Public Chapter 161

SENATE BILL NO. 1181

By Ramsey

Substituted for: House Bill No. 678

By Ridgeway, Westmoreland, Caldwell, Armstrong

AN ACT To amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5, relative to volunteer rescue squads transporting patients.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-140-509, is amended by deleting subsection (d) in its entirety.

SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-140-509(a), is amended by deleting the language "Except as provided in subsection (d), an" in the second sentence and by substituting instead the word "An".

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.