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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-50-323

  • Bus: means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than fifteen (15) passengers including the driver and operated for the transportation of persons. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Department: means the department of safety acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Driver: means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Driver license: means a license issued by the department to an individual that authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Operator: means every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • School bus: means every motor vehicle operated for the transportation of children to or from school or school-related activities and is operated for compensation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Temporary driver license: means a license issued by the department to an individual that authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways for the individual's authorized period of stay in the United States or, if there is no definite end to the period of authorized stay, a period of one (1) year. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The fees charged for eight-year driver licenses shall be as set by this subsection (a). For any license term other than eight (8) years, the fee shall be appropriately prorated; provided, that for Class D, Class M, and photo identification licenses, there shall be deducted from the gross prorated fee the amount of two dollars ($2.00).
(2) The fees charged for driver licenses shall be as follows:

(A) For Class A and renewal thereof, sixty-four dollars ($64.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired;
(B) For Classes B and C and renewal thereof, fifty-six dollars ($56.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired;
(C) For Class D and renewal thereof, twenty-six dollars ($26.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired;
(D) For Class M and renewal thereof, twenty-six dollars ($26.00) until cancelled, revoked, suspended, or expired;
(E) For Class P, a fee equal to the fee for the particular class license for which the person is applying until cancelled, revoked, suspended or expired;
(F) In addition to the above fees, any person applying for a special endorsement, or renewal thereof, shall pay an additional two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each endorsement;
(G) For a restricted license, sixty-five dollars ($65.00) until cancelled, revoked or suspended;
(H) For any commercial upgrade from Class C to Class B, or Class B to Class A, fifteen dollars ($15.00);
(I) For the first duplicate of any license herein provided, during a regular renewal cycle, six dollars ($6.00), and for the second and subsequent duplicate during a regular renewal cycle, ten dollars ($10.00);
(J)

(i) For a photo identification card, or renewal thereof, ten dollars ($10.00) until cancelled or expired. The fee charged for a photo identification license or renewal of a photo identification license issued pursuant to § 55-50-331(g) shall be the same as the fee charged for an eight-year photo identification license pursuant to this subsection (a);
(ii) Any person with an intellectual or physical disability unable to obtain a regular operator‘s license may be issued a photo identification license. For the purpose of this subdivision (a)(2)(J)(ii), a “person with an intellectual disability” means an individual having significantly deficient or sub-average general intellectual functioning either from birth or originating during the developmental period and that is associated with an impairment of adaptive behavior. The intellectual or physical disability shall be verified by letter from a physician licensed to practice in Tennessee, and the person shall furnish satisfactory proof of the person’s identity by birth certificate or any other satisfactory document substantiating the person’s identity. Upon submission of an application and satisfactory verification of intellectual or physical disability and proof of identity, the department shall issue, without charge, a permanent Tennessee photo identification license having printed prominently thereon the following statement: “FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY, NOT VALID FOR VEHICULAR OPERATION”;
(K)

(i) For any person sixty (60) years of age or older who, on or after January 1, 2013, elects to renew a nonphoto bearing license, the fee for the license shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00); provided, that the license is an operator (Class D or M) with no endorsements;
(ii) No person sixty (60) years of age or older who, prior to January 1, 2013, elected to obtain a nonphoto bearing license shall be required to obtain a driver license with a photograph on or after January 1, 2013;
(L)

(i) If a Class C or Class B is upgraded to a Class A before the end of the renewal cycle, the applicant must pay the appropriate application and commercial upgrade fees;
(ii) If a Class C is upgraded to a Class B before the end of the renewal cycle, the applicant must pay the appropriate application and commercial upgrade fees;
(iii) If a Class P is upgraded to a Class A, B, C, D or M within one (1) year of date of issuance, there will be no upgrade fee required; and
(M) Notwithstanding this section, any person applying for a school bus endorsement, as defined in § 55-50-102(22)(E), or renewal thereof, shall pay a total fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each school bus endorsement.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “driver license” includes intermediate driver license.
(c) The fee charged for any temporary driver license issued pursuant to § 55-50-331(g) shall be the same as the fee charged for an eight-year Class D license.
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