Tennessee Code 55-19-109 – “Commercial driver training school” defined
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-19-109
- Chauffeur: means every person who is employed by another for the principal purpose of driving a motor vehicle and every person who drives a school bus transporting school children or any motor vehicle when in use for the transportation of persons or property for compensation. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Driver: means :
(A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101 - Operator: means :
(A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101 - Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. 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
“Commercial driver training school,” for the purposes of this chapter, means a business enterprise conducted by an individual, association, partnership or corporation for the education and training of individuals, either practically or theoretically, or both, to operate or drive motor vehicles or to prepare an applicant for an examination to be given by the state for an operator‘s or chauffeur‘s license or learner’s permit, which school makes a charge for such services. This chapter does not apply to any person giving driver training lessons without charge, to employers maintaining driver training courses without charge for their employees only, or to schools or classes conducted by colleges, universities or high schools for regularly enrolled full-time students as part of the normal program of those institutions.