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TN Code § 55-51-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motorcycle Rider Education and Safety|§ 55-51-104. Motorcycle Rider Safety Fund

  The motorcycle rider safety fund is established in the state treasury and, subject to the general appropriations act, shall be available on a continual basis to the department which shall administer the moneys. Moneys from the fund made available to the department shall only be used for administration of the motorcycle rider education program and for expenses relating to the program including, but not limited to, instructor training, licensing improvement, alcohol and drug education, public awareness, a driver improvement program for motorcyclists, technical assistance, program promotion, and other motorcycle safety programs. Funds may also be used for reimbursement of organizations with course sites. The department shall establish standards for disbursements of funds.   Two dollars ($2.00) of the annual registration fee for each registered motorcycle shall be credited to the fund as established in subsection (a).   One dollar ($1.00) of the application fee for a motorcycle operator learner's permit shall be credited to the fund as established in subsection (a).   One dollar ($1.00) of the fee for each original motorcycle operator's license or endorsement and for each renewal shall be credited to the fund as established in subsection (a).
TN Code § 55-51-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motorcycle Rider Education and Safety|§ 55-51-105. Advisory Committee

  The director shall by regulation establish a motorcycle rider education program advisory committee to assist in the development of the motorcycle rider education program. The committee shall also monitor the program upon its implementation and report to the director as necessary with recommendations including, but not limited to, the administration, application, and substance of the program. The committee shall consist of five (5) members, including a chair, appointed by the director. One (1) member selected shall be a resident of each grand division, two (2) members shall be selected from the state at large, and not more than two (2) members shall be residents of the same grand division.   Three (3) members shall be qualified motorcycle wholesalers, dealers, or retailers licensed in this state. All shall be of good moral character and each shall have been actually engaged in the distribution or sale of motorcycles in this state for not less than three (3) consecutive years preceding the appointment, and each shall have the necessary qualifications for the applicable license under chapter 17 of this title, and be the holder of the  license at all times while a member of the committee.   Two (2) members shall be consumer members of the advisory committee, who shall be citizens of this state, who shall have a valid motorcycle operator's license, and who shall have no interest, direct or indirect, in the commercial manufacture or sale of motorcycles.   The committee shall meet at the call of the director. Members shall serve without compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for their travel expenses while engaged in business of the committee. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 55-51-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motorcycle Rider Education and Safety|§ 55-51-106. Insurance Discount

  The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall fix and establish premium charges for admitted insurers so as to provide a ten percent (10%) reduction in premium rates for motorcycle liability insurance to qualified licensed motorcycle operators who provide proof of successful completion of a state approved rider training course.   The premium reduction shall remain in effect for the qualifying insured persons for a period of three (3) years from the date of successful completion of an approved course, except that the insurer may elect to apply the premium reduction beginning at the next renewal date of the policy and continuing for a period of three (3) years.   This section shall not apply to insured operators of autocycles.
TN Code § 55-51-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 51 - Motorcycle Rider Education and Safety|§ 55-51-107. Licensing Skills Test Examination

 The director may exempt applicants for a reinstated or an original motorcycle operator license from the licensing skills and/or knowledge test if they present proof of successful completion of a rider training course that includes a similar test of skills and/or knowledge that is approved by the department and licensing officials. No licensing skills or knowledge examination required by this chapter shall be required for renewal of a motorcycle operator license.
TN Code § 55-53-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 53 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices|§ 55-53-101. “Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device” Defined

 As used in this chapter, “electric personal assistive mobility device” or “EPAMD” means a self-balancing, two (2) nontandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one (1) person, with an electric propulsion system with average power of seven hundred fifty (750) watts or one horse power (1 hp.), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system while ridden by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds (170 lbs.), is less than twenty miles per hour (20 mph).
TN Code § 55-53-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 53 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices|§ 55-53-102. Governing Provisions

  The regulation and operation of EPAMDs shall be governed exclusively by this chapter.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an EPAMD shall not be considered to be a “vehicle,” “motor vehicle,” “passenger motor vehicle,” “passenger car,” “motorcycle,” “motorized bicycle,” “motor bicycle,” “motor-driven cycle,” “motor scooter” or “all-terrain vehicle” within the meaning of the laws of this state and no provisions of law relating to vehicles, motor vehicles, passenger motor vehicles, passenger cars, motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motor bicycles, motor-driven cycles, motor scooters or all-terrain vehicles shall apply to EPAMDs unless specified in this chapter, including, but not limited to, any provisions of chapter 12, part 1 of this title and any law relating to motor vehicle registration, licensing, operation or equipment.
TN Code § 55-53-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 53 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices|§ 55-53-103. Equipment Requirements

 An EPAMD shall be equipped with a system that when employed will enable the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop and, if the EPAMD is operated between one-half (½) hour after sunset and one-half (½) hour before sunrise, front, rear and side reflectors and a lamp emitting a white light that, while the EPAMD is in motion, illuminates the area in front of the operator and is visible from a distance of three hundred feet (300') in front of and from the sides of the EPAMD; provided, however, that the provisions of this section requiring the use of reflectors and a lamp during the period between one-half (½) hour after sunset and one-half (½) hour before sunrise shall be deemed to be satisfied if the operator of the EPAMD wears a personal headlight and reflectors.
TN Code § 55-53-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 53 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices|§ 55-53-104. Construction — Operation on Highways

  Nothing in this chapter or in any other law of this state shall be construed to limit the operation of an EPAMD on the public highways, sidewalks, bike trails and bicycle routes of this state except as otherwise set forth in this chapter.   A person operating an EPAMD shall obey all speed limits for motor vehicles and shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and human powered devices at all times.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the department of transportation shall have the authority to regulate or prohibit the operation of EPAMDs on any highway within its jurisdiction if it determines that the regulation or prohibition is necessary in the interest of public safety.
TN Code § 55-53-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 53 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices|§ 55-53-105. Regulation of Use

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no county, city or town may institute a general prohibition on the use or operation of EPAMDs; provided, that any county, city or town may reasonably regulate the use or operation of EPAMDs. The regulations may include the restriction, limitation or exclusion on the use or operation of EPAMDs, if necessary, in the interest of public safety or in the interest of the preservation of natural areas and only to the same extent as bicycles are restricted, limited or excluded.
TN Code § 56-14-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-101. Short Title — Applicability

  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Surplus Lines Insurance Act.” This part shall apply to surplus lines transactions where the insured's home state, as defined by § 56-14-102, is this state.   This chapter shall apply to surplus lines transactions where the insured's home state, as defined by § 56-14-102, is this state.
TN Code § 56-14-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-103. Surplus Lines Insurance Authorized

  If insurance coverages of insureds, whose home state is this state, cannot be procured from admitted companies after diligent effort, except if an exempt commercial purchaser, the coverages, designated as surplus lines insurance, may be procured from unauthorized companies, subject to the following conditions:  The insurance must be eligible for surplus lines under § 56-14-105;   The insurer must be an eligible surplus lines insurer under § 56-14-109;   The writing agent must be a licensed surplus lines agent; and   Any other applicable provisions of this chapter must be followed.     Any surplus lines insurance of an insured, whose home state is this state, shall be deemed to be insurance procured, or continued or renewed in this state for purposes of subsection (a).
TN Code § 56-14-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-104. Surplus Lines Agent's License

  The commissioner may issue a surplus lines license to any agent licensed pursuant to chapter 6 of this title. Such license shall grant the agent authority to procure the kinds of insurance provided for in this chapter from unauthorized companies in this state under the conditions prescribed in this chapter.   Every license issued pursuant to this section shall be for a twenty-four month term. A license fee in the amount of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) shall be paid to the commissioner in advance of issuance or renewal of a license. Licenses expiring on December 31, 2011, shall be extended until the next scheduled renewal of a producer's license issued under chapter 6 of this title and may be renewed biennially thereafter. New licenses issued on or after January 1, 2012, may be renewed for ensuing periods of twenty-four (24) months expiring on the last day of the producer's birth month.   Before the commissioner may issue or renew a license, the agent seeking licensure or renewal of a license shall file an application in a form that the commissioner prescribes.   Before a license is issued, the applicant shall hold a valid license from the department authorizing the applicant to write the coverages provided for in this chapter with a company licensed to transact business in this state. The commissioner may participate in the NAIC producer licensing database.   An agent licensed pursuant to this section may accept insurance provided for in this chapter from any insurance producer licensed pursuant to chapter 6 of this title and place that insurance with an eligible surplus lines insurer licensed pursuant to this chapter. The agent may compensate the insurance producer according to § 56-14-115.
TN Code § 56-14-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-105. Eligibility for Surplus Lines Insurance

  No insurance coverage shall be eligible for surplus lines insurance unless the full amount of insurance required is not procurable, after a diligent effort has been made to do so, from among the authorized companies licensed to transact and actually writing such kind and class of insurance in this state, and the amount of insurance eligible for surplus lines shall be only the amount in excess of the amount procurable from licensed insurers.   Subsection (a) shall not apply to exempt commercial purchasers if the surplus lines agent procuring or placing the policy has disclosed to the exempt commercial purchaser that such insurance may or may not be available from admitted companies that may provide greater protection with more regulatory oversight, and the exempt commercial purchaser has subsequently requested in writing that the surplus lines agent procure or place such insurance from a nonadmitted company.   Policy or contract forms shall not be eligible unless the use:  Is reasonably necessary for the principal purposes of the coverage;   Would not be contrary to the purposes of the coverage; or   Would not be contrary to the purposes of this chapter with respect to the reasonable protection of authorized companies from unwarranted competition by unauthorized companies.     The following kinds of insurance shall not be eligible for surplus lines insurance:  Primary personal automobile liability;   Surety; and   Workers' compensation, except as provided in subsection (a).
TN Code § 56-14-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-107. Requirements for Surplus Lines Contracts

  For each insured whose home state is Tennessee, every new or renewed insurance contract certificate, cover note or other confirmation of insurance procured and delivered as a surplus line insurance coverage pursuant to this chapter shall bear the name and address of the writing agent and shall have stamped, affixed, or printed upon it the following:  This insurance contract is with an insurer not licensed to transact insurance in this state and is issued and delivered as a surplus lines coverage pursuant to the Tennessee insurance statutes.    The document shall show the description and location of the subject of the insurance, coverage, conditions, and term of the insurance, the premium and rate charged and premium taxes to be collected from the insured and the name and address of the insured and insurer. If the direct risk is assumed by more than one (1) insurer, the document shall state the name and address and proportion of the entire direct risk assumed by each insurer.
TN Code § 56-14-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-108. Eligibility of Surplus Lines Insurers

  An insurer shall not engage in the transaction of insurance unless authorized to do so pursuant to a valid license, exempted by this chapter or otherwise exempted by the insurance laws of this state.   A person who does not have a valid license as required by § 56-14-104 shall not engage in the transaction of insurance or act in this state directly as an agent for a nonadmitted insurer in the procurement of insurance, or renewals of insurance.   A person who represents or aids a nonadmitted insurer in violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 56-14-117. No insurance contract entered into in violation of this section shall preclude the insured from enforcing the insured's rights under the contract in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract of insurance and the laws of this state, to the same degree those rights would have been enforceable had the contract been lawfully procured.   This section shall not apply to a person, properly licensed as an agent or broker in this state who, for a fee and pursuant to a written agreement, is engaged solely to offer the insured advice, counsel or opinion, or service with respect to the benefits, advantages or disadvantages promised under any proposed or in-force policy of insurance if the person does not, directly or indirectly, participate in the solicitation, negotiation, or procurement of insurance on behalf of the insured.   This section shall not apply to a person acting in material compliance with the insurance laws of this state in the placement of the types of insurance identified in subdivisions (e)(1)–(5):  Surplus lines insurance as provided in § 56-14-103. For the purposes of this subsection (e), a license shall be deemed to be in material compliance with the insurance laws of this state, unless the licensee committed a violation of § 56-14-103 that proximately caused loss to the insured;   Transactions for which a certificate of authority to do business is not required of an insurer under the insurance laws of this state;   Reinsurance, unless the commissioner waives the requirements of this subdivision (e)(3):  The assuming insurer is authorized to engage in an insurance or reinsurance business by its domiciliary jurisdiction and is authorized to write the type of reinsurance in its domiciliary jurisdiction; and   The assuming insurer satisfies all legal requirements for such reinsurance in the state of domicile of the ceding insurer;     The property and operation of railroads or aircraft engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, wet marine, and transportation insurance; and   Transactions subsequent to issuance of a policy not covering properties risks or exposures located, or to be performed in this state at the time of issuance, and lawfully solicited, written or delivered outside this state.
TN Code § 56-14-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-109. Unauthorized Insurers

  No surplus lines agent shall place any coverage with a unauthorized insurer that is not an eligible surplus lines insurer as provided under this section.   No unauthorized insurer shall be or become an eligible surplus lines insurer, unless:  The unauthorized insurer is a United States domiciled insurer and it is authorized to write the type of insurance in its domiciliary jurisdiction and one of the following criteria is met:  The unauthorized insurer has capital and surplus or its equivalent under the laws of its domiciliary jurisdiction which equals the greater of:   The minimum capital and surplus requirements under the law of this state; or   Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000); or     If the unauthorized insurer does not satisfy the requirements of subdivision (b)(1)(A), the commissioner makes an affirmative finding that the unauthorized insurer is acceptable. The commissioner's finding shall be based upon such facts as quality of management, capital and surplus of any parent company, company underwriting profit and investment income trends, market availability and company record and reputation within the industry. In no event shall the commissioner make an affirmative finding of acceptability when the unauthorized insurer's capital and surplus is less than four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000); or     The unauthorized insurer is not a United States domiciled insurer but is listed by the NAIC International Insurers Department.     If, at any time the commissioner has reason to believe that any unauthorized insurer then on the list of eligible surplus lines insurers no longer meets conditions of eligibility, has willfully violated the laws of this state or does not conduct a proper claims practice, the commissioner may declare it ineligible.   The commissioner shall promptly mail notice of all declarations made pursuant to subsection (c) to each surplus lines agent at the agent's most recent address that is on record with the commissioner.
TN Code § 56-14-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-110. Validity of Contracts

  Insurance contracts procured as surplus line insurance coverage from unauthorized companies in accordance with this chapter shall be fully valid and enforceable as to all parties, and shall be given recognition in all matters and respects to the same effect and extent as like contracts issued by authorized companies.   A contract of insurance placed in effect by an unauthorized company in violation of this chapter is unenforceable by the company. The insured shall not be precluded from enforcing the insured's rights in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract.
TN Code § 56-14-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-111. Liability of Surplus Lines Insurer for Losses and Unearned Premiums

  If an unauthorized company has assumed the risk in accordance with this chapter, and if the premium for the insurance has been received by the surplus lines agent who placed the insurance, then in all questions thereafter arising under the coverage as between the insurance company and the insured, the insurance company shall be deemed to have received the premium due to it for the coverage. The insurance company shall be liable to the insured as to losses covered by the insurance, and for unearned premiums that may become payable to the insured upon cancellation of the insurance, whether or not, in fact, the surplus lines agent is indebted to the insurer with respect to the insurance, or for any other cause.   Each unauthorized company assuming a surplus lines insurance risk under this chapter shall be deemed to have subjected itself to the requirements of this section.
TN Code § 56-14-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-112. Actions Against Insurer — Service of Process

  An unauthorized company may be sued upon any cause of action arising in this state under any surplus lines insurance contract issued by it or certificate, cover note or other confirmation of the insurance issued by the surplus lines agent, pursuant to the same procedure as is provided for unauthorized insurers in chapter 2, part 6 of this title and § 56-7-105(b). The policy issued by the insurer, or any certificate of insurance issued by the surplus lines agent, shall contain a provision stating the substance of this section and designating the person to whom the commissioner shall mail process.   Each unauthorized company assuming a surplus lines insurance risk pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to have subjected itself to the requirements of this section.   This section shall be cumulative to any other methods that may be provided by law for service of process upon the insurer.
TN Code § 56-14-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-114. Advertising

 Any agent who is granted a surplus lines license in accordance with this chapter may bring announcements or statements before the public in respect to the agent's ability to place surplus lines insurance as may be permitted by this chapter.
TN Code § 56-14-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 14 - Surplus Lines Insurance|§ 56-14-115. Commissions

 Agents licensed in accordance with this chapter shall not pay the whole or any part of the commission on surplus lines insurance to any person, except that the commissions may be shared or divided with any other person licensed by the commissioner as a surplus lines agent or licensed pursuant to chapter 6 of this title.