Entertainment transportation regulation - Prohibited government actions

(a) Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation pursuant to this part shall not: (1) Refuse to renew a permit to a business that provides entertainment transportation if the governmental entity issued the permit to the business to provide entertainment transportation prior to May 1, 2024; or (2) Revoke a permit issued to a business that provides entertainment transportation except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing. (b) As used in this section, "good cause": (1) Means a material violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation governing the permit, which may be demonstrated by a knowing failure or refusal to comply with such law, ordinance, rule, or regulation; and (2) Includes the disuse or dormancy of a permit for a period of six (6) months or longer prior to the governmental entity taking action to revoke the permit; provided, that the start date for calculating a six-month period of disuse or dormancy begins on or after May 1, 2024. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 894,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024. (a) Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation pursuant to this part shall not: (1) Refuse to renew a permit to a business that provides entertainment transportation if the governmental entity issued the permit to the business to provide entertainment transportation prior to May 1, 2024; or (2) Revoke a permit issued to a business that provides entertainment transportation except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing. (1) Refuse to renew a permit to a business that provides entertainment transportation if the governmental entity issued the permit to the business to provide entertainment transportation prior to May 1, 2024; or (2) Revoke a permit issued to a business that provides entertainment transportation except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing. (b) As used in this section, "good cause": (1) Means a material violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation governing the permit, which may be demonstrated by a knowing failure or refusal to comply with such law, ordinance, rule, or regulation; and (2) Includes the disuse or dormancy of a permit for a period of six (6) months or longer prior to the governmental entity taking action to revoke the permit; provided, that the start date for calculating a six-month period of disuse or dormancy begins on or after May 1, 2024. (1) Means a material violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation governing the permit, which may be demonstrated by a knowing failure or refusal to comply with such law, ordinance, rule, or regulation; and (2) Includes the disuse or dormancy of a permit for a period of six (6) months or longer prior to the governmental entity taking action to revoke the permit; provided, that the start date for calculating a six-month period of disuse or dormancy begins on or after May 1, 2024. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 894,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.