NOTICE: When renewing your amateur radio tag bring a copy of your license. Clerks are now requiring verification that the license is still valid.
Link to Tennessee Dept of Revenue where the application for Amateur Radio License Plates is located. Currently on page 2.
https://www.tn.gov/revenue/title-and-registration/forms.html
The Tennessee Legislature eliminated the requirement for paying a $25 fee for amateur radio plates. The governor signed the new law on May 21, 2018 and it became effective May 23, 2018. You are no longer required to pay a $25 fee if you do not belong to ARES or have approval from your county EMA director.
Text of the bill as enacted is as follows:
SB1588 SENATE BILL 1588 By Bell AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2, relative to amateur radio license plates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-4-229(e)(2), is amended by deleting the subdivision and substituting instead the following: (2) Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, to be eligible for an amateur radio license plate without paying the fee prescribed by § 55-4-203(a)(4)(A)(ii) in addition to the regular fee for the plate, the registrant shall furnish proof to the commissioner, through the county clerk, that the registrant: (A) Has credentials approved by the county emergency management director; or (B) Holds a class license as an amateur radio operator issued by the federal communications commission. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.