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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 83

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 119
                             By Representatives Lamberth, Cochran, Tim Hicks

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1300
                                                   By Senator Johnson

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-12-139, relative to proof of
financial responsibility_
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-12-139(b)(2)(B), is amended by
deleting "commissioner of safety" and substituting "commissioner of revenue".

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 119

PASSED:  March 1O, 2025

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                              CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                    SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

APPROVED this J(b'tL. day of r:Y\c.w::CL            2025

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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