Tennessee § 6-56-103 - Taxpayers compelling audit.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 6-56-103 — Taxpayers compelling audit., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-56-103. Taxpayers compelling audit.
If two (2) years lapse without the audit provided for in §§ 6-56-101 and 6-56-102 being made, any ten (10) persons over eighteen (18) years of age, who have paid taxes to such municipal corporation during the two-year period for which no audit has been made, may file a written demand for such an audit with the mayor, and if the audit is not commenced within fifteen (15) days after the filing of such demand, the ten (10) persons may file their bill in the chancery court against the corporation, and officers of the corporation charged with the duty of causing the audit to be made. Upon proof of their failure to provide for the audit and the demand therefor by the complainants, the chancellor shall decree that the audit be made, and shall appoint an auditor who shall make the audit. The cost of the audit so made shall be adjudged against the municipality as a part of the costs of the case. Acts 1917, ch. 64, § 3; Shan. Supp., § 1947a3; Code 1932, § 3503; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 162, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-803.
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Section 6-56-103 ("Taxpayers compelling audit.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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