The amount of state aid given a community, county, district, division or other agricultural show shall be a percentage of the premiums paid by the show, except for special merit, as is provided in this section:

(1) No community fair shall be paid more than fifty percent (50%) of its approved agricultural premiums in any one (1) year;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-21-103

  • Community fair: means a fair serving an area of less than an entire county, at which are exhibited, in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner of agriculture, with cash premiums being paid to the exhibitors thereof, agricultural products produced in the area served. See Tennessee Code 43-21-104
  • County fair: means a fair serving an entire county. See Tennessee Code 43-21-104
  • District fair: means a fair serving at least five (5) counties but less than an entire grand division of the state and paying not less than a minimum of seven thousand dollars ($7,000) in cash premiums. See Tennessee Code 43-21-104
  • Division fair: means a fair serving a major region of the state and paying more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in premiums. See Tennessee Code 43-21-104
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) No county fair shall be paid more than fifty percent (50%) of its approved agricultural premiums in any one (1) year;
(3) No district fair shall be paid more than fifty percent (50%) of its approved agricultural premiums in any one (1) year; and
(4) No division fair shall be paid more than fifty percent (50%) of its approved agricultural premiums in any one (1) year.
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