TENNESSEE

Tennessee Statutes, Acts of 1955, Title 62, Chapter 7,
Section 62-717 (amended 1980); Title 64, Chapter 7,
Section 64-705 (Acts of 1972); and Title 64, Chapter
7, Section 66-7-106 (Acts of 1982)

Tennessee statutory law guarantees a blind person the
legal right to be accompanied by a specially trained
dog guide in harness in all public accommodations and
on all public conveyances.  A dog guide user is also
guaranteed the legal right to all housing
accommodations.  No extra charge can be levied because
of the dog guide's presence, but the dog guide user is
liable for any damage the dog might cause to the
premises.  The dog guide user may be requester to
present for inspection the identification card
furnished by dog guide training institutions to their
graduates.

Public accommodations under Tennessee law include such
facilities as stores, theaters, motion picture houses,
elevators, public transportation, restaurants, hotels,
public educational institutions, and other places to
which the general public is invited.  (*62-717)

Housing accommodations include any real property or
portion thereof which is intended, arranged or
designed as a home, residence or sleeping place, but
does not include any single-family residence, the
occupants of which rent, leash or furnish for
compensation not more than one room therein.  (*64-
705, *66-7-106)

Violation: Anyone who interferes with the above
enumerated legal rights is guilty of a misdemeanor and
punishable by a fine not to exceed $50.  (*62-717)