Tennessee § 7-36-122 - Payments in lieu of taxes.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 7-36-122 — Payments in lieu of taxes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-36-122. Payments in lieu of taxes.
The authority is authorized to pay or cause to be paid from the revenues of each of the systems for each fiscal year payments in lieu of taxes to the associated municipality or such other municipality as shall properly receive said payments. Payments from the electric system revenues must be made and computed in accordance with the Municipal Electric Plant Law of 1935, compiled in chapter 52, part 1 of this title, and payments made from revenues of the telecommunication system must be made in accordance with §§ 7-52-404 and 7-52-606 . Payments made from revenues of the water and wastewater systems must be made by agreement with the affected municipality. The authority shall make payments in lieu of taxes to the associated municipality, accruing from and after the effective date of the transfer of such system or systems from the associated municipality, from such system's revenues on the same basis as payments are currently being made by the supervisory body. The authority shall provide the associated municipality with a copy of its annual audited financial statements at the time each such annual payment is made and shall provide access to such financial information of the authority as is necessary for the associated municipality to review the basis for and amounts of payments required pursuant to this section. To the extent not otherwise addressed in chapter 52, parts 4 and 6 of this title, in connection with the provision of telecommunications service, the authority is subject to all other state and local fees and charges imposed upon private providers of telecommunications services. Acts 2016, ch. 995, § 1; 2017, ch. 446, § 16. Code Commission Notes. Acts 2016, ch. 995, § 1 enacted a new chapter 41, §§ 7-41-101 — 7-41-132 , but the chapter has been redesignated as chapter 36, §§ 7-36-101 — 7-36-132 by authority of the Code Commission. 2017 Amendments. The 2017 amendment, in the second sentence, substituted “must” for “shall” twice, deleted “, part 1” following “chapter 52”, and substituted “telecommunication” for “telecommunications” preceding “system”; added the present third sentence; in the present fourth sentence, substituted “such system or systems” for “the electric system” following “transfer of”, “such system's” for “the electric system” preceding “revenues on”, and “body” for “board” at the end; and, in the last sentence, substituted “is” for “shall be” preceding “subject to” and “telecommunications” for “such” preceding “services”. Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 995, § 3. April 27, 2016. Acts 2017, ch. 446, § 19. May 25, 2017.
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Section 7-36-122 ("Payments in lieu of taxes.") 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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