(a) The commissioner is authorized to coordinate with original equipment manufacturers that have issued a major recall and have requested assistance from the department, including those manufacturers that have issued a recall related to airbags manufactured and installed in vehicles between the years 2000 and 2018, to contact, via mail or other notice method, registrants who may be affected by a major recall and to provide notice of the recall and the availability of repair options. If the commissioner elects to issue the mailings or notices contemplated in this section, the original equipment manufacturers shall bear the costs associated with such mailings or notices.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-2-115

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 55-1-111
  • Manufacturer: means every person engaged in the business of constructing or assembling vehicles of a type required to be registered at an established place of business in this state. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 is further authorized to disclose the personal information of the owner of any vehicle affected by such a recall to original equipment manufacturers for use in contacting the owner regarding the recall, as a matter of public safety pursuant to § 55-25-107(b)(14). An original equipment manufacturer or employee of the original equipment manufacturer who receives personal information under this subsection (b) shall not disclose such information to any person other than the person to whom it relates, except as otherwise may be authorized by law.
(c) In no event shall any action or inaction as authorized by this section be construed to impose liability of any kind on the state of Tennessee, or any agency, or employee thereof for any claims or damages related to or associated with any recall repair or failure to obtain repairs.
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