Amateur Radio License Plates Information and Form

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.