Use of raised identifying cane or blaze orange dog leash restricted to blind or deaf persons — Penalty
Known as the Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act
The act spans §§ 55-8-101 to 55-8-307 (115 sections).
Acts 1951, ch. 72, § 1 (Williams, § 2670.10); T.C.A
(1) No person, unless totally or partially blind or otherwise incapacitated, while on any public street or thoroughfare shall carry in any raised or extended position any cane or similar walking stick colored white or white tipped with red.
(2) No person, unless totally or partially deaf, shall carry, hold, or use on any street, highway, or in any other public place, a leash blaze orange in color on any dog accompanying that person.
(3) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.