Tennessee Code 7-51-703 – Collection of municipal motor vehicle fees by county clerk – Issuance of wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license
County governing body: means that body in a particular county that is vested with the power to levy property taxes. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
Metropolitan government: means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
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
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) The county clerk of any county and any municipality located wholly or in part in such county by resolution of its governing body may enter into an agreement with such terms as may be agreed upon, including appropriate compensation, providing for the county clerk to collect for such municipality motor vehicle regulatory fees imposed by such municipality; provided, that such agreement shall be subject to the approval of the county legislative body. Before any collections may be made under such agreement, the municipality shall file with the county clerk a certified copy of its ordinance imposing such regulatory fee.(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of counties, county clerks, municipalities, utility districts and cooperatives to enter into agreements or contracts under any other statute or charter.(b) In those counties having a metropolitan form of government, the county clerk shall issue any required wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license at the same time the clerk’s office is selling a state license, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the metropolitan government‘s chief financial officer and approved by the county governing body.(c) The county clerk shall issue any required wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license at the same time the clerk’s office is selling a state license, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the county or municipal government’s chief financial officer and approved by the applicable governing body.
