Section 1340-06-01-.25 - VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMEMADE AND/OR MATERIALLY RECONSTRUCTED TRAILERS, SEMI-TRAILERS AND POLE TRAILERS(1) Any person, organization, or entity found in violation of the provisions of T.C.A. § 55-4-101 or T.C.A. § 65-15-113 or any rules promulgated pursuant thereto applicable to homemade or materially reconstructed trailers, semi trailers or pole trailers shall be subject to penalty as provided in T.C.A. §65-15-122.(2) Any trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, which is being operated, pulled or drawn in violation of T.C.A. § 65-15-113 and T.C.A. § 55-4-101 et seq., and any rules promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be immediately placed out-of-service by the apprehending officer. Said trailer shall be out-of-service until it has passed a Department trailer safety inspection in accordance with all applicable rules. The owner or operator of said trailer may arrange for towing of the out-of-service trailer to another location for repair at his own expense. The Department shall not be responsible for towing or storage charges for trailers out-of-service in violation of these rules.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1340-06-01-.25
Original rule certified May 9, 1974. Amendment filed January 28, 1992; effective April 29, 1992. Rule 1340-06-01-.25 was transferred from Rule 1220-02-01-.25 by the Secretary of State with editorial changes pursuant to Public Chapter 305 of 1995 and Public Chapter 826 of 2002; effective March 28, 2003. Emergency rule filed August 16, 2011; effective through February 12, 2012. Repeal and new rule filed August 16, 2011; effective January 29, 2012.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 55-4-101 et seq., 65-15-106, 65-15-113, and 65-15-122.