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55-22-101. License required.

(a)  No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or conduct any motor vehicle races on any permanent race track or other place for the holding of a motor vehicle race upon which motor vehicles of any description are raced, unless a license to operate and conduct the race is first obtained from the department of commerce and insurance upon compliance with this chapter and the payment of a fee in the amount and in the manner provided in this chapter.

(b)  Any person, firm or corporation owning or operating two (2) tracks on the same premises shall be required to obtain only one (1) license for the whole premises and shall not be required to obtain a license for each track on the premises.

(c)  (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body in any county having a population of not less than thirty-five thousand three hundred (35,300) nor more than thirty-five thousand five hundred (35,500), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the county legislative body has the authority to regulate and license permanent automobile race tracks or other places for the holding of such races upon which motor vehicles of any description are raced in the county.

     (2)  In the resolution or ordinance adopting a county's regulation and licensure of automobile race tracks located in the county, the county legislative body shall provide for and set the application fees for licenses to operate or conduct a race track; provide for the disposition of the fees; establish the conditions for granting the licenses; establish minimum liability insurance coverage to be maintained by the licensee; provide for the expiration dates and renewal procedures for the licenses; enumerate causes for the revocation of the licenses and procedures for the reinstatement thereof; establish penalties for the conduct or operation of a race track without a license; provide for the times, dates and conditions under which licensees may conduct races; and establish any other rule or regulation relative to the regulation and licensure of automobile race tracks that the county legislative body deems prudent and advisable.

     (3)  This subsection (c) does not apply to any permanent automobile race track or other place for the holding of the races that has been in operation for at least two (2) years prior to May 31, 1993.

[Acts 1968, ch. 534, § 1; 1972, ch. 678, § 10; 1973, ch. 264, § 2; 1979, ch. 28, § 3; T.C.A., §§ 59-2301, 66-401; Acts 1993, ch. 469, § 1.]  

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Tennessee > Title-55 > Chapter-22 > 55-22-101

55-22-101. License required.

(a)  No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or conduct any motor vehicle races on any permanent race track or other place for the holding of a motor vehicle race upon which motor vehicles of any description are raced, unless a license to operate and conduct the race is first obtained from the department of commerce and insurance upon compliance with this chapter and the payment of a fee in the amount and in the manner provided in this chapter.

(b)  Any person, firm or corporation owning or operating two (2) tracks on the same premises shall be required to obtain only one (1) license for the whole premises and shall not be required to obtain a license for each track on the premises.

(c)  (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body in any county having a population of not less than thirty-five thousand three hundred (35,300) nor more than thirty-five thousand five hundred (35,500), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the county legislative body has the authority to regulate and license permanent automobile race tracks or other places for the holding of such races upon which motor vehicles of any description are raced in the county.

     (2)  In the resolution or ordinance adopting a county's regulation and licensure of automobile race tracks located in the county, the county legislative body shall provide for and set the application fees for licenses to operate or conduct a race track; provide for the disposition of the fees; establish the conditions for granting the licenses; establish minimum liability insurance coverage to be maintained by the licensee; provide for the expiration dates and renewal procedures for the licenses; enumerate causes for the revocation of the licenses and procedures for the reinstatement thereof; establish penalties for the conduct or operation of a race track without a license; provide for the times, dates and conditions under which licensees may conduct races; and establish any other rule or regulation relative to the regulation and licensure of automobile race tracks that the county legislative body deems prudent and advisable.

     (3)  This subsection (c) does not apply to any permanent automobile race track or other place for the holding of the races that has been in operation for at least two (2) years prior to May 31, 1993.

[Acts 1968, ch. 534, § 1; 1972, ch. 678, § 10; 1973, ch. 264, § 2; 1979, ch. 28, § 3; T.C.A., §§ 59-2301, 66-401; Acts 1993, ch. 469, § 1.]  


State Codes and Statutes

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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-55 > Chapter-22 > 55-22-101

55-22-101. License required.

(a)  No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or conduct any motor vehicle races on any permanent race track or other place for the holding of a motor vehicle race upon which motor vehicles of any description are raced, unless a license to operate and conduct the race is first obtained from the department of commerce and insurance upon compliance with this chapter and the payment of a fee in the amount and in the manner provided in this chapter.

(b)  Any person, firm or corporation owning or operating two (2) tracks on the same premises shall be required to obtain only one (1) license for the whole premises and shall not be required to obtain a license for each track on the premises.

(c)  (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body in any county having a population of not less than thirty-five thousand three hundred (35,300) nor more than thirty-five thousand five hundred (35,500), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the county legislative body has the authority to regulate and license permanent automobile race tracks or other places for the holding of such races upon which motor vehicles of any description are raced in the county.

     (2)  In the resolution or ordinance adopting a county's regulation and licensure of automobile race tracks located in the county, the county legislative body shall provide for and set the application fees for licenses to operate or conduct a race track; provide for the disposition of the fees; establish the conditions for granting the licenses; establish minimum liability insurance coverage to be maintained by the licensee; provide for the expiration dates and renewal procedures for the licenses; enumerate causes for the revocation of the licenses and procedures for the reinstatement thereof; establish penalties for the conduct or operation of a race track without a license; provide for the times, dates and conditions under which licensees may conduct races; and establish any other rule or regulation relative to the regulation and licensure of automobile race tracks that the county legislative body deems prudent and advisable.

     (3)  This subsection (c) does not apply to any permanent automobile race track or other place for the holding of the races that has been in operation for at least two (2) years prior to May 31, 1993.

[Acts 1968, ch. 534, § 1; 1972, ch. 678, § 10; 1973, ch. 264, § 2; 1979, ch. 28, § 3; T.C.A., §§ 59-2301, 66-401; Acts 1993, ch. 469, § 1.]