Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 54-3-115 - Proprietary records(a) Personal information or highly restricted personal information obtained in connection with a motor vehicle record, and thereafter obtained by the department or the department's contractor in connection with the collection of and enforcement of user fees on a user fee facility, is subject to disclosure limitations established in the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act (18 U.S.C. § 2721) and the Uniform Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act, compiled in title 55, chapter 25, and must remain confidential as required by such federal and state laws and not be open for public inspection under title 10, chapter 7, nor discoverable in legal proceedings.(b) Financial information, transaction history, and information generated by an open road user fee system on a user fee facility related to the collection of a user fee from a person, and which has been obtained by the department or the department's contractor for the purposes of collecting and enforcing user fees on a user fee facility must remain confidential and not be open for public inspection under § 10-7-503 or another law. The department or the department's contractor may use the account information only for purposes of collecting and enforcing user fees. Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, this information is not open to public inspection under § 10-7-503 or another law; provided, however, that the user fee facility account holder may examine the account holder's own account information, and a third party by authority of a proper court order may inspect and examine confidential account information.(c) Proposals received by the department for franchise agreements, concession agreements, or some combination of those agreements, related to the design, construction, financing, operation, or maintenance of user fee facilities, and documents used by the department to evaluate and accept or reject such proposals, must remain confidential, not be subject to disclosure to another proposer, and not be open for public inspection pursuant to § 10-7-503 or another law until after the department has selected a proposal and awarded a contract. Proprietary information contained in a proposal for such an agreement, whether a solicited or unsolicited proposal, must remain confidential, not be subject to disclosure to another proposer, and not be open for public inspection pursuant to § 10-7-503 or another law, as provided in § 54-6-107. For purposes of this subsection (c), "proprietary" has the same meaning as defined in § 54-6-102.Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 159, s 30, eff. 4/17/2023.