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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities
Local Government Functions
Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions
Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act
§ 7-51-1003. Scope of authority.
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TN Code § 7-51-1003 (2017)
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- (a) Every municipality, or other governmental entity, is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by licensing, controlling, and regulating by ordinance or resolution each private passenger-for-hire vehicle providing transportation services operated within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity.
- (b) Every municipality or other governmental entity is empowered to regulate the following:
- (1) Entry into the business of providing passenger transportation service, including taxicab service, within the jurisdiction of that municipality or governmental entity;
- (2) The rates charged for the provision of such passenger transportation service;
- (3) The establishment of safety and insurance requirements even if they reduce the number of such private passenger vehicles for hire that otherwise would operate within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity;
- (4) The establishment of stands to be employed by one (1) or a limited number of firms providing passenger transportation;
- (5) Limited or exclusive access by such passenger transportation service, including taxicab service, to airports or other facilities operated by or within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity;
- (6) The drivers of private passenger vehicles for hire;
- (7) The routes and stops of fixed route private passenger vehicles for hire; and
- (8) Any other requirement adopted to ensure safe and reliable passenger transportation service.
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