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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1123

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2221

                                               By Yager, Mr. Speaker McNally

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2097

             By Reedy, Hill, Eldridge, Lamberth, Faison, Keisling, Russell, Behn, Hale, Sherrell

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15, relative to ambulances.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1506(a), is amended by deleting the
language "fifty dollars ($50.00) per calendar day for each day" and substituting instead the language
"five percent (5%) of the principal amount owed per month for each month".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1509, is amended by deleting the
language "June 30, 2026" and substituting instead the language "June 30, 2027".

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2221

PASSED:  April 21, 2026

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