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TN HB0330

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Stevens

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Origin

House of Representatives

114th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Economic and Community Development to revise and certify population figures for all Tennessee counties and municipalities annually prior to July 1, during years between the federal decennial census

  • Assigns the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee to generate annual population estimates through the Tennessee State Data Center

  • Uses certified annual population estimates to allocate and distribute state tax revenues to local governments, ensuring more equitable distribution based on current population rather than decade-old census data

  • Preserves the ability of jurisdictions to conduct special censuses and maintains federal decennial census figures as authoritative when available

  • Takes effect January 1, 2026

Legislative Description

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Section 9-16-101 and Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to allocations to counties and municipalities.

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Last Action

Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

2/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance, Ways & Means2/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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