2023 Tennessee Code › Title 55 - MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (§§ 55-1-101 — 55-53-105) › Chapter 4 - REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES (§§ 55-4-NEW — 55-4-702) › Part 2 - SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES (§§ 55-4-201 — 55-4-299) › Section 55-4-271 - Motorcycle registration plate for owner or lessee eligible for national guard plate, state guard plate, memorial plate, or military plate

(a)
(1)
Subject to the requirements of §
55-4-202
, the commissioner is authorized, and shall issue, a registration plate to an owner or lessee of a motorcycle who is otherwise eligible for a national guard plate, enumerated in §
55-4-203(c)(3)
, a Tennessee state guard plate, enumerated in §
55-4-269
, a memorial plate, enumerated in §
55-4-203(c)(4)
, or a military plate, enumerated in §
55-4-203(c)(5)
; provided, however, that the owner or lessee shall comply with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motorcycles; and, except for an owner or lessee eligible for a memorial plate, enumerated in §
55-4-203(c)(4)
, and as provided in §
55-4-255(d)(1)(A)
for an enlisted national guard member, pay the regular fee applicable to motorcycles, and the applicable fee specified in §
55-4-204
, prior to the issuance of any such plate.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the issuance of an additional plate or plates free of charge to an eligible owner or lessee, whether for a motorcycle, authorized motor vehicle, or a combination of the two, above the total number of free plates authorized by §
55-4-261
for former prisoners of war, by §
55-4-258
pertaining to recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, by §
55-4-259
for recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star (Valor), Air Medal (Valor), or the Distinguished Flying Cross, by §
55-4-256
for disabled veterans, including those disabled veterans who choose to receive the Purple Heart plate, pursuant to §
55-4-256(d)
, or by §
55-4-255(d)(1)(A)
for enlisted national guard members, as applicable.
(b)
The motorcycle plates authorized by this section shall be substantially the same in design and configuration, allowing for variations due to size restrictions, as the regular motor vehicle registration plates authorized by §
55-4-203(c)(5)(G)(v)
for combat veterans, by §
55-4-203(c)(5)(G)(ix)
for the Marine Corps League, by §
55-4-255
for national guard members, by §
55-4-269
for state guard members, by §
55-4-260
for Air Medal (Meritorious) and Bronze Star (Meritorious) recipients, by §
55-4-261
for former prisoners of war, by §
55-4-258
pertaining to recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, by §
55-4-259
for recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star (Valor), Air Medal (Valor), or the Distinguished Flying Cross, by §
55-4-256
for disabled veterans, by §
55-4-262
for Pearl Harbor survivors, by §
55-4-257
for holders of the Purple Heart, by §
55-4-254
for members of the United States reserve forces, by §
55-4-263
for enemy evadees, by §
55-4-252
for active and retired members of the United States military and the United States military reserves in good standing, or by §
55-4-253
for honorably discharged veterans, as applicable.
(c)
The funds produced from the sale and renewal of the motorcycle plates shall be allocated in accordance with §
55-4-216
for the military plates enumerated in §
55-4-203(c)(5)(G)
, and in accordance with §
55-4-218
for the national guard plates enumerated in §
55-4-203(c)(3)
and the memorial plates enumerated in §
55-4-203(c)(4)
, as applicable.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1023, s 49, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966,s 26, eff. 5/19/2014.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966,s 20, eff. 5/19/2014.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966,s 19, eff. 5/19/2014.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 318, s 5, eff. 5/13/2013.
Acts 2005, ch. 506, § 19; 2010 , ch. 1151, § 40; 2011 , ch. 491, §§ 26, 27.