Education, Higher - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days after which a municipal corporation must cease to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of a state institution after a state university and community college system or the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee requests the governing body of the municipal corporation to cease prescribing and enforcing such traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 163 (introduced by Rep. Baum) amends Tennessee law to extend the timeframe from 30 to 45 days for cities to stop enforcing traffic ordinances on state university and community college campuses after the institution requests it. This change directly affects municipal corporations (cities/towns) and state institutions of higher education, requiring cities to cease traffic rule enforcement within 45 days of a formal request from the university or college system. The bill modifies Tennessee Code Annotated Title 49, Section 49-7-105(c), to provide institutions more time to transition traffic management on campus property. It is a procedural bill focused solely on adjusting the compliance timeline, with no additional policy changes.