of revenue shall immediately make the suspension or revocation requested.
TN Code § 65-15-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-115. Powers and Duties — Citizen Transportation Area

  Upon petition by a county mayor or the legislative body of any county, the department of safety is authorized to designate that county a “citizen transportation area” authorizing the use of church buses, privately owned school buses, and private citizens to carry passengers for compensation within the boundaries of the county.   The department of safety in designating the county a “citizen transportation area” shall consider the availability of regular fixed route bus service to the area, the charter service actually provided to the citizens of the area by the existing franchised carriers, the potential service available to the community if regulatory requirements were relaxed, and whether the transportation needs of the citizens of that area are best met by the existing regulatory statutes.   The designation shall continue until revoked by the department of safety upon due notice and an opportunity to be heard.   However, the department of safety may inspect vehicles for purpose of safety and vehicles shall be subject to § 65-15-111.
TN Code § 65-15-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-116. Passenger Transportation Services

  Notwithstanding this title or title 7, chapter 51, to the contrary, each for-hire motor carrier providing passenger transportation service in a motor vehicle or motor vehicles designed or constructed to accommodate and transport passengers, eight (8) or more in number, services exclusive of the driver, or any motor vehicle transporting passengers who are TennCare enrollees eligible for such transportation services under TennCare, excluding those vehicles licensed and permitted pursuant to title 68, chapter 140, part 3, shall at a minimum:  Maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in value, which shall bind the obligors under the policy to make compensation for injury to persons and for loss of or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation by the driver, unless the transportation provider is a self insured local government or public transportation provider;   Conduct a program of mandatory random drug testing for the operators of its motor vehicles in accordance with regulations promulgated by the United States department of transportation;   Require the operators of its motor vehicles to submit to physical examination every two (2) years, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the United States department of transportation;   Subject each transportation provider operating in the capacity as a passenger transportation service to an annual safety examination compliance review to be conducted by the department of safety. For purposes of this section, “compliance review” means reviewing:  Proof of insurance or self insured status;   Employee random drug testing documents;   Employee physical examination documents; and   Vehicle maintenance records; and     Comply with all other requirements deemed necessary to protect the public safety and welfare as specified by the department of safety in its promulgation of rules and regulations to effectuate such purpose.     The commissioner of safety is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 65-15-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-15-117. Motor Carrier Safety Improvement

  The deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by or as required by a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, shall not be considered when evaluating an individual's status as an employee or independent contractor, or as a jointly employed employee, under any state law.   For purposes of this section, “motor carrier safety improvement” means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate any of the following:  Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;   Safety of a motor vehicle;   Safety of the operator of a motor vehicle; or   Safety of third-party users of public roadways.
TN Code § 65-15-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 2 - Voluntary Safety Inspection|§ 65-15-201. Request for Inspection — Fee — Citing for Violations

 Any corporation, partnership, person or other entity that owns or operates a motor vehicle domiciled in Tennessee and under the jurisdiction of the department and not subject to the inspection fee prescribed in § 65-15-112, may request an on-site inspection by department enforcement officers for the purpose of conducting a safety management audit and for the purpose of inspecting all vehicles subject to the department's jurisdiction. This request shall be in writing and sent certified mail, return receipt requested. The cost of such inspection shall be four dollars ($4.00) per vehicle. All vehicles which pass inspection shall be issued a safety sticker which shall be valid for that quarter of the year in which the sticker was issued. During the on-site inspection, no criminal citation shall be issued except for flagrant safety management violations about which the violator has previously been warned by the department. If the department fails to send an enforcement officer for the purposes of conducting this inspection within thirty (30) days from the receipt of the letter requesting same, the entity requesting the inspection shall be exempt from penalties for mechanical defects, and no citations may be issued for mechanical defects until the on-site inspection has been performed.
TN Code § 65-15-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 2 - Voluntary Safety Inspection|§ 65-15-202. Effect of Valid Safety Sticker

 In enforcing its jurisdiction under this part, the department shall give appropriate consideration to vehicles marked with a valid safety sticker in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance in its Memorandum of Understanding dated July 10, 1985, and subsequent amendments to such Memorandum of Understanding.
TN Code § 65-15-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 2 - Voluntary Safety Inspection|§ 65-15-203. Penalty for Violation of Hours-of-Service Standards

 In fixing a civil or criminal penalty for violators of the hours of service standards set forth in the department's rules against any person operating a motor vehicle marked with a valid safety sticker, the department or court shall take into account whether the violation occurred as a result of an emergency condition beyond the control of the violator.
TN Code § 65-15-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 3 - Transportation Network Companies|§ 65-15-301. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Digital network” means any online-enabled application, software, web site, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers;   “Personal vehicle” means a vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver and is:  Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and   Not a taxicab, limousine, or for-hire vehicle;     “Prearranged ride” means the provision of transportation by a driver to a rider, beginning when a driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the driver transports a requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. A prearranged ride does not include:  Shared expense carpool or vanpool arrangements provided by businesses engaged in the rental of motor vehicles; or   Transportation provided using a taxi, limousine, or other for-hire vehicle regulated pursuant to § 7-51-1003;     “Transportation network company” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides. A transportation network company shall not be deemed to control, direct, or manage the personal vehicles or transportation network company drivers that connect to its digital network, except where agreed to by written contract;   “Transportation network company driver” or “driver” means an individual who:  Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company; and   Uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide a prearranged ride to riders upon connection through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company in return for compensation or payment of a fee; and     “Transportation network company rider” or “rider” means a person or persons who use a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network driver who provides prearranged rides to the rider in the driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider.
TN Code § 65-15-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 3 - Transportation Network Companies|§ 65-15-302. Laws and Regulations Applicable to Transportation Network Companies

  Except as otherwise provided in this part, transportation network companies are governed exclusively by this part.   A transportation network company shall not be deemed to own, control, operate, or manage the personal vehicles used by transportation network company drivers and is not deemed to control or manage transportation network company drivers.   A transportation network company is not subject to any regulations passed by a municipality or other governmental entity governing private passenger for-hire vehicles pursuant to § 7-51-1003 and is not subject to the authority of the department of safety to regulate passenger operations pursuant to part 1 or 2 of this chapter. A transportation network company driver is not a chauffeur as defined in § 55-50-102(7) and is not subject to the requirements relating to commercial driver licenses or commercial vehicles covered under title 55, chapter 50.   Commercial service airports shall have authority to adopt reasonable standards, regulations, procedures, and fees for conducting transportation network services on airport property to promote the safe and efficient use of limited airport resources.
TN Code § 65-15-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 3 - Transportation Network Companies|§ 65-15-303. Agent for Service

 A transportation network company shall maintain an agent for service of process in this state.
TN Code § 65-15-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers|Part 3 - Transportation Network Companies|§ 65-15-304. Duties of Transportation Network Company Operating in State

 A transportation network company operating in this state shall:   Provide riders with any applicable rates charged for a prearranged ride and the option to receive an estimated fare before the rider enters the driver's motor vehicle;   Use a software application or web site to display a picture of the driver and the license plate number of the motor vehicle utilized for providing the prearranged ride before the rider enters the driver's motor vehicle;   Transmit an electronic receipt to the rider within a reasonable time after the completion of a prearranged ride that lists:  The origin and destination of the trip;   The total time and distance of the trip; and   An itemization of the total fare paid, if any;     Implement a zero-tolerance policy on the use of drugs or alcohol by a driver while a driver provides a prearranged ride or is logged into the transportation network company's digital network but is not providing a prearranged ride, and provide notice of this policy on its web site;   Maintain:  Individual trip records for each driver for at least two (2) years from the date each trip was provided by the driver; and   Driver records for no less than two (2) years from the date on which a driver's activation on the transportation network company's digital network has ended;     Conduct, or have a third party conduct, a local and national criminal background check on any potential driver that includes a multistate criminal records locator or other similar commercial nationwide database with validation;   Conduct a national sex offender registry search for any potential driver;   Obtain motor vehicle records for any potential driver;   Comply with § 55-12-141; and   Comply with § 56-7-1118(f).