Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1340 - Safety and Homeland Security
Subtitle 1340-06 - Rules and Regulations As To Supervision and Control of Motor Vehicles and Motor Buses
Chapter 1340-06-01 - RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR BUSES
Section 1340-06-01-.23 - DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE INSPECTION OF HOMEMADE AND/OR MATERIALLY RECONSTRUCTED TRAILERS

(1) The word "automobile" as used in the rules pertaining to homemade and materially reconstructed trailers shall mean a self-propelled land vehicle with four wheels propelled by an internal combustion engine which is designed primarily to carry passengers and incidental freight for a non-commercial purpose and which is required to register with the state pursuant to T.C.A. § 55-4-111(c) or T.C.A. § 55-4-112. This definition shall include cars, vans, and small trucks which do not register as a commercial vehicle under T.C.A. § 55-4-113.

(2) The word "trailer" shall be defined as described in T.C.A. § 55-1-105(5);

(3) The word "semi-trailer" shall be defined as described in T.C.A. § 55-1-105(4);

(4) The word "pole trailer" shall be defined as described in T.C.A. § 55-1-105(3);

(5) The word "homemade" shall be defined as described in T.C.A. § 55-4-101(3)(A);

(6) The word "materially reconstructed" shall be defined as described in T.C.A. § 55-4-101(3)(B);

(7) The word "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security;

(8) The word "Department" shall mean the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security.