Section 55-12-116 - Duration of suspension or revocation under Section 55-12-114 - Restoration(a) Where proof of financial responsibility is required by § 55-12-114, the license and registration shall remain suspended or revoked and shall not at any time thereafter be renewed, nor shall any license be thereafter issued to the person, nor shall any motor vehicle be thereafter registered in the name of the person, until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this state and not then until the operator shall give, and maintain for three (3) years, proof of financial responsibility, as required by § 55-12-126, pay a sixty-five-dollar restoration fee and pass the driver license examination as a condition precedent to the restoration of the license. Upon restoration of a person's license, the commissioner of safety shall request that the commissioner of revenue reinstate the motor vehicle owner's registration and, upon payment to the commissioner of revenue of the appropriate motor vehicle registration fees provided by § 55-4-111, § 55-4-112 or § 55-4-113, the registration shall be reinstated immediately.(b) The department of safety may release a person's requirement to provide proof of financial responsibility after the expiration of the period of suspension or revocation if the department of safety's records establish that during the suspension or revocation period, the person was not convicted of an additional offense authorizing or requiring the suspension or revocation of the person's license, nor was the person's license suspended, revoked, prohibited, or cancelled due to a separate violation of law. If the department of safety, pursuant to this subsection (b), releases the requirement that a person furnish proof of financial responsibility, and if the person's motor vehicle registration has been suspended or revoked because of the person's failure to furnish that proof, then the commissioner of safety shall request that the commissioner of revenue reinstate the person's registration and, upon payment to the commissioner of revenue of the appropriate motor vehicle registration fees provided by § 55-4-111, § 55-4-112, or § 55-4-113, the registration must be reinstated immediately. Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, this subsection (b) does not apply if there is an unsatisfied judgment based on a motor vehicle accident.Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 336, s 5, eff. 1/1/2024.Acts 1977, ch. 446, § 16; T.C.A., § 59-1266; Acts 1980, ch. 817, § 6; 1986, ch. 842, §§ 27, 29; 2007 , ch. 484, § 84.