{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-55-4-216","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-4-216","heading":"Allocation of revenue from cultural plates","body":"(a) Effective July 1, 1998, and for all subsequent fiscal years, all revenues produced from the sale or renewal of cultural motor vehicle registration plates as defined in § 55-4-201 , excluding personalized plates and the arts plates authorized by § 55-4-240 , after deducting the expense the department has incurred in designing, manufacturing and marketing the plates, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Eighty percent (80%) of the funds shall be allocated to the Tennessee arts commission created in title 4, chapter 20; and (2) Twenty percent (20%) of the funds shall be allocated to the state highway fund. (b) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the revenues produced from the sale or renewal of personalized plates pursuant to § 55-4-210 and the revenues produced from the personalization of cultural, specialty earmarked and new specialty earmarked motor vehicle registration plates pursuant to §§ 55-4-214 and 55-4-241 , or renewals thereof, shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-4-215 . (2) Notwithstanding this section, the revenues produced from the sale or renewal of the cultural plates to support the arts authorized by § 55-4-240 shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-4-217 . (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as reallocating the revenues produced from the regular motor vehicle registration fees, or renewals thereof, imposed by part 1 of this chapter. The revenues shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-6-107 . Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1023,s 49, eff. 7/1/2018. Acts 1998, ch. 1063, § 1; 1999, ch. 494, § 2.\n(a) Effective July 1, 1998, and for all subsequent fiscal years, all revenues produced from the sale or renewal of cultural motor vehicle registration plates as defined in § 55-4-201 , excluding personalized plates and the arts plates authorized by § 55-4-240 , after deducting the expense the department has incurred in designing, manufacturing and marketing the plates, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Eighty percent (80%) of the funds shall be allocated to the Tennessee arts commission created in title 4, chapter 20; and (2) Twenty percent (20%) of the funds shall be allocated to the state highway fund.\n(1) Eighty percent (80%) of the funds shall be allocated to the Tennessee arts commission created in title 4, chapter 20; and\n(2) Twenty percent (20%) of the funds shall be allocated to the state highway fund.\n(b) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the revenues produced from the sale or renewal of personalized plates pursuant to § 55-4-210 and the revenues produced from the personalization of cultural, specialty earmarked and new specialty earmarked motor vehicle registration plates pursuant to §§ 55-4-214 and 55-4-241 , or renewals thereof, shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-4-215 . (2) Notwithstanding this section, the revenues produced from the sale or renewal of the cultural plates to support the arts authorized by § 55-4-240 shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-4-217 .\n(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the revenues produced from the sale or renewal of personalized plates pursuant to § 55-4-210 and the revenues produced from the personalization of cultural, specialty earmarked and new specialty earmarked motor vehicle registration plates pursuant to §§ 55-4-214 and 55-4-241 , or renewals thereof, shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-4-215 .\n(2) Notwithstanding this section, the revenues produced from the sale or renewal of the cultural plates to support the arts authorized by § 55-4-240 shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-4-217 .\n(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as reallocating the revenues produced from the regular motor vehicle registration fees, or renewals thereof, imposed by part 1 of this chapter. The revenues shall be allocated in accordance with § 55-6-107 .","path":["TN Code","Title 55","Chapter 4"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"570cc159cda1e86b79212c8cd2656327838c01db8e2640282077fa1e30d2fcdc","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-55-4-215","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-55-4-217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}