Tennessee § 68-140-326 - Color schemes for ambulances in certain jurisdictions.
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§ 68-140-326. Color schemes for ambulances in certain jurisdictions.
Notwithstanding department of health rule 1200-12-1.02(3)(a)-(f), or any other provision of law to the contrary, any municipality, located within any county having a population of more than eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, that owns, operates or maintains ambulances as a part of the services provided by the municipality is authorized to select the color of its ambulances; provided, that the color scheme is the same as is used by the fire department in the municipality. Subsection (a) shall also apply in any county having a metropolitan form of government and a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census. Subsection (a) shall also apply in any county having a population of not less than one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) nor more than one hundred fifty-three thousand one hundred (153,100), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census. Acts 2006, ch. 731, § 2; 2008, ch. 783, § 1; T.C.A., § 68-140-526 . Code Commission Notes. Former § 68-140-526 was transferred to § 68-140-326 by authority of the code commission in 2011. Compiler's Notes. For tables of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement.
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