Private Acts of 1982 Chapter 290

COMPILER'S NOTE: Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the act amend Private Acts of 1967-68, Chapter 283, and are incorporated into that act which is reprinted above.

SECTION 5. The tax provided for in this act applies to and shall be paid on motor-driven vehicles owned by a manufacturer or dealer who is required to purchase a special plate or plates issued to such owner as prescribed in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2; provided, that such manufacturer or dealer shall pay the privilege tax for each dealer plate purchased up to and including the tenth (10th) plate or twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of dealer plates purchased, whichever is greater. The privilege tax decal shall be displayed at the appropriate location on the dealer tag as designated by the county clerk.

SECTION 6. Any person who violates this Act and fails to pay the privilege tax imposed hereunder shall be fined fifteen dollars ($15.00). Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense, and a fine of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be assessed for each offense.

COMPILER'S NOTE: See Private Acts of 1967-68, Chapter 283, reprinted above, for provisions of the privilege tax.

SECTION 7. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 8. That this Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Montgomery County, on or before the next regular or special meeting of said legislative body, after its becoming a law. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of such county legislative body and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 9. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 8.

Passed: March 25, 1982.