SENATE BILL 213
By Gardenhire
HOUSE BILL 303
By Martin G
HB0303
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55,
Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19, relative to
auctions of previously titled motor vehicles that are
antique or unique.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-17-120, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
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(1) Notwithstanding this part, a motor vehicle dealer license is not
required to sell or purchase previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles
through an auction format held in conjunction with a motor vehicle festival:
(A) Held at a municipal convention center, as defined in § 7-4-
101, located in a county with a population of not less than three hundred
sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200) and not more than three
hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred (366,300), according to the
2020 federal census or any subsequent census; and
(B) For which a portion of the festival's proceeds are donated to a
hospital neurological institute located in a county with a population of not
less than three hundred sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200) and not
more than three hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred (366,300),
according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent census.
(2) This subsection ( ) is repealed on October 22, 2025.
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SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-19-128, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
( )
(1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(9), a motor vehicle dealer license is
not required to sell or purchase previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles
through an auction format held in conjunction with a motor vehicle festival:
(A) Held at a municipal convention center, as defined in § 7-4-
101, located in a county with a population of not less than three hundred
sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200) and not more than three
hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred (366,300), according to the
2020 federal census or any subsequent census; and
(B) For which a portion of the festival's proceeds are donated to a
hospital neurological institute located in a county with a population of not
less than three hundred sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200) and not
more than three hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred (366,300),
according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent census.
(2) This subsection ( ) is repealed on October 22, 2025.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect October 17, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.