Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-1-103
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Legislative findings and intent - Crash test labs
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(a) The general assembly finds that: (1) Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) requires the United States secretary of transportation to develop a process for third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination; and (2) In establishing such a process, the United States secretary of transportation shall seek to ensure the independence of crash test labs by ensuring that those labs have a clear separation between device development and testing in cases in which lab employees test devices that were developed within the parent organization of the employee. (b) It is the intent of the general assembly that the state department of transportation shall keep abreast of the United States secretary of transportation's implementation of these testing measures and adopt them to the greatest extent feasible under state law, with the goal being that the state department of transportation will be in compliance with the requirements of the United States department of transportation as it relates to this testing as provided in Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58). Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 754, s 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
(a) The general assembly finds that: (1) Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) requires the United States secretary of transportation to develop a process for third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination; and (2) In establishing such a process, the United States secretary of transportation shall seek to ensure the independence of crash test labs by ensuring that those labs have a clear separation between device development and testing in cases in which lab employees test devices that were developed within the parent organization of the employee.
(1) Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) requires the United States secretary of transportation to develop a process for third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination; and
(2) In establishing such a process, the United States secretary of transportation shall seek to ensure the independence of crash test labs by ensuring that those labs have a clear separation between device development and testing in cases in which lab employees test devices that were developed within the parent organization of the employee.
(b) It is the intent of the general assembly that the state department of transportation shall keep abreast of the United States secretary of transportation's implementation of these testing measures and adopt them to the greatest extent feasible under state law, with the goal being that the state department of transportation will be in compliance with the requirements of the United States department of transportation as it relates to this testing as provided in Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58).
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 754, s 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
(a) The general assembly finds that: (1) Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) requires the United States secretary of transportation to develop a process for third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination; and (2) In establishing such a process, the United States secretary of transportation shall seek to ensure the independence of crash test labs by ensuring that those labs have a clear separation between device development and testing in cases in which lab employees test devices that were developed within the parent organization of the employee.
(1) Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) requires the United States secretary of transportation to develop a process for third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination; and
(2) In establishing such a process, the United States secretary of transportation shall seek to ensure the independence of crash test labs by ensuring that those labs have a clear separation between device development and testing in cases in which lab employees test devices that were developed within the parent organization of the employee.
(b) It is the intent of the general assembly that the state department of transportation shall keep abreast of the United States secretary of transportation's implementation of these testing measures and adopt them to the greatest extent feasible under state law, with the goal being that the state department of transportation will be in compliance with the requirements of the United States department of transportation as it relates to this testing as provided in Section 11517 of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58).
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 754, s 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
Status: in_force
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