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                        ~tate of \!Cennessee

                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 55

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 300

                By Representatives Greg Martin, Hardaway, White, Cepicky,, Lafferty

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 296

                                            By Senators Gardenhire, Rose

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter
10, relative to license plate flippers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-210, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

                    (e) A motor vehicle that is found with an installed license plate flipper may be
          seized or impounded by a law enforcement officer as evidence; provided, that the owner
          or operator of the motor vehicle, if present, must be provided the opportunity to promptly
          remove the license plate flipper if it can be removed safely. A law enforcement officer, in
          the officer's discretion, may direct the owner or operator of the motor vehicle to move the
          vehicle to a location that the officer designates for the safe removal of the license plate
          flipper. If the license plate flipper is removed, then the law enforcement officer may seize
          only the license plate flipper as contraband. If the motor vehicle is impounded, then the
          owner of the vehicle is responsible for payment of towing and impounding fees and
          reasonable costs to remove the license plate flipper.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                       HOUSE BILL NO. 300

PASSED:  March 3, 2025

                               CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                               HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                               -' -         RANDY MClALLy

                               SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

ciHo°"' APPROVED this  day of  t'Y)Gtte.U,  2025

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR