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Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-3-312

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In all counties in this state that have adopted a metropolitan form of government, or that may subsequently adopt a metropolitan form of government, the offenses enumerated in subsection (b) are declared to be state offenses, and any person arrested for violation of the offenses shall be tried for violation of state law in state courts, in which the jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Any ordinance presently enacted to regulate any of the enumerated offenses or to be later enacted is hereby declared to be void and of no effect.

(b) The enumerated offenses are as follows:

(1) Driving while intoxicated or drugged, as forbidden by § 55-10-401;

(2) Failing to stop after a traffic accident, as forbidden by title 55, chapter 10;

(3) Driving while license is suspended or revoked, as forbidden by § 55-50-504; and

(4) Drag racing, as defined and forbidden by § 55-10-501.

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