Tennessee § 65-15-107 Interstate permits

Tennessee Statutes

§ 65-15-107 — Interstate permits

Tennessee § 65-15-107

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-15-107 (2026).

Text

(a)It is unlawful for any motor carrier, contract hauler, or exempt for-hire motor carrier to use any of the public highways of this state for the transportation of persons or property, or both, in interstate or intrastate commerce, without first having received a permit from the department or from any state designated as the base jurisdiction state for that carrier pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 11506 [omitted] as amended by § 4005 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Violators are subject to penalty pursuant to § 65-15-113 .

(b)Such interstate permits, when issued, shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the department may thereafter legally prescribe.

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(a) It is unlawful for any motor carrier, contract hauler, or exempt for-hire motor carrier to use any of the public highways of this state for the transportation of persons or property, or both, in interstate or intrastate commerce, without first having received a permit from the department or from any state designated as the base jurisdiction state for that carrier pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 11506 [omitted] as amended by § 4005 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Violators are subject to penalty pursuant to § 65-15-113 . (b) Such interstate permits, when issued, shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the department may thereafter legally prescribe.

Legislative History

Acts 1933, ch. 119, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 5501.5; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 69, § 1; Acts 1959, ch. 317, § 1; 1977, ch. 425, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1507; Acts 1993, ch. 327, §§ 1, 2; 1995, ch. 305, §§ 30, 31; 1999, ch. 97, §§ 6 - 8.