Tennessee § 67-4-503 - Multiple taxation of same privilege.

§ 67-4-503. Multiple taxation of same privilege.

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, except where specifically authorized by general law, when any county has pursuant to private act levied a tax on a privilege, no municipality within that county shall later levy a tax on the same privilege, and when any municipality has previously levied a tax on a privilege pursuant to general law or private act, the county in which such municipality is located shall not levy a tax on the same privilege. Any municipality with a population of five thousand (5,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, located partly in one (1) county having a metropolitan form of government and partly in another county, may levy a hotel/motel tax, even if either of the counties in which the municipality with a population of five thousand (5,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, is located levies such tax. This section does not apply to any city that has constructed a qualifying project or projects under the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998, compiled in title 7, chapter 88, as it relates to the authority of such city to levy an occupancy tax. Acts 1937, ch. 108, art. 1, § 1; 1937, ch. 108, art. 2, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1248.1, 1248.2 (Williams, §§ 1248.8, 1248.11); Acts 1978, ch. 835, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-4201, 67-4202, 67-4-501; Acts 1990, ch. 636, § 5; 2002, ch. 718, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Former § 67-4-503 was transferred to § 67-4-506 in 1989. For tables of populations of Tennessee municipalities see Volume 13 and its supplement. Cross-References. Tourist accommodation tax definitions, § 7-4-101 . Limitations on levy of privilege taxes by local governments, § 67-4-1425 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Licenses, § 16; 23 Tenn. Juris., Taxation, § 80. Attorney General Opinions. Levy of hotel-motel tax by home rule municipality located in county which has previously imposed such a tax by private act, OAG 03-062 (5/14/03).