(a) The commissioner shall credit the proceeds of the tax levied by this part to a special nonreverting account to be called the state unauthorized substances tax account, until the tax proceeds are unencumbered. The commissioner shall remit the unencumbered tax proceeds as provided in this section on a quarterly or more frequent basis.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-4-2809

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2802
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Local law enforcement agency: means a municipal police department, a metropolitan police department, or a sheriff's office. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2802
  • Merchant: means a merchant or peddler within the scope of Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, §. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2802
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
  • taxpayer: means every corporation, subchapter S corporation, limited liability company, professional limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, professional registered limited liability partnership, limited partnership, cooperative, joint-stock association, business trust, regulated investment company, REIT, state-chartered or national bank, or state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
(b)

(1) Tax proceeds are unencumbered when:

(A) The tax has been paid and the collection process completed; and
(B)

(i) The taxpayer has no current right to file a refund claim, and the paid tax is not the subject of any pending lawsuit for the recovery of that tax; or
(ii) The time for the taxpayer to file suit pursuant to § 67-1-1802(c) has expired.
(2)

(A) The commissioner shall first apply the unencumbered tax proceeds to the costs of storing and disposing of the assets seized in payment of the assessment under this part and then to the costs incurred by the commissioner due to implementation and enforcement of this part, which costs shall be added to and become part of the assessment.
(B)

(i) From the remaining proceeds, the commissioner shall remit seventy-five percent (75%) of the unencumbered tax proceeds that were collected by assessment to the state or local law enforcement agency that conducted the investigation of a merchant that led to the assessment. Such proceeds are to be used by the agency solely for the purpose of investigating, combating, preventing, and reducing drug crimes.
(ii) If more than one (1) state or local law enforcement agency conducted the investigation, then the commissioner shall determine the equitable share for each agency based on the contribution each agency made to the investigation.
(iii) The commissioner’s determination of the equitable share for each agency shall be final and shall not be subject to review in an administrative or judicial proceeding.
(C) The commissioner shall credit the remaining unencumbered tax proceeds to the general fund.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in the event the tax levied by this part is voluntarily paid to the department of revenue, and not as a result of an investigation or arrest by a state or local law enforcement agency, such voluntarily paid tax shall be considered unencumbered upon payment, and the commissioner shall credit the entire tax proceeds to the general fund.
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