(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-204, shall be issued a “CHILDREN FIRST!” specialty earmarked plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c).

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-4-291

  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-1-111
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the commission on children and youth, shall determine a distinctive color and design for the “CHILDREN FIRST!” specialty earmarked plate.
(c) All revenues produced in each fiscal year from the sale of “CHILDREN FIRST!” specialty earmarked plates, minus the costs the state has incurred in designing and manufacturing the plates, shall be allocated to the department of human services, to be used solely to provide additional funding for child abuse prevention services pursuant to § 71-6-203.
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