Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-50-205

  • Department: means the department of safety acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Driver: means every person 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 55-50-102
  • Driver license: means a license issued by the department to an individual that authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • United States: means the fifty (50) states and the District of Columbia. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102

[Enactment contingent on funding by the federal selective service system. See the Compiler’s Notes.]

The department shall transmit, in an electronic format, necessary information contained on applications for an intermediate driver license, driver license, renewal of driver license or photo identification license to the federal selective service system for any male United States citizen or immigrant who is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-six (26) years of age and is required to be registered pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (50 U.S.C. Appx. § 451 et seq.); provided, that the department shall not be required to transmit the information until the department has a sufficient computer operating system in place to efficiently effectuate the transmission.