(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), until the metropolitan council in a county having a metropolitan form of government which has a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, approves an ordinance to impose an additional one-percent increase to the privilege tax authorized pursuant to § 7-4-102(b)(2), the proceeds from the tax authorized to be levied in § 7-4-102(a)(1) shall be retained by the metropolitan government and distributed as follows:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-4-110
Convention center: means any land, improvement, structure, building or part of a building comprised of facilities for conventions, public assemblies, conferences, trade exhibitions or other business, social, cultural, scientific and public interest events, along with any associated hotel accommodations. See Tennessee Code 7-4-101
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.
Metropolitan government: means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
Tourism: means the planning and conducting of programs of information and publicity designed to attract to the county tourists, visitors and other interested persons from outside the area and also to encourage and coordinate the efforts of other public and private organizations or groups of citizens to publicize the facilities and attractions of the area for the same purposes. See Tennessee Code 7-4-101
(1) One third (1/3) shall be used for direct promotion of tourism;(2) One third (1/3) shall be used for tourist related activities; and(3) One third (1/3) shall be deposited in the general fund.(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), when the metropolitan council in a county having a metropolitan form of government which has a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, approves an ordinance to impose an additional one-percent increase to the privilege tax authorized pursuant to § 7-4-102(b)(2), the proceeds from the tax authorized to be levied pursuant to this chapter, other than the tax described in § 7-4-102(c), shall be retained by the metropolitan government and distributed as follows:
(1) One third (1/3) in its entirety shall be used for the direct promotion of tourism;(2) One third (1/3) in its entirety shall be maintained in a reserve fund to be used exclusively for the purpose of modifying, constructing, financing and operating a convention center;(3) One sixth (1/6) shall be used for tourist related activities which may include funding a convention center; and(4) One sixth (1/6) shall be deposited in the general fund of the metropolitan government.(c) If the total tax collections received pursuant to this section and dedicated to the purposes contained in subdivisions (b)(1), (2) and (3) exceed the amounts necessary to fund the obligations under those subdivisions, the excess shall be placed in a reserve fund and expended only for tourist related activities.(d) Until the metropolitan council in a county having a metropolitan form of government which has a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, approves an ordinance to impose an additional one-percent increase to the privilege tax authorized pursuant to § 7-4-102(b)(2), the proceeds from the tax authorized to be levied in § 7-4-102(a)(2) shall be retained by the metropolitan government having a population in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and shall be used solely for the direct promotion of tourism.(e) The proceeds from the tax authorized by § 7-4-102(c) shall be retained by the collecting municipality and used exclusively for tourist related activities within the municipality.(f) If there has been designated within the county a secondary tourism development zone, then one third (1/3) of the proceeds of the tax authorized to be levied in § 7-4-102(a)(1) and all of the proceeds of the tax authorized to be levied in § 7-4-102(a)(2) which are derived from the secondary tourism development zone shall be paid to the county for deposit in its general fund, but only to the extent that the same exceeds one third (1/3) of the proceeds of the tourist accommodation tax from the secondary tourism development zone for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, increased by three percent (3%) for each fiscal year thereafter (i.e., in fiscal year 2007, one hundred three percent (103%) of the proceeds for fiscal year 2006; in fiscal year 2008, one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount so calculated for fiscal year 2007; etc.).(g) If there has been designated within the county a secondary tourism development zone, until the metropolitan council approves an ordinance to impose an additional one-percent increase to the privilege tax authorized pursuant to § 7-4-102(b)(2), the metropolitan council may by resolution authorize one third (1/3) of the proceeds of the tax authorized to be levied in § 7-4-102(a)(1) and all of the proceeds of the tax authorized to be levied in § 7-4-102(a)(2) which are derived from the secondary tourism development zone to be paid to the county for deposit in its general fund, but only to the extent that the same exceeds one third (1/3) of the proceeds of the tourist accommodation tax from the secondary tourism development zone for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, increased by three percent (3%) for each fiscal year thereafter (i.e., in fiscal year 2007, one hundred three percent (103%) of the proceeds for fiscal year 2006; in fiscal year 2008, one hundred three percent (103%) of the amount so calculated for fiscal year 2007, etc.).
