Amends TCA Section 4-1-401.

ON APRIL 22, 2019, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 247, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to provide that the state will observe daylight saving time throughout the year as the standard time for the state upon the following conditions being met:<br /> <br /> (1) The United States congress authorizing states to observe daylight saving time year round;<br /> (2) The commissioner of transportation certifying in writing to the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives the congressional action described in (1); and<br /> (3) The general assembly, by joint resolution, confirming the congressional action described in (1) and authorizing the implementation of the state's observation of daylight saving time year round.<br /> <br /> Under this amendment, the observation of year-round daylight saving time will begin the first Sunday of November following compliance with the three above-described requirements.<br /> <br />