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Commission staff told the commission the application had been denied based on two convictions for reckless endangerment from 2019; the commission has discretion to deny the applicant through Dec. 14, 2028. At the hearing, Click said he was 18 at the time of the offense, described the circumstances as a failure to recognize a local annexation that changed jurisdictional rules, and provided two letters: one from his probation officer confirming supervised probation and participation in Blount County Recovery Court Program, and one from the recovery program verifying he was in aftercare and in compliance with program requirements. Click asked the commission for a second chance and described steady employment at local dealerships.

Alex Hopper, identified as representing Hopper Auto Sales, testified as a character witness and urged commissioners to approve the license, describing Click as a reliable worker and active sponsor in recovery efforts. Legal staff said their research showed nothing inconsistent with the applicant’s statements.

After questions about the conviction and program participation, Commissioner Vaughn moved to approve the license and Commissioner Melton seconded. Executive Director Denise Lawrence called the roll; commissioners voted to approve the applicant’s license unanimously. Commission staff said the license would be issued electronically.

Votes at a glance: motion to approve licensure for Nathan Click was made by Commissioner Vaughn, seconded by Commissioner Melton, and adopted by unanimous roll-call vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","MVC Quarterly Meeting - 1/28/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission unanimously approved a salesperson license for Nathan Click on Jan. 28 after a hearing that included letters from his probation officer and confirmation of participation in a recovery court program.","taxTitle","Commerce & Insurance, Deparments in Office of the Governor, Organizations, Executive, Tennessee","taxId",17379,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6671333,"Commission approves reduced penalties, orders licensed salespeople at three auction locations",1781,187000,1968000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2168369-678ed34745bbcfdc2661b461226dea6c&start=187&end=1968","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2168369-678ed34745bbcfdc2661b461226dea6c/thumbnail_187000.jpg","/articles/6671333/Tennessee/Commission-approves-reduced-penalties-orders-licensed-salespeople-at-three-auction-locations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6671333-20d9c3fcff56dfc4327c29bb4cca84f3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187190&Signature=NDaAcd15QIRIVn3u5p-jpccuAeo~D4oCcNsHLfxjLEpc1dpTHstEEETmP1ehprgGfXDEF~mPJyDrEWeWQLGhoZP~cXNxV0oWLDkDy4xDmplRbWpnJA-Lnt0Gq~5yNwJXht8ZDQS5EFemshoEP0~iDYPyJKV9yoz4DF-RqO6LvlBjrbVWQ473HI0IGjakz6cKbu3F0QpjpjE62Xpkxm~Krtj9SEd6MxHHxPxq2-nNRR49e9OY~Z3-O7l9-6MRWM~kaPi4gr66-aIIVKxD8Sxxs6Vv7Sl~mQTCJ27lToGAhXBzpRFVEEcjLijgKiaelSdtTyFCX~sojbO~-bImT6X3oQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission on Jan. 28 approved an amended legal report calling for $5,000 civil penalties for unlicensed-salesperson activity at three dealer locations tied to a single auction company and required each respondent to secure a licensed salesperson within 10 days.

Commissioners said the cases involved the same business operating at three separate locations that had not held required salesperson licenses since 2017 despite reporting a small number of retail-titled vehicles on annual sales reports. Legal staff told the commission auditor inspection records had not identified the missing licenses until recently.

The commission’s legal committee members discussed possible mitigating factors, including the business’s auction structure, the fact the errors dated to 2017, and that the entities had filed annual sales reports. Committee members said they favored a reduced penalty rather than the much larger statutory total that would have resulted from counting each untitled vehicle at the standard per-vehicle civil-penalty amount. The legal committee recommended $5,000 penalties for each of the three matters and the 10-day compliance window; the committee forwarded the amended recommendation for full-commission adoption.

At the full commission roll call vote to adopt the legal report as amended, most commissioners voted aye and Commissioner Norton recorded an abstention. The commission’s legal staff said the amended discipline will be reflected in consent orders and that the consent orders will include a requirement that respondents obtain a licensed salesperson within 10 days of the order.

Commissioners and staff also discussed how the commission will handle similar cases going forward. Legal staff said the commission has recently increased the per-violation citation amount from $500 to $1,000 and that, when aggregate fines would be very large, the program will cap liability and consider mitigating circumstances. Staff proposed adding a requirement to consent orders that respondents come into compliance within a specified number of days to prevent recurrence; commissioners agreed that follow-up should be standard where a letter of warning is issued and that repeat violations would be treated more harshly.

The legal report changes were adopted as amended by the full commission. The amended recommendations covered the three auction-related matters and other, separate edits to wording in the legal report dealing with unrelated items.

Commissioners asked staff to do outreach to auction operators to clarify Tennessee requirements and to spot-check auction annual reports statewide. Executive staff said they would follow up and provide a summary at a future meeting.

Votes at a glance: the commission adopted the legal report as amended; the roll-call vote on the full report showed a majority of ayes and one abstention by Commissioner Norton.","The Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission adopted an amended legal report directing $5,000 civil penalties for unlicensed salesperson activity at three auction-affiliated dealer locations and ordered each respondent to obtain a licensed salesperson within 10 days; the full commission adopted the legal report with one abstention.","actionData","errors"]

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Commission grants salesperson license to applicant after hearing; applicant in recovery court program

Commission approves reduced penalties, orders licensed salespeople at three auction locations