Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-41-107

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Cost: means all costs of an economic development project in a district incurred by the municipality or industrial development corporation, including, but not limited to, the cost of developing the district, as well as acquisition, design, construction, renovation, improvement, demolition, and relocation of any improvements. See Tennessee Code 7-41-103
  • district: means one (1) or more parcels of real property located within a county having a population of not less than one hundred twenty-two thousand nine hundred (122,900) nor more than one hundred twenty-three thousand (123,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent census, and which some boundary of the district is no more than one-half (1/2) mile from an existing federally designated interstate exit, is no more than twenty (20) miles from the state border of two (2) neighboring states as measured by straight line, is no larger than a total area of nine hundred fifty (950) acres, and is designated as a regional retail tourism development district by a municipal ordinance and certified by the commissioner. See Tennessee Code 7-41-103
  • Industrial development corporation: means a corporation created or authorized by a municipality or county pursuant to chapter 53 of this title. See Tennessee Code 7-41-103
  • Municipality: means an incorporated city located in this state. See Tennessee Code 7-41-103
  • project: means the provision of direct or indirect financial assistance, including funds for location assistance, to an extraordinary retail or tourism facility and other retail or tourism facilities developed to accompany the extraordinary retail or tourism facility in a regional retail tourism development district by a municipality or an industrial development corporation, including, but not limited to, the purchase, lease, grant, construction, reconstruction, improvement, or other acquisition or conveyance of land, buildings, equipment, or other infrastructure. See Tennessee Code 7-41-103

An eligible municipality in which a district is located is authorized to delegate to any industrial development corporation within the county or counties where the municipality is located the authority to carry out all or part of the project, to issue revenue bonds to finance a project within a district, and to incur cost for the project. The municipality may enter into an agreement with an industrial development corporation in which the municipality agrees to promptly pay to the industrial development corporation the tax revenues received pursuant to this chapter sufficient to service the repayment of the bonds and costs incurred by the industrial development corporation for the project. Upon receipt, that portion of tax revenues must be held in trust by the municipality for the benefit of the industrial development corporation.

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