2010 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 18 - Automobile Clubs and Associations
55-18-103 - Certificates of authorization Power of commissioner to grant and revoke Rules and regulations Similarity of names prohibited Hearings.
55-18-103. Certificates of authorization Power of commissioner to grant and revoke Rules and regulations Similarity of names prohibited Hearings.
(a) (1) The commissioner has full and complete authority to grant certificates of authorization to automobile clubs and associations; to revoke or suspend the certificates upon a hearing conducted after not less than twenty (20) days' written notice, the action to be reviewable by common law certiorari in the chancery court of Davidson County; and to prescribe rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary for the conduct of the business of automobile clubs and associations within the state and for carrying out the objects and purposes of this chapter.
(2) In determining if a certificate of authorization shall be issued, the commissioner shall take into consideration, together with all other factors, the name of the automobile club or association and, if the name will interfere with the transactions of an automobile club or association already doing business in this state or is so similar to one already appropriated as to confuse or is likely to mislead the public in any respect, the commissioner shall refuse to issue a certificate of authorization.
(3) The commissioner also has the authority to conduct hearings as now provided under the insurance laws of the state.
(b) (1) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter, not inconsistent with this chapter, and to alter, repeal, amend or revise the rules from time to time.
(2) The rules and regulations shall be approved by the attorney general and reporter and filed with the secretary of state as provided by § 4-5-104.
[Acts 1957, ch. 157, § 3; 1971, ch. 211, § 2; modified; T.C.A., § 59-1803.]
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