(a) Where there exists an airport or any other navigation facility, as defined in § 42-4-103 or § 42-5-102, that is located outside the territorial limits of the creating municipality or the municipality that controls or operates the airport or air navigation facility, the creating municipality or municipality that controls or operates the airport or air navigation facility may levy and collect a privilege tax, in the same manner authorized by this part, upon any vocation, occupation, business or business activity enumerated, described, or referred to in § 67-4-708 that is conducted or located upon the premises, grounds, and/or property of such airport or air navigation facility, and the municipality may levy and collect such privilege tax in the same manner and to the same extent as if the airport or air navigation facility were within the territorial limits of the municipality.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-4-727

  • Business: includes any activity engaged in by any person, or caused to be engaged in by the person, with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect. See Tennessee Code 67-4-702
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
(b)

(1) This section shall not apply to any county having a population, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:

not less than

nor more than

100,000

200,000

285,000

290,000

450,000

550,000

600,001
(2) This section shall not apply to any county having a metropolitan form of government.
(3) This section shall not apply to any municipality or county creating, controlling, or operating, in part, an airport or air navigation facility created, controlled, or operated, in part, by at least four (4) political subdivisions of this state and a political subdivision of an adjacent state, which airport is located outside the territorial limits of such municipality or county.
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