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                         PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 193

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 737

   By Representatives Vital, Howell, Hawk, Crawford, McCalmon, Bricken, Davis, White

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 660

                                 By Senators Hensley, Hatcher, Lowe, Powers

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 4 and Section 55-6-
101, relative to vehicle registrations.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-101, is amended by designating
subsection (c) as subdivision (c)(1) and adding the following new subdivisions:

                    (2) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, in the event of a public health
          emergency, natural disaster, or other temporary office closure, a county clerk may
          request a county clerk in a contiguous county for assistance with vehicle registrations,
          renewal of registrations, and services pursuant to§ 55-6-104(a)(1 ). The request must be
          in writing and delivered to the county clerk by standard mail or electronic mail, and must
          specify a period of time for which assistance is requested. Upon receiving a request for
          assistance, the county clerk may complete vehicle registrations, renewal of registrations,
          and services pursuant to § 55-6-104(a)(1) for the time period set forth in the request.
          The county clerk who aids the requesting county clerk shall not collect county-specific
          motor vehicle privilege taxes, as applicable. The aiding county clerk shall provide the
          requesting county clerk with a report of vehicles registered during the period of
          assistance if such report is requested for tax collection purposes. The aiding county clerk
          shall collect any local sales and use taxes at the rate applicable to the county providing
          aid. The aiding county clerk shall remit such taxes to the department in accordance with
          § 55-6-105. Subject to § 67-6-71 0(b)(2) and upon written notification from the aiding
          county clerk, the department shall designate the proceeds of the local sales and use tax
          for allocation to the county providing aid. The aiding county shall provide written notice to
          the department not later than the date upon which the aiding county is required to remit
          such taxes under § 55-6-107(b). Taxes collected by a county providing aid under this
          subdivision (c)(2) must not be refunded to offset rate disparities between the county
          providing aid and the county requesting aid.

                     (3) For issuing certificates of registration and registration plates, for transferring
          registration plates from one (1) motor vehicle to another and issuing a certificate for the
          same, for accepting for surrender certificates of registration and registration plates, for
          each set of registration plates and certificates of registration, a county clerk providing aid
           pursuant to subdivision (c)(2) is entitled to charge to and receive from applicants the
           sum of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) as required under§ 55-6-104(a)(1 ).

           SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 737

PASSED:  March 31, 2025

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                                 CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                       SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

IltL {Jpr; APPROVED this    I
                    day of              2025

BILL LEE, GOVERNOR