Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-88-102

  • 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

The purpose of this chapter is to increase state tourism and related economic development by providing a financing mechanism for the development of convention centers and other similar public use facilities that will attract and serve major tourism destinations, thereby fostering economic benefit to the state and hosting cities and counties.