Tennessee § 55-50-323 - Fees.

§ 55-50-323. Fees.

The fees charged for eight-year driver licenses shall be as set by this subsection (a). For any license term other than eight (8) years, the fee shall be appropriately prorated; provided, that for Class D, Class M, and photo identification licenses, there shall be deducted from the gross prorated fee the amount of two dollars ($2.00). The fees charged for driver licenses shall be as follows: For Class A and renewal thereof, sixty-four dollars ($64.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired; For Classes B and C and renewal thereof, fifty-six dollars ($56.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired; For Class D and renewal thereof, twenty-six dollars ($26.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired; For Class M and renewal thereof, twenty-six dollars ($26.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired; For Class P, a fee equal to the fee for the particular class license for which the person is applying until cancelled, revoked, suspended or expired; In addition to the above fees, any person applying for a special endorsement, or renewal thereof, shall pay an additional two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each endorsement; For a restricted license, sixty-five dollars ($65.00) until cancelled, revoked or suspended; For any commercial upgrade from Class C to Class B, or Class B to Class A, fifteen dollars ($15.00); For the first duplicate of any license herein provided, during a regular renewal cycle, six dollars ($6.00), and for the second and subsequent duplicate during a regular renewal cycle, ten dollars ($10.00); For a photo identification card, or renewal thereof, ten dollars ($10.00) until cancelled or expired. The fee charged for a photo identification license or renewal of a photo identification license issued pursuant to § 55-50-331(g) shall be the same as the fee charged for an eight-year photo identification license pursuant to this subsection (a); Any person with an intellectual or physical disability unable to obtain a regular operator's license may be issued a photo identification license. For the purpose of this subdivision (a)(2)(J)(ii), a “person with an intellectual disability” means an individual having significantly deficient or sub-average general intellectual functioning either from birth or originating during the developmental period and that is associated with an impairment of adaptive behavior. The intellectual or physical disability shall be verified by letter from a physician licensed to practice in Tennessee, and the person shall furnish satisfactory proof of the person's identity by birth certificate or any other satisfactory document substantiating the person's identity. Upon submission of an application and satisfactory verification of intellectual or physical disability and proof of identity, the department shall issue, without charge, a permanent Tennessee photo identification license having printed prominently thereon the following statement: “FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY, NOT VALID FOR VEHICULAR OPERATION”; For any person sixty (60) years of age or older who, on or after January 1, 2013, elects to renew a nonphoto bearing license, the fee for the license shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00); provided, that the license is an operator (Class D or M) with no endorsements; No person sixty (60) years of age or older who, prior to January 1, 2013, elected to obtain a nonphoto bearing license shall be required to obtain a driver license with a color photograph on or after January 1, 2013; If a Class C or Class B is upgraded to a Class A before the end of the renewal cycle, the applicant must pay the appropriate application and commercial upgrade fees; If a Class C is upgraded to a Class B before the end of the renewal cycle, the applicant must pay the appropriate application and commercial upgrade fees; If a Class P is upgraded to a Class A, B, C, D or M within one (1) year of date of issuance, there will be no upgrade fee required; and Notwithstanding this section, any person applying for a school bus endorsement, as defined in § 55-50-102(22)(E), or renewal thereof, shall pay a total fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each school bus endorsement. For the purposes of this section, “driver license” includes intermediate driver license. The fee charged for any temporary driver license issued pursuant to § 55-50-331(g) shall be the same as the fee charged for an eight-year Class D license. Acts 1937, ch. 90, § 6; 1943, ch. 56, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 2715.14 (Williams, §§ 2715.19, 2715.19a); Acts 1955, ch. 114, § 4; 1967, ch. 97, § 1; 1967, ch. 370, § 1; 1969, ch. 176, §§ 1, 2; 1970, ch. 352, § 1; 1972, ch. 652, § 1; 1974, ch. 444, §§ 3, 4; 1974, ch. 748, § 31; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-707; Acts 1980, ch. 817, § 1; 1982, ch. 767, § 1; 1984, ch. 942, § 1; 1987, ch. 446, § 9; 1988, ch. 584, § 7; T.C.A., §§ 55-7-107 , 55-7-323 ; Acts 1990, ch. 830, § 1; 1992, ch. 791, § 4; 2000, ch. 700, § 10; 2004, ch. 778, § 5; 2007, ch. 194, §§ 14, 15; 2011, ch. 47, §§ 63, 64; 2011, ch. 158, § 28; 2011, ch. 208, § 1; 2012, ch. 1071, §§ 1, 2; 2015, ch. 348, §§ 2-5; 2016, ch. 1008, § 2; 2019, ch. 145, § 1. Code Commission Notes. Former subsections (a) and (b), concerning former fees for driver licenses, were deleted as obsolete by the code commission in 2012. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2000, ch. 700, § 13 provided that the commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of the act. As to licenses issued on or after July 1, 1989, the distinction between “operator's” and “chauffeur's” licenses no longer exists, and all driver licenses are issued in one of the classes in § 55-50-102 . See also § 55-50-305 . Acts 2000, ch. 700, § 14 provided that the act shall only take effect if sufficient funds to implement the provisions of the act are included in the general appropriations act for the fiscal year in which the act becomes effective. Sufficient funds to implement Acts 2000, ch. 700 were included in the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2000. Acts 2004, ch. 778, § 9 provided that the department is authorized to promulgate public necessity rules to implement the provisions of the act by July 1, 2004. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 107 provided that nothing in the legislation shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the eligibility for services or the rights or responsibilities of individuals covered by the provision on the day before the date of enactment of this legislation, which was July 1, 2011. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 108 provided that the provisions of the act are declared to be remedial in nature and all provisions of the act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. Cross-References. Commercial driver license application fee, § 55-50-406 .