As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of revenue;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-21-102

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-21-102
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-21-102
  • Driver: means :
    (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(2) “Department” means the department of revenue;
(3)

(A) “Disabled driver” is one who is disabled by paraplegia, amputation of leg, foot or both hands, or is disabled by loss of use of a leg, foot or both hands, or other condition, certified to by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine, resulting in an equal degree of disability (specifying the particular condition) so as not to be able to get about without great difficulty, including impairments that, regardless of cause or manifestation, require the use of a wheelchair or cause the person to be so ambulatorily disabled that the person cannot walk two hundred feet (200′) without stopping to rest and includes, but is not limited to, those persons using braces or crutches, and those with pulmonary or cardiac ills who may be semiambulatory;
(B) “Disabled driver” also includes the owner of a motor vehicle with vision of not less than 20/200 with correcting glasses in both functioning eyes;
(C) “Disabled driver” also includes the owner of a motor vehicle who is so ambulatorily disabled that the person cannot walk two hundred feet (200′) without stopping to rest and who is seeking treatment and/or healing solely by prayer through spiritual means in the practice of religion in accordance with the creeds or tenets of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. The condition shall be certified by a Christian Science practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal as resulting in a degree of disability so that the person is not able to get about without great difficulty;
(4) “Disabled passenger” is a person who meets the requirements for disabled drivers established in subdivisions (3)(A)-(C); and
(5) “Disabled veteran” means a disabled driver who is a former member of the United States armed forces or a former or current member of a reserve or Tennessee national guard unit who was called into active military service of the United States, as defined in § 58-1-102.
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