WHB/2/7
Sponsored by Madeline Marcantel of St. Agnes Academy
This legislation was filed in the Transportation category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Testing Mandates – includes types of testing required, if any, for older driver license renewal |
| 5 | DMV - Department of Motor Vehicles |
| 6 | Suspension Authority by State Motor Vehicle Department for Failure to Submit to Examination – |
| 7 | indicates if a State’s DMV has the authority to suspend or revoke an older driver’s license for |
| 8 | failure or refusal to submit to a vision test and signed statement |
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| 10 | Section 2: This act will require any individual residing in the state of Tennessee who reaches the |
| 11 | age of 65 years to take a mandated vision test. |
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| 13 | Section 3: For this test, the driver will be required to produce a vision statement signed by a |
| 14 | licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist from within the last 3 months. |
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| 16 | Section 4: Drivers will have the option to submit their vision statement either online or in person |
| 17 | at the DMV. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Section 5: The DMV has Suspension Authority for Failure to Submit to Examination. |
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| 21 | Section 6: This act will not require funding from the state budget, since drivers are directed to see |
| 22 | a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist. |
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| 24 | Section 7: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. |
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| 26 | Section 8: This act shall take effect January 1, 2025. |
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