Private Acts of 1977 Chapter 137

WHEREAS, under the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-802, each county in the state of Tennessee is empowered to levy for county purposes a motor vehicle privilege tax as a condition precedent to the operation of a motor vehicle with the county; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with said provisions, the Obion County Quarterly County Court adopted a resolution on July 12, 1976, setting such a levy as the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per vehicle; and

WHEREAS, a referendum was held for the purpose of approving or rejecting such tax levy by the qualified voters of Obion County on November 2, 1976, and a majority of the number of qualified voters of Obion County voting in the referendum approved the resolution of the Quarterly County Court setting said tax levy; now, therefore,  

SECTION 1. Any resident of Obion County who owns a vehicle required by the state of Tennessee to be licensed and who fails to pay the Obion County motor vehicle tax shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined two dollars ($2.00). It shall also be a part of the judgment rendered in any such conviction that the person convicted pay to the county clerk the amount of the motor vehicle tax and the penalty set by such resolution.

SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Obion County to enforce the provisions of this Act as prescribed by law in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-810.  

SECTION 3. This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Obion County. Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the Court and shall be certified by him to the Secretary of State.  

SECTION 4. 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 3.

Passed: May 17, 1977.