The state privilege tax collected under §§ 57-5-201 – 57-5-204 shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be divided as follows:
(1) From the proceeds of the amount so collected, ten and five hundredths percent (10.05%) shall be paid to the several counties equally to be used by them for general purposes, ten and five hundredths percent (10.05%) shall be divided between the existing incorporated municipalities according to population to be used by them for general purposes, and forty-one hundredths percent (0.41%) shall be reserved and transferred to the department of mental health and substance abuse services to assist municipalities and counties in carrying out the Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Treatment Act of 1973, compiled as title 33, chapter 10; title 39, chapter 17, part 4; §§ 53-11-408 and 57-3-306; and this section. Any municipality or county shall have the right to take not more than four (4) special censuses at its own expense at any time during the interim between the regular decennial federal census. Such right shall include the current decennium. Any such census shall be taken by the federal bureau of the census, or in a manner directed by and satisfactory to the department of economic and community development. The population of the municipality or county shall be revised in accordance with the special census for purposes of distribution of such funds, effective on July 1, following the certification of the census results by the federal bureau of the census, or the department of economic and community development to the commissioner of finance and administration; the aggregate population shall likewise be adjusted in accordance with any such special census, effective July 1, following certification; and
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-5-205
- Municipality: means an incorporated town or city having a population of: (i) Seven hundred (700) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or a subsequent federal census. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- 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
