SENATE BILL 14
By Kelsey HOUSE BILL 22
By Gillespie AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39
and Title 55, relative to drag racing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-502(a), is amended by
deleting the subsection and substituting instead the following:
(a) Drag racing is a Class A misdemeanor, and any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state, or while on the premises of any shopping center, trailer park, any apartment house complex, or any other premises generally frequented by the public at large, or who is a participant therein, for the purpose of drag racing commits the offense of drag racing unless the premises are properly licensed for this purpose.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021, the public welfare requiring it.
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Statutes affected:
Current Version: 55-10-502(a), 55-10-502