Tennessee § 55-50-403 - Employer responsibilities.
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§ 55-50-403. Employer responsibilities.
No employer shall knowingly allow, permit, or authorize an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the United States during any period: In which the employee has a driver license suspended, revoked, or cancelled by a state, has lost the privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a state, or has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle; In which the employee has more than one (1) driver license. Each employer shall require the information specified in § 55-50-402(c) to be provided by the applicant; In which the driver, or the CMV the employee is driving, or the motor carrier operation, is subject to an out-of-service order; or In violation of a federal, state or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings. Acts 1937, ch. 90, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1939, ch. 205, §§ 2, 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 2715.13 (Williams, § 2715.18); Acts 1973, ch. 224, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-706; Acts 1988, ch. 584, § 6; T.C.A., §§ 55-7-106 , 55-7-403 ; Acts 2009, ch. 321, § 19. Code Commission Notes. The phrase “, except during the ten-day period beginning on the date the employee is issued a driver license and, until December 31, 1989, except whenever a state law enacted on or before June 1, 1986, requires the employee to have more than one (1) driver license” was deleted as obsolete from the end of the first sentence of subdivision (2) by the code commission in 2012. Compiler's Notes. Former § 55-7-403 was transferred to § 55-7-803 (now § 55-50-803 ) in 1988.
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Section 55-50-403 ("Employer responsibilities.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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