55-18-106 - License of agent required Annual fee Rejection of application Suspension.
55-18-106. License of agent required Annual fee Rejection of application Suspension.
(a) Before any agent or representative shall or may represent any automobile club or association in this state, the agent or representative shall first apply to the commissioner for a license, and the commissioner shall have full power and authority to issue the license upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner that the person is capable of soliciting automobile club or association memberships, and is of good moral character and recommended by the club or association in behalf of which the membership solicitations are to be made. No license shall be issued by the commissioner until the applicant has paid to the commissioner an annual license fee as follows:
(1) In counties having a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or more per annum, twenty dollars ($20.00);
(2) In counties having a population of ten thousand (10,000) or more, and less than fifty thousand (50,000), per annum, fifteen dollars ($15.00); and
(3) In counties having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000), per annum, ten dollars ($10.00).
(b) In the event an agent or representative solicits memberships in more than one (1) county, the agent or representative shall pay a fee based upon the population of the largest county in which the agent or representative solicits memberships, but in no event shall any agent or representative be required to pay more than one (1) license fee per year, regardless of the number of counties in which the agent or representative solicits memberships.
(c) The commissioner may reject the application of any person who does not meet the requirements set out in this section.
[Acts 1957, ch. 157, § 6; modified; T.C.A., § 59-1806.]