(a) From the proceeds of the first eight dollars ($8.00) of the operator‘s license (Class D) fee and the first twelve dollars ($12.00) of chauffeur‘s license (Classes A, B, and C) fee authorized by § 55-50-323, in an amount not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall, on July 1 of each year, be transferred from the fees collected the prior year to the general fund and be earmarked for personal services and employee benefits in the department‘s budget, and the funds transferred shall be used solely for the purpose of funding longevity pay increases for highway patrol officers, such increases to be authorized by the general assembly.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-50-324

  • Chauffeur: means every person who is employed for the principal purpose of operating a motor vehicle and every person who drives a motor vehicle while in use as a public or common carrier of persons or property. 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
  • Employee: means an operator of a commercial motor vehicle, including an owner-operator or other independent contractor while in the course of operating a commercial motor vehicle, who is employed by an employer. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained that is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel, or the premises of any shopping center, trailer park or apartment house complex or any other premises frequented by the public at large. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Motorcycle: means "motorcycle" as defined in §. 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
  • State: means :
    (A) For the purposes of commercial driver licenses, a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Any funds realized through the two-dollar increase in operator’s (Class D) and chauffeur’s (Classes A, B, and C) license fees effective July 1, 1977, whether in the 1977-1978 fiscal year or in any fiscal year thereafter, shall be used exclusively by the department, and whatever portion of the amount is necessary to fund an interstate and defense highway emergency service program shall be used for that purpose. Any portion not used for an interstate and defense highway emergency service program shall be used to fund the highway patrol longevity pay plan to the extent necessary and for the purchase of highway patrol vehicles.
(c) Of the fees charged for the photo licenses provided for in this part, one dollar ($1.00) shall be allocated for the payment of the police pay supplement provided in § 38-8-111.
(d) All applicants for a motorcycle operator’s license or motorcycle operator’s learner’s permit shall pay to the department a one-dollar fee before taking the license examination. This fee shall be collected by the person conducting the examination and shall be nonrefundable. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the one-dollar application fee imposed by this subsection (d) shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the motorcycle rider safety fund. An applicant who passes the examination additionally shall pay the license fee as provided in § 55-50-323 as a part of the application.
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