2021 Tennessee Code
Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 15 - Motor Carriers
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 65-15-111. Safety Rules and Regulations — Inspection of Vehicles, Etc

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1. The department of safety, by the authority vested in it by this part to license, supervise and regulate certain motor vehicles operating on the highways of Tennessee, shall periodically promulgate such safety rules and regulations as the department of safety deems necessary to govern and control the safety operations and safe use of equipment by the following:
   
   
   1. Each holder of an interstate or intrastate permit;
      
   2. Any individual, corporation or partnership operating a motor vehicle in commerce which has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of ten thousand and one (10,001) or more pounds, or the motor vehicle is designed to transport more than fifteen (15) passengers, including the driver; and
      
   3. Any individual, corporation or partnership operating a motor vehicle of any gross vehicle weight transporting hazardous material. The safety rules and regulations described in this chapter do not apply to any motor vehicle transporting nonhazardous materials for farm purposes which does not travel outside the boundaries of this state.
   
   
   1. The department of safety shall inspect and certify all homemade or materially reconstructed trailers, semi-trailers, and pole trailers which are required to be titled or registered in accordance with title 55, Chapters 1 6, for compliance with all applicable safety rules and regulations promulgated by the department of safety.
      
   2. The fee for such inspection to be collected by the department of safety is twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per trailer inspected. The department of safety may promulgate rules and regulations to implement this subsection (e).
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