Section 57-3-227 - Common carrier license(a) Beginning January 1, 2023, there is created a common carrier license to be issued by the commission to a person, firm, or corporation that transports goods for a fee, and maintains a regularly established schedule of service within this state to transport wine from a person licensed under § 57-3-217 or § 57-3-415 directly to the citizens of the state who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older. Each applicant shall pay to the commission a one-time, nonrefundable fee in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) when the application is submitted for review. A license under this section must not be issued until the applicant has paid to the commission the annual license fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000).(b) A common carrier shall only transport wine to individuals over twenty-one (21) years of age and in accordance with § 57-3-217. It is a violation for a common carrier, their employees, agents, or contractors, upon the time of final delivery to the individual, to not inspect a valid government-issued identification for proof the individual is twenty-one (21) years of age or older.(c) This section does not apply to common carriers regulated under 49 U.S.C. §§ 10101 et seq., or to rail trailer-on-flatcar/container-on-flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service, as defined in 49 CFR § 1090.1, or highway TOFC/COFC service provided by a rail carrier, either itself or jointly with a motor carrier, as part of continuous intermodal freight transportation, including, without limitation, any other TOFC/COFC transportation as defined under federal law.(d) The commission may make such investigations and inspections necessary to administer this part.Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 699, s 1, eff. 1/1/2023.