Several years ago, the Tennessee State Legislators passed an amendment to the DUI law requiring citizens convicted of DUI to a mandatory penalty of litter pickup for 24 hours, generally done in three 8 hour stints. The law was an unfunded mandate placing expense on local sheriff’s departments. There was difficulty administering the law; many individuals were unable to physically do the work, weather often interfered, and there was an immediate impact on convicted individuals who had to miss more work to pick up trash, rather than to serve jail time.
As of July 1, 2016 the mandatory DUI penalty of litter pickup has been abolished for all DUI offenses.