ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN OF (CITY/TOWN) TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE STATE TRAFFIC OFFENSES AND RULES OF THE ROAD AND AMEND TITLE 15, CHAPTER 1.

ORDINANCE  _______________________________________

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF (CITY/TOWN), TENNESSEE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE STATE TRAFFIC OFFENSES AND RULES OF THE ROAD.

WHEREAS, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen desires to adopt by reference state traffic offenses, registration requirements and rules of the road; and

WHEREAS, the Tennessee General Assembly amended the laws pertaining to adoption of state laws by municipalities by reference, by changing the statute under which such adoption is made and by further specifying that only Class C misdemeanors may be adopted by municipalities and enforced as municipal ordinance violations;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, that

Section 1. Municipal Code § 15-XXX, “Adoption of State Traffic Statutes” is repealed in its entirety.

Section 2. The following provision is added as the new § Title 15, Chapter 1, Section 15-XXX of the Municipal Code of (CITY/TOWN):

15-XXX. Adoption of state traffic statutes. By the authority granted under Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-18-302, the City/Town of (CITY/TOWN) adopts by reference as if fully set forth in this section, the “Rules of the Road,” as codified in Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 55-8-101 through 55-8-131 and §§ 55-8-133 through 55-8-159, §55-8-161, §§ 55-8-163 through 55-8-191 § 55-8-193, § 55-8-195, § 55-8-199, §§ 55-8-203 through 55-8-205, § 55-8-212 and §§ 55-8-304 through 55-8-307. Additionally, the City/Town of (CITY/TOWN) adopts Tennessee Code Annotated § 55-4-101, § 55-4-103 through 55-4-105, §§ 55-4-107 through 55-8-108, §§ 55-4-110 through 55-4-111, §§ 55-4-113 through 55-4-115, §§ 55-4-120 through 55-4-121, § 55-4-131, §§ 55-9-401 through 55-9-408, § 55-9-414, §§ 55-9-601 through 55-9-603, § 55-12-139, § 55-50-333, and § 55-50-351, by reference as if fully set forth in this section.

Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its final reading, the public welfare requiring it.

FIRST READING: _______________________________

SECOND READING: _______________________________

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Mayor

ATTEST:
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City Recorder

Approved as to form:_________________________________________________
City Attorney
 

Note: The sample ordinance is a guide. Prior to adoption, a municipality should review the referenced statutes in the sample ordinance along with the jurisdiction requirements of T.C.A. § 16-18-302. The statutes should be current with the Tennessee Code.