Tennessee § 55-4-112 - Registration fees for private and commercial motor vehicles operating for hire and transporting passengers — Fees deemed additional to certain registration fees.

§ 55-4-112. Registration fees for private and commercial motor vehicles operating for hire and transporting passengers — Fees deemed additional to certain registration fees.

The registration fees for private and commercial motor vehicles operating for hire who transport passengers shall be as follows: Motor vehicles with not more than seven (7) seats for passengers $ 47.13 Motor vehicles with over seven (7) seats and not more than fifteen (15) seats for passengers $ 96.63 Motor vehicles with over fifteen (15) seats and not more than twenty-five (25) seats for passengers $ 162.63 Motor vehicles with over twenty-five (25) seats and not more than thirty-five (35) seats for passengers $ 245.12 Motor vehicles with over thirty-five (35) seats for passengers $ 327.63 Where any route over which a private or commercial motor vehicle operating for hire is operated is exclusively within the limits of a municipality of the state, or where the route is partially within and partially without the limits of a municipality of the state, but does not extend more than fifteen (15) miles beyond the municipal limits, or where the route is wholly within the limits of a metropolitan government created under title 7, chapter 1, the fees shall be in addition to the registration fees set out in § 55-4-111 for passenger motor vehicles, fifty-five cents (55¢) for each passenger seat, with a minimum fee of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50) for any single vehicle. The applicant must submit an affidavit confirming the route mileage and seating capacity of any vehicle registering under this provision. Personal buses that are not used in a trade or business shall be subject to the registration fee set out in § 55-4-111(a)(1), Class (B). All buses not subject to the registration fees set out in this section or in § 55-4-111 shall be subject to the registration fees set out in § 55-4-113(a)(2). Acts 1951, ch. 70, § 84 (Williams, § 5538.184); Acts 1955, ch. 52, § 8; 1957, ch. 383, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; Acts 1961, ch. 327, § 1; 1963, ch. 277, § 1; 1976, ch. 418, § 1; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-422; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 98, § 4; 2002, ch. 856, §§ 8b, 8c; 2009, ch. 530, § 111; 2017, ch. 181, §§ 4, 5. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1999, ch. 98, § 15, provided that it was the intent of that act that any registration issued prior to January 1, 2000, shall remain valid until the expiration. Acts 2002, ch. 856, § 8(o) provided that notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all revenues attributable to statutory changes effectuated by the provisions of § 8 of that act shall be deposited exclusively in the state's general fund and shall be allocated for general state purposes in accordance with the provisions of the General Appropriations Act. Acts 2002, ch. 856, § 13 provided that no expenditure of public funds pursuant to that act shall be made in violation of the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 2000 d. Acts 2017, ch. 181, § 1 provided that the act, which amended this section, shall be known and may be cited as the “Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act” or the “2017 Tax Cut Act.” Cross-References. Ridesharing, applicability of additional fees, § 65-19-206 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 4 Tenn. Juris., Automobiles, § 29. Attorney General Opinions. Registration of school bus owned by a private contractor and operated under contract with the county to provide transportation to students attending county schools. OAG 15-53, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 53 (6/25/15).