1340 - Safety and Homeland Security

  1. 1340-01 - Driver Control Division (Chapter 1340-01-01 to 1340-01-14)
  2. 1340-02 - Administrative Division (Chapter 1340-02-01 to 1340-02-05)
  3. 1340-03 - Highway Patrol Division (Chapter 1340-03-01 to 1340-03-08)
  4. 1340-04 - Reserved
  5. 1340-05 - Has been moved to 1320-08 (Chapter 1340-05)
  6. 1340-06 - Rules and Regulations As To Supervision and Control of Motor Vehicles and Motor Buses (Chapter 1340-06-01)
  7. 1340-07 - Employee Criteria for Tennessee Highway Patrol (Chapter 1340-07-01)
  8. 1340-08 - Administrative Division (Chapter 1340-08-01)

Notes

Original chapters 1340-01-01 through 1340-01-04 filed June 12, 1974; effective July 12, 1974. Original chapter 1340-01-05 filed June 3, 1974; effective July 3, 1974. Original chapter 1340-01-06 filed November 8, 1974; effective December 8, 1974. Original chapter 1340-01-07 filed October 24, 1974; effective November 23, 1974. The Administrative History following each rule gives the date on which the rule was filed and its effective date. The Administrative History also shows the date of any amendments or repeals.
Rule 1340-01-08 filed February 14, 1977; effective March 16, 1977.
Original chapter 1340-02-01 filed March 20, 1977; effective April 19, 1977.
Original chapters 1340-03-01-.01 through 1340-03-01-.04 filed December 18, 1981; effective April 1, 1982.
Original chapters 1340-01-09-.01 and 1340-01-09-.02 filed June 11, 1982; effective September 30, 1982.
Repeal of and new chapters 1340-01-04-.01 through 1340-01-04-.04 filed October 26, 1982; effective January 14, 1983.
Original chapters 1340-01-10-.01 through 1340-01-10-.10 filed January 25, 1984; effective April 15, 1984.
Repeal of rules 1340-01-04-.01 through 1340-01-04-.04 and new rules 1340-01-04-.01 through 1340-01-04-.05 filed March 12, 1986; effective June 14, 1986.
Repeal of chapters 1340-01-05 and 1340-01-07 by Public Chapter 575; effective July 1, 1986.
Amendment to rule 1340-01-03-.02 filed August 25, 1986; effective November 29, 1986.
Original rule 1340-03-02 filed December 11, 1986; effective March 31, 1987.
Original chapter 1340-01-11 filed June 30, 1988; effective September 28, 1988.
Original chapter 1340-01-12 filed August 4, 1988; effective November 29, 1988.
Original chapter 1340-03-03 filed July 20, 1989; effective October 29, 1989.
Amendment to rule 1340-01-02-.04 filed May 16, 1990; effective August 29, 1990.
Amendments to rules 1340-01-06-.01, 1340-01-06-.03 through 1340-01-06-.05, 1340-01-06-.08 and 1340-01-06-.10 filed September 13, 1990; effective December 29, 1990.
Amendments to rules 1340-01-11-.04 and 1340-01-11-.09 filed December 30, 1991; effective March 30, 1992.
Original chapter 1340-02-02 filed December 5, 1994; effective February 18, 1995.
Original chapter 1340-02-03 filed January 25, 1995; effective April 10, 1995.
Amendment to rule 1340-03-01-.02 filed October 25, 1995; effective February 28, 1996.
Repeal of chapters 1340-01-02, 1340-01-03 and 1340-01-09; Original chapter 1340-01-13 filed April 8, 1996; effective August 28, 1996.
Repeal of and new chapter 1340-01-04 filed August 5, 1996; effective December 27, 1996.
Amendment to rules 1340-02-03-.01 through 1340-02-03-.06 and 1340-02-03-.08 through 1340-02-03-.12; original chapter 1340-02-04 filed September 16, 1996; effective January 28, 1997.
Amendment to rules 1340-02-02-.01 through 1340-02-02-.27 filed October 31, 1996; effective February 28, 1997.
Repeal of and new Chapter 1340-02-04 filed February 23, 1999; effective June 28, 1999.
Amendment to rules 1340-01-11-.02, 1340-01-11-.03, 1340-01-11-.04, 1340-01-11-.07, 1340-01-11-.09 and 1340-01-11-.12 filed May 31, 2000; effective September 28, 2000.
Original chapter 1340-05 was transferred from chapter 1320-08 under the authority of Executive Order Number 37 dated June 29, 1990.
Original chapter 1340-02-05 filed May 30, 2001; effective September 28, 2001.
Amendment to rule 1340-01-13-.12 filed August 27, 2001; effective December 28, 2001.
Amendment to rule 1340-01-13-.12 filed May 7, 2002; effective September 27, 2002.
Amendment to rules 1340-01-13-.06 and 1340-01-13-.18 filed October 22, 2002; effective January 5, 2003.
Amendment to rules 1340-02-04-.09 and 1340-02-04-.12 filed September 30, 2002; effective January 28, 2003.
Chapter 1340-06-01 was transferred from Chapter 1220-02-01 by the Secretary of State with editorial changes pursuant to Public Chapter 305 of 1995 and Public Chapter 826 of 2002; effective March 28, 2003.
Amendment to rules 1340-02-04-.02, 1340-02-04-.09, and 1340-02-04-.13 filed October 20, 2003; effective February 27, 2004.
Amendment to rules 1340-01-13-.01 through 1340-01-13-.06 and 1340-01-13-.08 through 1340-01-13-.21 filed July 27, 2004; effective November 26, 2004.
Original chapter 1340-01-14 filed November 8, 2004; effective March 30, 2005.
Original chapter 1340-03-04 filed December 4, 2004; effective April 29, 2005.
Amendment to 1340-01-11-.09 filed December 15, 2004; effective April 29, 2005.
Repeal and new rules 1340-01-04-.01 and 1340-01-04-.05; and amendments to rules 1340-01-04-.02, 1340-01-04-.03, 1340-01-04-.04, 1340-01-04-.06, and 1340-01-04-.07 filed April 18, 2005; effective August 26, 2005.
Original chapter 1340-07-01 filed October 28, 2005; effective February 28, 2006.
Emergency rules 1340-01-13-.02, 1340-01-13-.03, 1340-01-13-.08, and 1340-01-13-.17 filed March 22, 2006; effective through September 3, 2006.
Amendments to rules 1340-01-13-.02, 1340-01-13-.02, 1340-01-13-.08, and 1340-01-13-.17 filed March 31, 2006; effective July 28, 2006.
Amendment to rule 1340-01-11 filed August 9, 2006; effective December 29, 2006.
Amendment to rules 1340-02-05-.02, .04, .05, and .07 filed March 6, 2007; effective July 27, 2007.
Public necessity rule 1340-01-13 filed September 24, 2007; effective through March 7, 2008.
Chapter 1340-05 has been transferred and renamed chapter 1320-08 under Executive Order Number 36 dated April 19, 2006. Chapter transferred on December 12, 2007.
Amendment to rules 1340-02-02-.06 and .07 filed August 9, 2007; effective December 28, 2007.
Public necessity rules filed September 24, 2007, and effective through March 7, 2008.
Public necessity rule 1340-01 filed September 24, 2007; expired effective March 8, 2008 and rule reverted to its previous status.
Public necessity rule 1340-01 filed March 11, 2008, effective through August 23, 2008.
Repeal and new rules 1340-03-03-.05, .06, and .07; and amendment to rules 1340-03-03-.01, .03, and .04; 1340-01-13-.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, .06, and .08 through .22 filed December 3, 2007; effective April 29, 2008.
Repeal and new rule 1340-01-04-.01; and amendments to 1340-01-04-.03, .04 and .05 filed March 11, 2008; effective July 29, 2008.
Public necessity chapter 1340-08-01 filed November 5, 2008; effective through April 19, 2009.
New rules 1340-03-04-.13 and .14; and repeal and new rule 1340-03-04-.05 filed August 21, 2008; effective December 29, 2008.
Original chapter 1340-08-01 filed November 5, 2008; effective March 30, 2009.
Emergency rules 1340-03-03-.03 and .04 filed November 13, 2009; effective through May 12, 2010.
Amendments to rules 1340-03-03-.03 and .04 filed November 13, 2009; effective April 30, 2010.
Original rule 1340-08-01-.04 filed May 27, 2010; effective October 29, 2010.
Original chapter 1340-03-07 filed May 13, 2010; effective October 29, 2010.
Repeal and new chapter 1340-01-10 filed December 16, 2010; effective May 31, 2011.
Original chapter 1340-03-05 filed December 16, 2010; effective May 31, 2011.
Emergency rules to chapter 1340-06-01 filed August 16, 2011; effective through February 12, 2012.
Repeal and new chapter 1340-06-01 filed August 16, 2011; effective January 29, 2012.
Amendments to rule 1340-02-04-.02, and repeal and new rules 1340-02-04-.03 through .23 filed July 19, 2012; effective December 29, 2012.
Repeal of chapter 1340-01-14 filed December 17, 2012; effective May 31, 2013.
Original chapter 1340-03-06 filed December 17, 2012; effective May 31, 2013.
Repeal and new rules 1340-03-04-.08, .10, and .14 and amendments to rules 1340-03-04-.02, 1340-03-04-.05, and 1340-03-04-.09 filed December 17, 2013; effective May 31, 2014.
Repeal and new rules 1340-01-04-.03 and .06 and amendment to rule 1340-01-04-.07 filed March 26, 2014; effective August 29, 2014.
Repeal and new rules 1340-02-02-.02, 1340-02-02-.03, 1340-02-02-.05, 1340-02-02-.06, 1340-02-02-.07, 1340-02-02-.10, 1340-02-02-.14, 1340-02-02-.19, 1340-02-02-.21, and 1340-02-02-.23; amendments to rules 1340-02-02-.01, 1340-02-02-.04, 1340-02-02-.08, 1340-02-02-.09, 1340-02-02-.11, 1340-02-02-.12, 1340-02-02-.13, 1340-02-02-.15, 1340-02-02-.16, 1340-02-02-.17, 1340-02-02-.18, 1340-02-02-.20, 1340-02-02-.22, and 1340-02-02-.26; and repeal of rule 1340-02-02-.27 filed December 10, 2014; effective March 10, 2015.
Amendments to rule 1340-08-01-.04 filed January 11, 2016; effective April 10, 2016.
Amendment to rule 1340-01-13-.22 filed January 29, 2016; effective April 28, 2016.
New rules 1340-03-08-.01 through 1340-03-08-.05 filed January 29, 2016; effective April 28, 2016.
Amendment to rule 1340-03-03-.02 filed July 27, 2016; effective October 25, 2016.
Amendments to rules 1340-08-01-.01 through 1340-08-01-.04 and original rules 1340-08-01-.05 through 1340-08-01-.08 filed December 5, 2018; effective March 5, 2019.
Original rule 1340-01-13-.24 filed January 31, 2019; to have become effective May 1, 2019. However, the Government Operations Committee filed a 60-day stay of the effective date of the rule; new effective date June 30, 2019.
New rule 1340-03-06-.04; renumbering of original rules 1340-03-06-.04 through 1340-03-06-.12; new rule 1340-03-06-.14; renumbering of original rules 1340-03-06-.13 through 1340-03-06-.18; and amendments to rules 1340-03-06-.01 through 1340-03-06-.03, newly renumbered rules 1340-03-06-.05 through 1340-03-06-.13, and newly renumbered rules 1340-03-06-.15 through 1340-03-06-.20 filed October 30, 2019; to have become effective January 28, 2020. However, a 35-day stay of the effective date of the rules was filed December 19, 2019; new effective date to have been March 3, 2020. A withdrawal of the rules was filed January 9, 2020.
New rule 1340-03-06-.04; renumbering of original rules 1340-03-06-.04 through 1340-03-06-.12; new rule 1340-03-06-.14; renumbering of original rules 1340-03-06-.13 through 1340-03-06-.18; and amendments to rules 1340-03-06-.01 through 1340-03-06-.03, newly renumbered rules 1340-03-06-.05 through 1340-03-06-.13, and newly renumbered rules 1340-03-06-.15 through 1340-03-06-.20 filed February 19, 2020; effective May 19, 2020.
Amendments to rules 1340-06-01-.14 and 1340-06-01-.19 filed May 27, 2021; effective August 25, 2021.
New rule 1340-01-13-.25 filed June 30, 2021; effective September 28, 2021.
New rules 1340-01-05-.01 through 1340-01-05-.04 filed October 24, 2022; effective January 22, 2023.
Amendments to rules 1340-02-05-.02, 1340-02-05-.03, 1340-02-05-.04, 1340-02-05-.06, and 1340-02-05-.07 filed February 13, 2023; effective May 14, 2023.
Amendments to rules 1340-03-01-.01 through 1340-03-01-.04 filed February 13, 2023; effective May 14, 2023.
Amendments to rules 1340-03-03-.01 through 1340-03-03-.07 filed February 13, 2023; effective May 14, 2023.
Amendments to rules 1340-01-10-.01 through 1340-01-10-.06 filed June 9, 2023; effective September 7, 2023.
Amendments to rules 1340-08-01-.01 through 1340-08-01-.09 filed June 9, 2023; effective September 7, 2023.
Amendments to rules 1340-03-02-.01 through 1340-03-02-.09 filed June 9, 2023; effective September 7, 2023.
Amendments to rules 1340-03-07-.01 through 1340-03-07-.06 filed June 9, 2023; effective September 7, 2023.
Repeal of rules 1340-01-01-.01 through 1340-01-01-.04 filed October 30, 2023; effective 1/28/2024.
Repeal of rules 1340-01-08-.01 through 1340-01-08-.23 filed October 30, 2023; effective 1/28/2024.
Amendments to rule 1340-02-01-.01 filed October 30, 2023; effective 1/28/2024.

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