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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-4-311

  • 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
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the 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
(1) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, shall be issued an Appalachian Trail new specialty earmarked license plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c).
(2) The new specialty earmarked plates provided for in this subsection (a) must be designed in consultation with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
(3) The funds produced from the sale of Appalachian Trail new specialty earmarked license plates must be allocated to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in accordance with § 55-4-301. Notwithstanding § 55-4-202(i) to the contrary, the funds must be used exclusively to support and assist the management of programs and activities for the Appalachian Trail that lies either in Tennessee or near the Tennessee-North Carolina border.
(b)

(1) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, shall be issued a Friends of Sycamore Shoals Historic Area, Inc., new specialty earmarked license plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c).
(2) The new specialty earmarked plates provided for in this subsection (b) must be of an appropriate design representative of the Gadsden flag and include the language “Don’t Tread on Me.” The plates must be designed in consultation with representatives of the Friends of Sycamore Shoals Historic Area, Inc.
(3) The funds produced from the sale of Friends of Sycamore Shoals Historic Area, Inc. new specialty earmarked license plates must be allocated to the Friends of Sycamore Shoals Historic Area, Inc., in accordance with § 55-4-301. The funds must be used exclusively to support and promote the Sycamore Shoals State Park in Elizabethton, Tennessee, including, but not limited to, assisting in the development, maintenance, and presentation of the park’s grounds and structures.
(c) [Obsolete. See Compiler’s Notes.]
(d)

(1) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, must be issued a First State Flag new specialty earmarked license plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c).
(2) The new specialty earmarked plates provided for in this subsection (d) must be of an appropriate design representative of the original state flag of Tennessee that was adopted in 1897 and include the language “The Volunteer State”. The plates must be designed in consultation with a representative of the Tipton-Haynes Historical Association, Incorporated.
(3) The funds produced from the sale of First State Flag new specialty earmarked license plates must be allocated to the Tipton-Haynes Historical Association, Incorporated, in accordance with § 55-4-301. The funds must be used exclusively to support the organization’s efforts to operate the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site in Johnson City, Tennessee.
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