55-4-412 - Penalty for violating part. - Tennessee Statutes

55-4-412. Penalty for violating part.

(a)  Any person transporting a mobile home, manufactured house or house trailer, as defined in § 55-4-402, into or through this state, or over any street, road or highway of this state in violation of any provision of this part, commits a Class B misdemeanor punishable as follows:

     (1)  By a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the first offense in a twelve-month period;

     (2)  By a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the second offense in a twelve- month period; and,

     (3)  By a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and a ninety-day revocation of any driver's license for the third or subsequent offense in a twelve-month period.

(b)  Within thirty (30) days of conviction for a violation of this section, the clerk of the court of conviction shall give notice of this conviction to the department of transportation.

(c)  Upon receipt of notice of a third violation in a twelve-month period, the department of transportation shall suspend the subject permit and the permit holder's privilege to obtain other permits under this part for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt of the notice; provided, that nothing in this subsection (c) shall be construed as prohibiting multiple permit holders from either using other valid permits not subject to suspension, obtaining supplements for other valid permits not subject to suspension or renewing other valid permits not subject to suspension.

(d)  This part may be enforced by the department of safety or local law enforcement agencies. Whenever a person is arrested for any violation of this part, the arresting officer may issue a traffic citation to the person in lieu of arrest, continued custody and the taking of the arrested person before a magistrate in accordance with § 55-10-207(a)(3).

[Acts 2002, ch. 803, § 12.]