Senate bill in Judiciary Committee Tuesday

SENATE BILL 844 By Beavers

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to driving offenses.

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-403(a)(3), is amended by adding the following language at the end of the subdivision: For purposes of this section, the arrest precipitating the instant conviction shall toll the running of the ten (10) years and twenty (20) years with regard to the instant conviction. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, the public welfare requiring it.

Note:

This bill has passed in the House.