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As enacted, requires short-term rental unit marketplaces to collect and remit local occupancy taxes for short-term rental units secured through the marketplace beginning January 1, 2021; enacts provisions governing classification of certain residential property used as a short-term rental; revises and enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

As enacted, requires the commissioner of general services instead of the commissioner of finance and administration to certify by January 1 of each year to the comptroller of the treasury information necessary to identify property rendered tax exempt by acquisition by the state during the prior fiscal year for conservation and preservation. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-406 and Section 11-7-109.

As enacted, increases, from $2.93 billion to $4 billion, the maximum aggregate principal amount for which the agency may issue bonds and notes at any one time. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-121.

As enacted, increases, from $2.93 billion to $4 billion, the maximum aggregate principal amount for which the agency may issue bonds and notes at any one time. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-121.

As enacted, extends compensation for death of emergency responders to emergency medical technicians and paramedics; authorizes local governments to continue to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and children of an emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2 and Title 8, Chapter 27.

As enacted and subject to local approval, authorizes Knox County to collect the privilege tax on occupancy from transients in owner-occupied single family residences, in apartments or condominiums where less than 25 percent of the total units are rented to transients, and in single-family homes where each single-family dwelling unit occupies a separate lot. - Amends Chapter 847 of the Public Acts of 1982, as amended by Chapter 628 of the Public Acts of 1996.

As enacted, adds provisions governing the apportionment and distribution of incremental increases in sales and use taxes due to a public use facility. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 30.

As enacted, revises provisions and specifies application of the Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 30.

As enacted, prohibits a constable from exercising law enforcement powers and authority if the constable fails to complete currently required in-service education; creates a Class C misdemeanor, subject to fine of $50, for a constable violating this prohibition; stipulates that each day of a violation constitutes a separate offense. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 16; Title 25; Title 26; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 47; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55; Title 57; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 70 and Title 71.

As enacted, increases the number of paid meetings the Carter County Parks and Recreation Board may hold, from eight per year to 12 per year. - Amends TCA Section 11-24-104.

As enacted, authorizes beer retailers to sell beer, from their own inventory, online for curbside pickup at the beer retailer's location; requires that the employee bringing beer to a vehicle for curbside pickup verify that the recipient of the beer is 21 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Section 57-5-103.

As enacted, adds provisions governing the apportionment and distribution of incremental increases in sales and use taxes due to a public use facility. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 30.

As enacted, increases the number of paid meetings the Carter County Parks and Recreation Board may hold, from eight per year to 12 per year. - Amends TCA Section 11-24-104.

As enacted, creates an exception to the prohibition on an industrial development corporation purchasing a hotel, motel, or apartment building, if the project is a tourism attraction involving an aggregate investment of public and private funds in excess of $75 million. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53.

As enacted, authorizes a county, upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, to dispose of real property at a nominal cost by private negotiation and sale to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, incorporated under the laws of this state, whose purpose includes educational services to youth in areas including health, science, agriculture, and civic engagement through in-school and after-school programs and school and community clubs and camps. - Amends TCA Title 5.

As enacted, authorizes senators and representatives to decline appointment or appoint a designee to the board of the management corporation for a central business improvement district or inner-city redevelopment district and establishes requirement for person designated in place of the member; prohibits subsequent creation of a district for a period of one year if a petition fails to receive the requisite number of signatures. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 6.

As enacted, authorizes a county mayor to appoint a committee to approve amendments to the budget after the budget has been adopted under the Local Option Budgeting Law of 1993. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 12, Part 2.

As introduced, authorizes local governments to add the cost of a criminal history background check for an applicant for a beer permit or adult-oriented establishment as a separate fee instead of including such cost in the application fee for the license or permit. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 11 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

As introduced, extends the period in which a vote of a county commissioner having a conflict of interest can be challenged; requires county mayor to call a special meeting if the challenged vote would change the outcome of the vote. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-112.

As introduced, requires that tax deeds include as an exhibit in a delinquent tax lawsuit, a detailed description of the steps taken by the delinquent tax attorney to provide notice to all owners and interested parties; makes other related revisions governing delinquent tax proceedings. - Amends TCA Section 13-6-102; Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 21; Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 24 and Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 25.

As introduced, authorizes the county trustee to proceed against delinquent taxpayers by retaining an agent to collect delinquent personal property taxes, interest, costs, and attorneys' fees. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, authorizes the county trustee to proceed against delinquent taxpayers by retaining an agent to collect delinquent personal property taxes, interest, costs, and attorneys' fees. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, deletes the provision that limited the availability of recall elections for school board members to only Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.

Requests the United States Congress to convene an Article V Convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution that would restore the public's trust in our representative government by reforming our campaign finance system.

David Golden, Registry of Election Finance

As introduced, deletes the provision that limited the availability of recall elections for school board members to only Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.

As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of any defects in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, defines the terms "economic development" and "project" to include incentives that promote the development of single-family housing, for purposes of laws governing projects by industrial development corporations and contributions to industrial development corporations by municipalities. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 7, Chapter 53.

As introduced, defines the terms "economic development" and "project" to include incentives that promote the development of single-family housing, for purposes of laws governing projects by industrial development corporations and contributions to industrial development corporations by municipalities. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 7, Chapter 53.

As introduced, requires counties that provide insurance coverage for employees to put the policy or policies on the county's website. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8 and Title 56.

As introduced, opens eligibility to vote in a referendum on the levy of a local option sales tax by a county to all voters in the county, including city residents, even if the proposed levy is equal to or below the current tax levied in the city. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7.

As introduced, removes employees of the board of education and highway commission from the list of officials who are prohibited from having a financial interest in the purchase of any supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services by the county under the County Financial Management System of 1981. - Amends TCA Section 5-21-121.

As introduced, designates a specific time frame of 48 hours within which the state executive committees should post on the websites of the respective political parties, any change to a scheduled appearance of a candidate or the unavailability of a candidate to appear at an event scheduled during the time between the primary and general elections. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires state-wide grant programs operated by the THDA through the Tennessee housing trust fund to consider applicant homeowners eligible if the applicant is making property tax payments via a written, approved payment plan and not just if the applicant has paid property taxes in full. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 23.

As introduced, requires the assessor of property to advise the county or municipal tax collector of a revised assessment based on commercial and industrial tangible personal property that is destroyed, demolished, or substantially damaged by fire, flood, wind, or any other disaster. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, lengthens the time a hotel operator in a home rule municipality that levies an occupancy tax is required to maintain tax records, from three years to four years. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 13, Chapter 7, Part 6 and Title 67.

As introduced, permits counties operating under the county Financial Management System of 1981 to dispose of surplus personal property with value less than $500 without the necessity of a public sale. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 21.

As introduced, clarifies that trial court judges and chancellors must file statements of interest. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 2; Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 4, Chapter 55 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5.

As introduced, lengthens the time a hotel operator in a home rule municipality that levies an occupancy tax is required to maintain tax records, from three years to four years. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 13, Chapter 7, Part 6 and Title 67.

As introduced, requires the assessor of property to advise the county or municipal tax collector of a revised assessment based on commercial and industrial tangible personal property that is destroyed, demolished, or substantially damaged by fire, flood, wind, or any other disaster. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, exempts Nashville-Davidson County from the prohibition on enacting laws that require existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial units to be sold or rented at below market rates. - Amends TCA Section 66-35-102.

As introduced, opens eligibility to vote in a referendum on the levy of a local option sales tax by a county to all voters in the county, including city residents, even if the proposed levy is equal to or below the current tax levied in the city. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7.

As introduced, removes employees of the board of education and highway commission from the list of officials who are prohibited from having a financial interest in the purchase of any supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services by the county under the County Financial Management System of 1981. - Amends TCA Section 5-21-121.

As introduced, requires absentee ballot counting boards to tabulate the results of early and absentee voting at the time the polls are statutorily required to close; requires the absentee ballot counting board to publicly announce the results immediately upon completing the tabulations, even if voters in the county are still waiting in line to vote. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, authorizes beer manufacturers to self-distribute beer within a 100-mile radius of the manufacturer if the manufacturer brews 50,000 gallons or less. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5.

As introduced, requires election officials to inspect filings for sufficiency and timeliness; establishes conclusive presumption that accepted filings are sufficient and timely filed. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, makes various changes to the manner in which the Tennessee housing development agency makes loans. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-117.

As introduced, prohibits a candidate for public office from using campaign funds to pay a family member for providing services to the campaign unless the family member provides the same or substantially similar services to at least one other candidate, person, or entity. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3 and Title 8.

As enacted, requires a chair of the nominating body of a statewide political party or recognized minor party to certify the party's nominees for president and vice president to the coordinator of elections by the first business day in September. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13.

As enacted, revises provisions governing certain election-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As enacted, revises provisions governing certain election-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As enacted, revises various provisions governing elections, including provisions regarding ballot stubs and persons serving as election officials. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

As enacted, authorizes county legislative body to pass a resolution to pay county commissioners a salary plus an amount for attendance at meetings of the body and other ad hoc committee meetings; prohibits increases in county commissioner compensation taking effect during the term in which the increase was adopted. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-107.

As enacted, authorizes county legislative body to pass a resolution to pay county commissioners a salary plus an amount for attendance at meetings of the body and other ad hoc committee meetings; prohibits increases in county commissioner compensation taking effect during the term in which the increase was adopted. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-107.

As enacted, makes various revisions to the property tax appeal process. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As enacted, authorizes local governments to prohibit, by local resolution or ordinance adopted by two-thirds vote, smoking on the grounds of any playground owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

As introduced, authorizes human resource agencies to obtain insurance in lieu of surety bonds to ensure the lawful performance by agency officials and employees of their fiduciary duties and responsibilities. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26, Part 1.

As introduced, authorizes human resource agencies to obtain insurance in lieu of surety bonds to ensure the lawful performance by agency officials and employees of their fiduciary duties and responsibilities. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26, Part 1.

As introduced, expands presumptive disability in acquiring certain infectious diseases in the line of duty by emergency rescue workers to include the hepatitis B virus. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-209.

As introduced, requires that all citations issued for violations of ordinances referenced in the municipality's administrative hearing ordinance be served via certified mail to the actual address of the person in violation of such ordinances. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 10.

As introduced, increases time allowed for a person to register to vote from 30 days before an election to 25 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires new amendments or additions to political party rules to take effect 10 business days, instead of 10 days, after being filed with the secretary of state and the coordinator of elections. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to call and send text messages and email notifications to voters whose registration may be purged as a result of the address verification program, with instruction on how the voters may verify or correct their address information. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As introduced, extends the period after a homemade beer contest, competition, or other event held at a permitted beer manufacturer's premises that the homemade beer may remain at the premises, from 24 hours after the end of the event to 36 hours after the event. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 1.

As introduced, clarifies that a charter commission member's term of office ends the shorter of two years from the date of election or the date a proposed charter is filed with the county election commission for purposes of filing statements of interest. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 7, Chapter 2 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5.

As introduced, authorizes municipalities to create a fund that provides grants for the study of juveniles involved in prostitution and homicides committed by juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes county election commissions to designate teachers as deputies for the purposes of in-person registration at supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

As introduced, requires that all citations issued for violations of ordinances referenced in the municipality's administrative hearing ordinance be served via certified mail to the actual address of the person in violation of such ordinances. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 10.

As introduced, requires any county purchasing direct recording electronic voting systems to ensure that the systems have the capability to create a voter-verifiable paper audit trail for each ballot cast. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 9.

As introduced, prohibits a local beer board from imposing a fine or penalty on a licensee based solely on the fact that the alcoholic beverage commission imposed a fine or penalty; authorizes local governments to set the amount of the application fee for a beer permit and the privilege tax on beer. - Amends TCA Title 57.

As introduced, allows, under certain conditions, the conveyance to a veteran of property purchased at a tax sale by the state, a county, a municipality of the state, or a county and a municipality; waives property taxes on the conveyed property for up to 12 months; provides various restrictions on the use of the property by the veteran. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, adds administrators of elections to the list of county general officers for purposes of determining compensation; requires counties to compensate administrators as general officers; establishes certain minimum hours for election commission offices in counties with certified administrators of elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8, Chapter 24.

As introduced, requires a county governing body that levies a privilege tax on residential development under the County Powers Relief Act to post the administrative guidelines, procedures, regulations, and forms to the county's website. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29.

As introduced, extends from five days to seven days the minimum notice period that an industrial development corporation must provide before holding a public meeting to discuss the consideration of a payment in lieu of tax agreement. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 64 and Title 67.

As introduced, changes from "not less than 10 or more than 60 days" to "not less than 15 or more than 45 days" the period in which the secretary, or other officer, of the board of directors of a condominium unit owners' association must give notice to unit owners of a meeting of the association. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 66.

As introduced, extends, from three years to five years, the period of time that planning commissions must retain the documentation related to the commission members' attendance at training and continuing education. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13.

As introduced, names Jackson County as the "Tennessee Special Economic Zone (TSEZ)"; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 67.

As introduced, requires municipalities and counties to provide notice of proposed zoning ordinances and proposed zoning amendments to property owners within the boundaries of the zone; requires documentation by the local government of provision of notice; creates a cause of action to void the adoption of the ordinance or amendment if procedural requirements are not met by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7.

As introduced, increases, from 15 to 20 the number of days after the sale or termination of a business within which the operator of the business must notify the local assessor and pay any personal property taxes due on account of the operation of the business. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, requires the county election commission to designate restroom facilities in each building in which the election is held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a campaign; prohibits county election commissions from prohibiting workers or volunteers from using the designated restroom facilities if the worker or volunteer covers or removes clothing and accoutrements bearing campaign material. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

As introduced, requires each member of a board of directors of an industrial development corporation to complete a conflict-of-interest statement; requires the Tennessee Ethics Commission to post on its website a sample conflict of interest statement. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53.

As introduced, changes the deadline date by which a person seeking a nomination through write-in ballots must notify the county election commission or the state coordinator of elections, as applicable, from 50 days before a primary election to 25 days before a primary election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, authorizes the City of Springfield to levy a privilege tax of up to 3 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

As introduced, requires the county election commission to designate restroom facilities in each building in which the election is held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a campaign; prohibits county election commissions from prohibiting workers or volunteers from using the designated restroom facilities if the worker or volunteer covers or removes clothing and accoutrements bearing campaign material. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

As introduced, specifies that the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program and the Neighborhood Preservation Act do not apply to property tax proceedings, property tax liens, or the enforcement of property tax liens. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 30; Title 13, Chapter 6 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, permits any registered Tennessee voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing a certification as to the identity of the voter in the application for a ballot; requires an absentee ballot to be counted for the election in which the ballot is cast; deletes the requirement that a voter who registers by mail must vote the first time in person. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, prohibits governmental entities from requiring right-of-way dedications from landowners with property located along an existing public right-of-way; authorizes governmental entities to require a right-of-way reservation as a condition of approving any proposed subdivision of property; clarifies that a real estate licensee has no duty to inform any party to a real estate transaction concerning a right-of-way reservation. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 62 and Title 66.

As introduced, deletes the repeal date of December 31, 2022, for the privilege tax imposed on modern market telecommunications providers for the privilege of competing with public utilities to provide telecommunications services; revises related provisions concerning such tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

As introduced, enacts the "Time Off for Democracy Act". - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1.

As introduced, revises certain provisions governing constables. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10.

As introduced, makes various revisions to provisions related to county administrator of elections and county election commissions. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, changes, from 1,000 to 990, the minimum number of contiguous acres that are required for a site to be considered for certification as a Tennessee regional megasite. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 9 and Title 64, Chapter 6.

As introduced, authorizes candidates and political campaign committees to file by email the required report regarding donations received during the 10-day period immediately preceding an election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.

Urges members of General Assembly and State Election Commission to consider a county's demographics when appointing members to the county election commission and to appoint members so that the membership of the county election commission reflects the gender and racial demographics of the county.

As introduced, adds the state and local government committee of the senate and the local government committee of the house to where the secretary of state files the annual consolidated report on HAVA requirements and payments. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, allows a student currently enrolled at a public institution of higher education to use a photo identification card issued by the public institution of higher education to verify the student's identity when voting. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7 and Title 49.

As introduced, adds a cross-reference to the statutory definition of the term "substantially level or declining debt service," in the context of issuing balloon indebtedness by local governments. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-134.

As introduced, revises the period during which a person may register to vote from at least 30 days before an election to at least 30 days before the first day of early voting for the election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As enacted, revises certain provisions of the Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40.

As enacted, establishes requirements governing an executive committee's determination that a candidate is not qualified and exclusion of the candidate's name from a ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-204.

As enacted, prohibits interpreting or amending county charter in a manner inconsistent with state law with respect to the duties, qualifications, and privileges of the constitutional county offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or trustee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2.

As enacted, enacts the "Barry Brady Act," which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

As enacted, prohibits interpreting or amending county charter in a manner inconsistent with state law with respect to the duties, qualifications, and privileges of the constitutional county offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or trustee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2.

As enacted, creates a program managed by the commissioner of commerce and insurance to annually award grants to volunteer fire departments for the purchase of firefighting equipment or to meet local match requirements for federal grants for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

As enacted, extends certain local option sales tax provisions to municipalities with a professional soccer franchise. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

As enacted, enacts the "Barry Brady Act," which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

As enacted, specifies that property owners, rather than just residents, of a territory proposed for annexation may vote in the referendum on the question of annexation; limits provision for property owners to vote based on ownership to no more than two persons per an individual tract of property, regardless of number of owners of the property. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.

As enacted, creates a process for voters in Madison County to remove a local board of education member who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, allows municipality with a border region retail tourism development district that elects to remove property from the district to include adjacent property with an equal or lesser amount of acreage by resolution of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40.

As enacted, makes the provision for the assessor of property recording with the register of deeds an application for the classification of property as agricultural, forest, or open space land discretionary instead of mandatory, and requires the property owner to record the application with the register of deeds if the assessor does not. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As enacted, authorizes property tax exemption for certain nonprofit entities that occupy and use real property owned by another tax-exempt institution; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-207 and Section 67-5-212.

As enacted, creates an appeal process for decisions of a housing authority regarding a transit-oriented redevelopment project to a legislative appeal board; requires votes on amendments to transit-oriented redevelopment plans within 60 days of submission; reduces the amount of administrative expenses that can be set aside from certain incremental tax revenues, from 5 percent to 3 percent. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23 and Title 13, Chapter 20.

As enacted, authorizes a county, municipal, or metropolitan government to seek an injunction against a person who harasses an employee of the county, municipal, or metropolitan government, or any agency thereof, if the harassment related to the person's status as an employee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 50.

As enacted, allows municipality with a border region retail tourism development district that elects to remove property from the district to include adjacent property with an equal or lesser amount of acreage by resolution of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40.

As enacted, makes the provision for the assessor of property recording with the register of deeds an application for the classification of property as agricultural, forest, or open space land discretionary instead of mandatory, and requires the property owner to record the application with the register of deeds if the assessor does not. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As enacted, authorizes property tax exemption for certain nonprofit entities that occupy and use real property owned by another tax-exempt institution; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-207 and Section 67-5-212.

As enacted, authorizes a county, municipal, or metropolitan government to seek an injunction against a person who harasses an employee of the county, municipal, or metropolitan government, or any agency thereof, if the harassment related to the person's status as an employee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 50.

As enacted, defines the county seat, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality, as the principal city for purposes of county and city consolidation, if the largest city by population in the county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within 90 days of the county's adoption of a consolidation resolution. - Amends TCA Title 7.

As enacted, authorizes the City of Ashland City, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Ashland City; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

As enacted, clarifies applicable date in regard to a hotel facility under the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998 and the apportionment and distribution of the incremental increase in local sales and use tax revenue associated with the qualified hotel facility. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88, Part 1.

As enacted, revises provisions governing place of assessment. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 48; Title 64 and Section 67-5-502.

As enacted, authorizes the City of Erwin, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Erwin; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

As enacted, revises provisions governing bonds of public officers. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 1; Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 8, Chapter 8.

As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to establish a program to operate convenient voting centers for federal, state, and local elections under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3.

As enacted, prohibits a person convicted of voter fraud in any state from assisting a person with voting in this state, including early voting and by absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As enacted, revises provisions governing bonds of public officers. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 1; Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 8, Chapter 8.

As enacted, revises provisions governing redevelopment of brownfield sites in economically disadvantaged areas. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53.

As enacted, authorizes the City of Erwin, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Erwin; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

As enacted, authorizes Coffee County to levy a privilege tax of up to 2.5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

As enacted, authorizes Coffee County to levy a privilege tax of up to 2.5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

As introduced, increases maximum civil penalty for submitting a fraudulent application for a refund of sales tax paid on appliances bought due to a natural disaster from $25,000 to $25,500. - Amends TCA Title 67.

As enacted, increases pay supplement from $600 to $800 for police officers and firefighters who complete 40 hours of in-service training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

As enacted, removes term limits for members of the Tennessee ethics commission; extends time for the general assembly to confirm appointees to the commission from 30 to 90 days. - Amends TCA Section 3-6-103.

As enacted, increases pay supplement from $600 to $800 for police officers and firefighters who complete 40 hours of in-service training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

As enacted, removes term limits for members of the Tennessee ethics commission; extends time for the general assembly to confirm appointees to the commission from 30 to 90 days. - Amends TCA Section 3-6-103.

As introduced, disqualifies a member of a county election commission from continuing to serve on the commission if the member's spouse, parent, sibling, or child qualifies for any public office. - Amends TCA Section 2-12-102.

As enacted, requires municipalities to record annexation resolutions and deannexation ordinances with the register of deeds in the county or counties affected by the boundary changes. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51.

As enacted, removes various provisions regarding state property tax, including authority to place liens and issue distress warrants. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 13.

As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7.

As enacted, specifies that the comptroller of the treasury is the assessing authority for telecommunications tower properties that are owned by a public utility company. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-514.

As enacted, removes the requirement that the office of local government have a director who is both appointed by the comptroller of the treasury and serves at the pleasure of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Section 4-16-101.

As introduced, reduces, from not more than 90 days nor less than 10 days to not more than 60 days nor less than 10 days, the time within which the county election commission must appoint election officials before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter's cancer that causes a disabling health condition is a result of the firefighter's duties as a firefighter. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

As introduced, authorizes person who registers to vote by mail to cast the person's first vote by absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As enacted, allows a register of deeds to store local government records, in addition to storage in the register's office, in a suitable facility; defines suitable facility as one that will secure records against theft and natural disasters. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13, Part 1.

As enacted, changes the date, from October 1 of each year to April 15 of each year, by which assessors in counties, other than counties with a metropolitan form of government, must file that year's property maps with the register of deeds. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-806.

As enacted, changes the deadline from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024, by which certain qualified public use facilities must be placed in service as it relates to the apportionment and distribution of sales and use taxes. - Amends TCA Section 7-88-106.

As enacted, requires statewide political party campaign committees to pay a registration fee to the registry of election finance; clarifies that payment of the fee by one affiliated political campaign committee includes any disclosed affiliated committees. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-121.

As enacted, allows a register of deeds to store local government records, in addition to storage in the register's office, in a suitable facility; defines suitable facility as one that will secure records against theft and natural disasters. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13, Part 1.

As enacted, requires the county election commission to designate the entrances to a building in which an election is to take place that are for the use of voters, and to measure off 100 feet from those entrances for purposes of restricting certain campaign-related activities. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-111.

As enacted, allows county clerks to keep oaths prescribed for assessors and deputies in electronic or digital format; authorizes assessors to provide to taxpayers an informal review of property assessments; revises the fees for processing a taxpayer appeal of a property assessment; authorizes the assessment appeals commission to delegate decision-making authority to a single panel member if an evidentiary record needs to remain open for a period after the public hearing. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As enacted, requires the county election commission to designate the entrances to a building in which an election is to take place that are for the use of voters, and to measure off 100 feet from those entrances for purposes of restricting certain campaign-related activities. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-111.

As introduced, requires the department of environment and conservation to make available on its website for public viewing a sample solar easement instrument prepared by the department's office of energy programs. - Amends TCA Title 45; Title 47 and Title 66.

As introduced, requires the department of environment and conservation to make available on its website for public viewing a sample solar easement instrument prepared by the department's office of energy programs. - Amends TCA Title 45; Title 47 and Title 66.

As introduced, revises provisional voting process; authorizes person who registers to vote by mail to cast the person's first vote by absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, extends the time by which a candidate may withdraw, from seven days after the qualifying deadline to 60 days before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5.

As introduced, authorizes a qualified person to register and vote on election day; authorizes a person to update the person's voter information and vote on election day; requires the state election commission to promulgate rules for such purposes. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As enacted, deletes reference to the Public Service Commission, which was dissolved in 1996, and replaces it with a reference to the Commission's successor, the Office of State Assessed Properties. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1606.

As introduced, permits local authorities to regulate the use of tobacco products in public places, places of employment, and parks. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1551.

As introduced, requires members of a board of directors of an industrial development corporation to disclose conflicts of interest. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5.

As introduced, requires each county election commission, no later than January 1, 2020, to utilize precinct-based optical scanners for elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20.

As introduced, sets a maximum for civil penalties for violations of campaign finance laws issued by the registry of election finance of $1,000. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 2.

As introduced, specifies that delinquent taxes on property for which the owner filed an action or claim against the Tennessee Valley Authority arising out of a coal ash spill will not be subject to the penalty and interest provisions and would only accrue interest from the delinquency date of the respective tax year at the composite prime rate published by the federal reserve board as of the delinquency date, minus two points. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes high schools to provide opportunities for students to register to vote online at times other than the supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

As introduced, requires local governments to provide a secure electronic interactive system for invitations to bid, requests for proposals and other offers; exempts certain local governments. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 1.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to use public institutions of higher education with 8,000 or more enrolled students for polling places during early voting in federal, state, and local elections; specifies that requirement does not apply to special or general elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1.

As introduced, authorizes a person who registered to vote by mail or online and who is voting for the first time to vote absentee by applying to vote absentee at any county election commission office. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, vacates the offices of the secretary of state and the coordinator of elections if either election officer qualifies as a candidate for any public office. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 8, Chapter 3, Part 1.

As introduced, prohibits public funds being expended in support of any policy declining to provide services to licensed firearms businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 12.

As introduced, requires retail pet stores to provide certain information to consumers in connection with purchases of dogs; prohibits retail pet stores from sourcing dogs from breeders that have committed certain violations; classifies certain violations as a Class C misdemeanor offense punishable by fine only. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17 and Title 47.

As introduced, requires a person to declare a statewide political party affiliation before voting in a primary election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires a person to declare a statewide political party affiliation before voting in a primary election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for certain prohibited election practices. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

As introduced, authorizes the use of campaign funds for the child care expenditures of a candidate that are incurred by the candidate as a direct result of the candidate's participation in campaign-related events and activities. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10 and Title 3.

As introduced, requires residential landlords and sellers of residential homes to provide lessees or buyers with the location and contact information for the office of the county election commission and a voter registration form. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, over a three-year period, deletes requirement that 52 percent of the 5 percent commission retained by county registers for collecting and reporting recordation tax must be remitted to state treasurer and credited to state general fund. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.

As introduced, enacts the "Political Party Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3, Chapter 18.

As introduced, enacts the "Political Party Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3, Chapter 18.

As introduced, requires consent of a county before a municipality may annex territory that is not contiguous to the municipality's boundary. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

As introduced, redefines "beer" such that the sale, distribution, and manufacture of beer with an alcoholic content of 18 percent by volume or less is regulated by counties and of greater than 18 percent by volume is regulated by the alcoholic beverage commission. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

As introduced, requires a county election commission to maintain certain office hours on Sundays for purposes of early voting. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires clerks and masters of the chancery courts, county clerks, clerks of the probate, criminal, circuit, and special courts, county trustees, registers of deeds, general sessions court clerks, juvenile court clerks, and sheriffs to pay all money accrued by such county official by virtue of appointment by a court as a special commissioner, trustee, or receiver to the county trustee as part of the county revenue. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 22.

As introduced, removes requirement that 52 percent of the commission retained by county registers for collecting and reporting the recordation tax be remitted to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund of the state. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.

As introduced, raises the age, from 18 years to 21 years, at which a person may be a candidate to become a certified municipal finance officer. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.

As introduced, authorizes Williamson County to participate in a pilot project to use convenient voting centers upon approval by a supermajority of the county election commission for elections held in 2020 and thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.

As introduced, prohibits any candidate for local public office who has not filed a required statement of interest or who owes civil penalties to the ethics commission from being able to qualify for election until the statement is filed or the civil penalties are paid. - Amends TCA Section 3-6-205 and Section 3-6-206.

As introduced, authorizes beer manufacturers to self-distribute beer within a 100-mile radius of the manufacturer if the manufacturer brews 50,000 gallons or less. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5.

As introduced, reduces, from 15 days to 10 business days, the period in which an industrial development corporation has to file notice of default on debt obligations with the governing body of the municipality where the corporation functions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10 and Title 67.

As introduced, revises provisions governing voter registration applications through the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As introduced, deletes requirement that 52 percent of the 5 percent commission retained by county registers for collecting and reporting recordation tax must be remitted to state treasurer and credited to state general fund. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.

As introduced, creates real property tax freeze program for persons 65 years of age or older who have lived in their principal residence for 30 years or more when the assessed value of the property increases by 50 percent or more from an established baseline assessed value of the property. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

As introduced, requires comprehensive growth plans be filed with the local government planning advisory committee by July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 58.

As introduced, authorizes members of the general assembly and political campaign committees to fundraise during a recess in even-numbered years if the general assembly adjourns before May 15 for a period of not less than 10 calendar days, Sundays excepted; resets campaign contribution limits for candidates for the state senate every two years. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 3.

As introduced, requires owners of property that is exempt from property tax and being used as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities to agree to make payments in lieu of tax to the local taxing jurisdiction if the facility is located in a county with fewer than 8,000 people per facility. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

As introduced, requires local governments to report, no later than February 1, 2020, to the general assembly the number of business licenses issued to places of accommodation for transients for calendar year 2019. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 67 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires the agency, by no later than March 1 each year, to submit a report relative to the implementation of any amended policies designed to improve the agency's blight elimination program to the state and local government committee of the senate and the local government committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 68.

As introduced, requires the chief legislative body of a municipality to file the notice of intent required prior to adopting zoning ordinances for territory outside of the municipality with the county mayor by certified mail, return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51; Title 6, Chapter 58; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 13, Chapter 3 and Title 13, Chapter 4.

As introduced, deletes requirement that 52 percent of the 5 percent commission retained by county registers for collecting and reporting recordation tax must be remitted to state treasurer and credited to state general fund. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.