Section 57-3-225 - Delivery employee license(a) Beginning July 1, 2018, each delivery service licensed under § 57-3-224 shall be required to annually file a report stating the number of delivery drivers used by the delivery service to deliver alcoholic beverages, beer, or both, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date of the report. Each delivery service licensee shall maintain for each delivery driver covered by the licensee's delivery service license, records sufficient to verify the identity of each delivery driver, a copy of each delivery driver's license, and a copy of the background check conducted for that delivery driver pursuant to § 57-3-224(d).(b) Each delivery service licensee may employ or contract with any person meeting the following requirements: (1) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;(2) Has had a background check conducted pursuant to § 57-3-224(d) to ensure the individual has not been convicted of any crime involving the sale and distribution of alcohol within the previous seven (7) years or has not been convicted of any felony within the previous five (5) years; and(3) Has a valid driver license.(c) In addition to the annual license fee in § 57-3-224(c), a delivery service licensee shall pay a fee based on the total number of delivery service employees or independent contractors used by the delivery service licensee in the prior year. The fee shall be as follows: (1) 0-15 delivery drivers - $50(2) 16-30 delivery drivers - $100(3) 31-45 delivery drivers - $150(4) 46-60 delivery drivers - $200(5) 61-100 delivery drivers - $250(6) 101-150 delivery drivers - $300(7) 151-200 delivery drivers - $350(8) Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each additional fifty (50) delivery drivers over two hundred (200) until a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000).(d) With respect to the delivery of alcoholic beverages, beer, or both pursuant to this chapter, a delivery service company may be subject to fines or the suspension or revocation of its license from the commission based on the conduct of a delivery driver. A retailer is not subject to a fine or the suspension or revocation of its license based on conduct of a delivery service driver after the driver picks up alcoholic beverages or beer from the retailer.Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 765,s 6, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1045,s 4, eff. 4/28/2016.Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 285,s 2, eff. 4/28/2015.