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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 60
SENATE BILL NO. 213
By Gardenhire, Powers
Substituted for: House Bill No. 303
By Greg Martin
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19, relative
to auctions of previously titled motor vehicles that are antique or unique.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-17-120, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
( )(1) Notwithstanding this part, a motor vehicle dealer license is not required to sell or
purchase previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles through an auction format
held in conjunction with a motor vehicle festival:
(A) Held at a municipal convention center, as defined in § 7-4-101,
located in a county with a population of not less than three hundred sixty-six
thousand two hundred (366,200) and not more than three hundred sixty-six
thousand three hundred (366,300), according to the 2020 federal census or any
subsequent census; and
(8) For which a portion of the festival's proceeds are donated to a
hospital neurological institute located in a county with a population of not less
than three hundred sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200) and not more than
three hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred (366,300), according to the
2020 federal census or any subsequent census.
(2) This subsection ( ) is repealed on October 22, 2025.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-19-128, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
( )(1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(9), a motor vehicle dealer license is not required
to sell or purchase previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles through an auction
format held in conjunction with a motor vehicle festival:
(A) Held at a municipal convention center, as defined in § 7-4-101,
located in a county with a population of not less than three hundred sixty-six
thousand two hundred (366,200) and not more than three hundred sixty-six
thousand three hundred (366,300), according to the 2020 federal census or any
subsequent census; and
(8) For which a portion ·of the festival's proceeds are donated to a
hospital neurological institute located in a county with a population of not less
than three hundred sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200) and not more than
three hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred (366,300), according to the
2020 federal census or any subsequent census.
(2) This subsection () is n~pealed on October 22, 2025.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect October 17, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 213
PASSED: March 17, 2025
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMelil>N SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
as~ APPROVED this day of r(\O(c.lr-.., 2025
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