[Effective 7/1/2025]

(a)

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class B misdemeanorup to 6 monthsup to $500
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-211-1102

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Board: means the underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board. See Tennessee Code 68-211-1101
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation, or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 68-211-1101
  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 68-211-1101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Tire: means a continuous solid or pneumatic rubber covering encircling the wheel of a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 68-211-1101
  • Waste tire hauler: means a person engaged in the commercial transporting of waste tires for the purpose of storage, processing, or disposal. See Tennessee Code 68-211-1101
  • Waste tires: means tires that have been previously used in the regular operation of a motor vehicle and have not been processed for beneficial end use or shredded for disposal. See Tennessee Code 68-211-1101
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) A person shall not commercially transport waste tires in this state unless the person has registered with the department as a waste tire hauler in accordance with this section and displays an active decal or placard obtained from the department on a vehicle used to transport waste tires.
(2) It is a Class B misdemeanor to transport waste tires in violation of this section. Each day of transport in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.
(b) The department shall administer a waste tire hauler registration program in accordance with rules promulgated by the board. In administering the program, the commissioner may issue, deny, suspend, or revoke waste tire hauler registrations. Registration under this section is deemed to be a license as defined in § 4-5-102. Suspension or revocation of a registration must be conducted in accordance with § 4-5320.
(c) A person whose registration has been denied, suspended, or revoked may appeal that decision within thirty (30) days after the decision is issued by filing a written petition with the commissioner setting forth the grounds and reasons for objection to the decision and requesting a hearing before the board. A contested case hearing for a petition filed under this subsection must be conducted in accordance with § 68-211-113(b).
(d) A waste tire hauler must register annually. The annual registration fee is one hundred dollars ($100), and must be allocated to the solid waste management fund established in § 68-211-821. The application for registration must identify the approximate number of tires to be hauled. An application for renewal must identify the approximate number of tires hauled in the previous year.
(e) As a condition of registration, there must be posted with the commissioner a performance bond or other financial assurance acceptable to the commissioner. The amount of the performance bond or other financial assurance must be established by the commissioner based on the approximate number of tires hauled.
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