(a) The permit fee to operate a bed and breakfast establishment shall be one hundred forty dollars ($140).
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-14-511

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health, the commissioner's duly authorized representative, and in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner. See Tennessee Code 68-14-502
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-14-502
  • establishment: means a private home, inn or other unique residential facility offering bed and breakfast accommodations and one (1) daily meal and having four (4), but not more than twelve (12), guest rooms furnished for pay, with guests staying not more than fourteen (14) days, and where the innkeeper resides on the premises or property or immediately adjacent to it. See Tennessee Code 68-14-502
  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) If the permit fee is delinquent for more than thirty (30) calendar days, a penalty of one-half (1/2) the permit fee shall be added to the permit fee. If a check is returned for any reason, a penalty of one-half (1/2) the permit fee shall be added to the permit fee. The permit fee plus any penalty must be paid to the commissioner before the permit is issued.
(c) Ninety-five percent (95%) of permit fees, fines, and penalties collected within a contract county pursuant to this part shall be conveyed by contract to the respective county health department to assist such county health department in implementing the program in the local jurisdiction. This amount shall be calculated based upon fees collected in the contract county during the state’s fiscal year multiplied by ninety-five percent (95%).
(d) The permit shall be kept and displayed, in a conspicuous manner, in the office or lobby of the establishment for which it is issued.
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