Fees for reinstatement of license and registration – Installment payment plans

(a) Whenever a license or registration is suspended or revoked and the filing of proof of financial responsibility is made a prerequisite to reinstatement of the license or registration, or both, or to the issuance of a new license or registration, or both, no license or registration shall be reinstated or a new license or registration issued unless the licensee or registrant, in addition to complying with the other provisions of this part, pays to the commissioner of safety a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). Only one (1) such fee shall be paid by any one (1) person, irrespective of the number of licenses and registration privileges to be then reinstated or issued to the person. In addition, whenever the commissioner of safety requests that the commissioner of revenue reinstate the motor vehicle registration of a person who has filed proof of financial responsibility, that person shall first pay to the commissioner of revenue the appropriate motor vehicle registration fees provided by § 55-4-111, § 55-4-112 or § 55-4-113 for each registration reinstated and the commissioner of revenue shall then reinstate each registration immediately. Ask an insurance law question, get an answer ASAP!(A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101License: means any license, temporary instruction permit, or temporary license issued under the laws of this state, or any other state, pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles within this state. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102Motor vehicle: means every self-propelled vehicle that is designed for use upon the highway, including trailers and semitrailers designed for use with motor vehicles, and every vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires but not operated upon rails, except traction engines, road rollers and farm tractors. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Registration: means a registration certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles. See Tennessee Code 55-12-102Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101(b) A sixty-five-dollar restoration fee shall be paid, unless otherwise specified by law, for each and every offense committed that provides for the revocation/suspension of driving privileges. (c) Any person suspended pursuant to § 55-50-502 for failure to satisfy timely a traffic citation shall pay a sixty-five-dollar restoration fee for each such offense; provided, that multiple suspensions arising from a single traffic incident occurring prior to or after July 1, 1998, shall result in one (1) restoration fee per incident when the person’s driving privileges are restored. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person suspended pursuant to § 55-50-502, for failure to satisfy timely a traffic citation, shall not be required to pay more than four hundred dollars ($400) in restoration or reinstatement fees for accumulated offenses requiring a fee as provided under subsection (b) at any one time, when the person seeks to have the person’s driving privileges restored. (d) The restoration fee for nonmoving violations, except driver license and registration offenses, shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00). (e) Fees paid to the department of safety pursuant to this title shall be expendable receipts to be used by the commissioner of safety toward the cost of administering this title. (f) From each fee received in accordance with § 55-10-306, the commissioner shall make a payment of ten dollars ($10.00) for the furnishing of a completed report of each conviction resulting in a suspension or revocation, including forfeiture of bail not vacated, or payment of a fine or penalty, for one (1) or more of the offenses enumerated in § 55-12-115(a). (g) (1) Any person required to pay a reinstatement or restoration fee, in excess of an amount as the commissioner may by rule establish, may petition the department, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, to establish an installment payment plan. (2) Upon successful application, the person may enter into a payment plan subject to the terms and conditions established by the department, including, but not limited to, minimum payment amounts and the duration of the plan. (3) The department is authorized to reinstate a person’s driving privileges when the person enters into a payment plan with the department an