Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-11-115

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Unit: includes each county and city in the state, which shall issue bonds under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 9-11-102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Immediately after the passage of the appropriation ordinance or resolution, the governing body shall pass an ordinance or resolution levying upon all property subject to taxation within the unit and basing such levy upon the current tax collection experience of the preceding fiscal year, such rate of tax as may be required to produce the sum necessary to balance the budget upon a cash basis. The sum necessary to balance the budget shall be ascertained by deducting from the total cash appropriations made under § 9-11-113(1), (2) and (3), such cash receipts applicable to such cash appropriations as may be estimated under the limitations of § 9-11-113(4)(A)-(D). In order that the current tax levy so made shall be truly based upon the current tax collection experience of the preceding year, such current tax levy shall be determined by dividing the sum necessary to be raised in order to balance the budget by a percentage which does not exceed the percentage obtained by dividing the amount of current taxes collected in cash in the preceding fiscal year by the amount of the taxes levied and payable in such preceding fiscal year.