NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Nashville booting company, Nashville Booting LLC is suing Tennessee’s governor and attorney general over a new state law they claim “legislates them out of existence.”
The law, which went into effect July 1 , places regulations on booting companies across the state, including capping the boot removal fee at $75, requiring companies to remove the boot within 45 minutes of the car owner requesting its removal, and requiring booting companies to have a license to operate.
The bill’s sponsor previously told lawmakers the legislation is meant to target “bad actors” in the booting business.
“If you’re going to go to the egregious step of immobilizing someone’s vehicle when there could be an emergency, you’ve got a sick child that you need to get to the hospital and you come out and you find that your vehicle has been immobilized. Those people need to be held accountable,” Sen. Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) said.
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However, Nashville Booting LLC called the provision in the law banning commercial parking lot owners from using third-party booting companies “unconstitutional,” and claimed it will cause “irreparable harm” in a lawsuit against Tennessee.