(a) Any metropolitan government created and established pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title shall be authorized and empowered to levy within its general services district any and every privilege tax that a county is now authorized to levy or may hereafter be authorized to levy. When the amount of the authorized privilege tax shall depend upon the population of the county, then the population of the general services district shall be determinative of the authorized levy.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-3-201
General services district: means a service district within a metropolitan government whose geographical limits are coextensive with the total area in which the government functions. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
Metropolitan government: means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
Urban services district: means a service district within a metropolitan government in which are furnished by the metropolitan government municipal services additional to those provided in the general services district. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
(b) In addition to the privilege taxes authorized in subsection (a), any such metropolitan government by action of its metropolitan council shall be authorized and empowered to levy within its urban services district any and every privilege tax that an incorporated city or municipality is now authorized to levy or may hereafter be authorized to levy. When the amount of the authorized privilege tax shall depend upon population of the incorporated city or municipality, then the population of the urban services district shall be determinative of the authorized levy.
