Notice to motor vehicle owner of noncompliance – Penalties for failure to comply within specified time – Prohibition against false or fraudulent statements – Part does not affect other actions or penalties – Eligibility for…

(a) (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101program: means an insurance verification program that is created in compliance with the online verification system and data transfer standards, specifications, model, and guide of the IICMVA, and developed, implemented, and administered by the department of revenue in compliance with this part. See Tennessee Code 55-12-203Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Street: means the entire width between boundary lines of every way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular 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 55-8-101Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105(1) If there is evidence based on either the IICMVA model or the full book of business download process described in § 55-12-207 that a motor vehicle is not insured, the department of revenue shall, or shall direct its designated agent to, provide notice to the owner of the motor vehicle that the owner has thirty (30) days from the date of the notice to provide to the department of revenue: (A) The owner or operator‘s proof of financial security in a form approved by the department of revenue; (B) Proof of exemption from the owner or operator’s financial security requirements under this chapter; (C) Proof that the motor vehicle is no longer in the owner’s possession; or (D) A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the vehicle is not in use on any public road. (2) The notice described in subdivision (a)(1) shall include a statement that if the owner of the motor vehicle fails to comply with the requirements set forth in the notice, the owner of the motor vehicle shall be subject to a twenty-five-dollar coverage failure fee. The department of revenue or its designated agent shall transmit the notice to the owner of the motor vehicle by mailing the notice to the most recent street address or electronic mail address provided to the department of revenue by the owner. (3) Prior to issuing the notice described in this subsection (a), the department of revenue is authorized to provide a request for information to the owner of the motor vehicle to aid in determining whether the vehicle is uninsured. (4) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), if the total number of notices required to be provided under this section in a given period is determined by the department of revenue to be administratively prohibitive, the department of revenue is authorized to provide notices to an administratively practicable number of motor vehicle owners, each of whom shall be selected randomly. (b) (1) If an owner of a motor vehicle fails to provide satisfactory proof or a statement as described in subsection (a), the department of revenue shall: (A) Impose on the owner of the motor vehicle a twenty-five-dollar coverage failure fee. Of this fee, five dollars ($5.00) shall be distributed to the county clerk of the county in which the motor vehicle is registered, five dollars ($5.00) shall be distributed to the department of safety, and the remainder shall be deposited into the uninsured motorist identification restricted fund created in § 55-12-213. The revenues distributed to the county clerk shall be earmarked for the county clerk’s work in administration of the vehicle insurance verification program and shall not revert to the general fund at the end of the budget year if unexpended; and (B) P