Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-10-410 — Public intoxication or drunkenness - Arrests and court proceedings
Tennessee·Title 33
(a)All arrests and court proceedings for public intoxication or drunkenness in this state shall be pursuant to § 39-17-310 , to the exclusion of any common law or statutory offense now being enforced.
(b)No county, municipality or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt any local law, ordinance, resolution or regulation having the force of law rendering public intoxication or drunkenness, in and of itself, or being a common drunkard or being found in enumerated places in an intoxicated condition, an offense, a violation of which is the subject of criminal or civil penalties or sanctions of any kind.
(c)Nothing contained in subsection (b) shall affect any laws, ordinances, resolutions or regulations against drunken driving, driving under the influence of alcohol or other si
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Legislative History
Acts 1990, ch. 639, § 9; 1993, ch. 234, § 8; T.C.A., § 33-8-510; Acts 2009, ch. 186, § 35; T.C.A. §68-24-510.
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