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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 10 - Accidents, Arrests, Crimes and Penalties
Part 5 - Drag Racing
§ 55-10-503. Additional penalties -- Restricted licenses -- Revocation of license.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 55-10-503 (2017)
- (a)
- (1) In addition to the punishment prescribed in § 55-10-502, the department shall revoke, for a period of one (1) year, the driver license of any person or persons convicted of drag racing.
- (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), the trial judge has the discretion to allow the continued use of a restricted motor vehicle operator's license or order the issuance of a restricted motor vehicle operator's license to a person convicted of drag racing for the first time to the same extent, for the same purposes, under the same conditions and in the same manner as is authorized in § 55-10-409 for persons convicted for the first time of driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
- (b) In addition to the punishment prescribed in subdivision (a)(1), the department shall permanently revoke the driver license of any person or persons convicted of drag racing for the second time within a ten-year period, and the person or persons shall not thereafter be entitled to drive or operate a motor vehicle upon any public highway of this state.
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