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67-5-103. Taxation by municipality.

(a)  Taxes on property for municipal purposes shall be imposed on the value thereof as the same is ascertained by the assessment for state taxation, and shall be collected by the same officers at the time and in the manner prescribed for the collection of the state revenue, except as provided in this section.

(b)  All existing limitations and restrictions, whether restrictive as to total dollar amount or restrictive as to specific uses or a combination of the two (2), whether imposed by general or private act, or home rule charter, upon the maximum rate or amount of any county, municipality or metropolitan government ad valorem tax levy, are repealed effective January 1, 1973.

(c)  With respect to municipalities that fund all or part of the cost of waste disposal by special assessment to the property owner, as authorized in § 6-2-201(19), the special assessment may be billed in the same manner as municipal real property taxes and the special assessment may be billed on the real property tax notices, but shall not constitute a lien on any affected property or accrue any penalties or interest for late payment. Any municipality that exercises this method of waste disposal by special assessment shall bear all costs of system modifications necessary to prepare property tax notices.

[Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 40; Shan., § 811a1; Code 1932, § 1483; Acts 1951, ch. 238, § 3; 1973, ch. 226, § 6; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-643, 67-1010; Acts 1996, ch. 974, § 1.]  

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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-67 > Chapter-5 > Part-1 > 67-5-103

67-5-103. Taxation by municipality.

(a)  Taxes on property for municipal purposes shall be imposed on the value thereof as the same is ascertained by the assessment for state taxation, and shall be collected by the same officers at the time and in the manner prescribed for the collection of the state revenue, except as provided in this section.

(b)  All existing limitations and restrictions, whether restrictive as to total dollar amount or restrictive as to specific uses or a combination of the two (2), whether imposed by general or private act, or home rule charter, upon the maximum rate or amount of any county, municipality or metropolitan government ad valorem tax levy, are repealed effective January 1, 1973.

(c)  With respect to municipalities that fund all or part of the cost of waste disposal by special assessment to the property owner, as authorized in § 6-2-201(19), the special assessment may be billed in the same manner as municipal real property taxes and the special assessment may be billed on the real property tax notices, but shall not constitute a lien on any affected property or accrue any penalties or interest for late payment. Any municipality that exercises this method of waste disposal by special assessment shall bear all costs of system modifications necessary to prepare property tax notices.

[Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 40; Shan., § 811a1; Code 1932, § 1483; Acts 1951, ch. 238, § 3; 1973, ch. 226, § 6; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-643, 67-1010; Acts 1996, ch. 974, § 1.]  


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Tennessee > Title-67 > Chapter-5 > Part-1 > 67-5-103

67-5-103. Taxation by municipality.

(a)  Taxes on property for municipal purposes shall be imposed on the value thereof as the same is ascertained by the assessment for state taxation, and shall be collected by the same officers at the time and in the manner prescribed for the collection of the state revenue, except as provided in this section.

(b)  All existing limitations and restrictions, whether restrictive as to total dollar amount or restrictive as to specific uses or a combination of the two (2), whether imposed by general or private act, or home rule charter, upon the maximum rate or amount of any county, municipality or metropolitan government ad valorem tax levy, are repealed effective January 1, 1973.

(c)  With respect to municipalities that fund all or part of the cost of waste disposal by special assessment to the property owner, as authorized in § 6-2-201(19), the special assessment may be billed in the same manner as municipal real property taxes and the special assessment may be billed on the real property tax notices, but shall not constitute a lien on any affected property or accrue any penalties or interest for late payment. Any municipality that exercises this method of waste disposal by special assessment shall bear all costs of system modifications necessary to prepare property tax notices.

[Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 40; Shan., § 811a1; Code 1932, § 1483; Acts 1951, ch. 238, § 3; 1973, ch. 226, § 6; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-643, 67-1010; Acts 1996, ch. 974, § 1.]