Tennessee § 55-50-801 - Municipalities and counties authorized to grant option.

§ 55-50-801. Municipalities and counties authorized to grant option.

Whenever any person lawfully possessed of a chauffeur's or operator's license theretofore issued by the department, or under the driver licensing laws of any other state or territory or the District of Columbia, is issued a citation or arrested and charged with a violation of any municipal ordinance or state statute regulating traffic, except those ordinances and statutes, the violation of which calls for the mandatory revocation of an operator's or chauffeur's license for any period of time, in a municipality having a city court or a county having a general sessions court, the municipality may by ordinance and the county may by resolution of its county legislative body, allow the person to have the option of depositing the chauffeur's or operator's license with the officer or court demanding bail in lieu of any other security required for appearance in any court of the municipality or county in answer to the charge before the court. Acts 1971, ch. 267, § 1; 1974, ch. 437, § 1; 1975, ch. 28, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A., §§ 59-730, 55-7-401, 55-7-801; modified. Compiler's Notes. For reorganization of this chapter in 1988, see the Compiler's Notes and parallel reference table above § 55-50-101 . 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 specified in § 55-50-102 . See also § 55-50-305 . Law Reviews. Bail bonds under the Tennessee Bail Reform Act of 1978 (Judge David D. Creekmore), 21 Tenn. B.J. 23 (1985).