Private Acts of 1974

SECTION 1. In all counties having a population of 600,000 or more according to the Federal Census of 1970 or any subsequent federal census, any person lawfully possessed of a chauffeur's or operator's license theretofore issued to him by the department of safety, who is issued a citation or arrested and charged with a violation of any state statute regulating traffic, except those statutes the violation of which calls for a mandatory revocation of driver's license for any period of time, may, at the option of the person so charged, deposit his chauffeur's or operator's license issued under Chapter 59 of Tennessee Code Annotated with any arresting officer or General Sessions Court demanding bail in lieu of any other security required for his appearance in said General Sessions Court of the county in answer to any such charge before said court.

SECTION 2. This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Shelby County within one hundred twenty (120) days after its effective date. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the quarterly county court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 3. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 2.

Passed: March 18, 1974.