§ 7-51-703 — Collection of municipal motor vehicle fees by county clerk - Issuance of wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license

(a) (1) The county clerk of any county and any municipality located wholly or in part in such county by resolution of its governing body may enter into an agreement with such terms as may be agreed upon, including appropriate compensation, providing for the county clerk to collect for such municipality motor vehicle regulatory fees imposed by such municipality; provided, that such agreement shall be subject to the approval of the county legislative body. Before any collections may be made under such agreement, the municipality shall file with the county clerk a certified copy of its ordinance imposing such regulatory fee. (2) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of counties, county clerks, municipalities, utility districts and cooperatives to enter into agreements or contracts under any other statute or charter. (b) In those counties having a metropolitan form of government, the county clerk shall issue any required wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license at the same time the clerk's office is selling a state license, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the metropolitan government's chief financial officer and approved by the county governing body. (c) The county clerk shall issue any required wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license at the same time the clerk's office is selling a state license, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the county or municipal government's chief financial officer and approved by the applicable governing body.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, ch. 693, §§ 2, 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; Acts 1979, ch. 351, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-743; Acts 1981, ch. 72, § 1; 1981, ch. 518, § 1; 1984, ch. 727, § 1; 1984, ch. 773, § 2.