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United States — Tennessee
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If a check or money order accepted for taxes, licenses, or fees is later not paid, the commissioner may credit the officer for the amount tendered.
United States — Tennessee
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Designated state agencies must prepare annual reports about federal receipts and related budgets, and the Department of Finance and Administration must compile and send a summary report; this section is repealed effective July 1, 2024.
United States — Tennessee
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Certain government officials and employees must not ask check drawers to make a personal name the payee.
United States — Tennessee
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Government entities may deposit and invest certain funds only under listed conditions; the selected depository, state treasurer, and government entity each have specific duties.
United States — Tennessee
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Computer software counts as equipment for financing purposes when it is capitalized and the right to issue debt exists for the listed Tennessee governmental entities financing capital assets.
United States — Tennessee
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This chapter may be cited as the “Cash Basis Law of 1937.”
United States — Tennessee
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This section defines key terms used in the chapter on bonds.
United States — Tennessee
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Counties and cities in the state are empowered to issue bonds for funding and refunding certain debts, and to pay related redemption premiums and reasonable expenses.
United States — Tennessee
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A unit’s bonds must be authorized by a bond order passed by the unit’s governing body, and the bond order must include specified debt, tax, and timing statements.
United States — Tennessee
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A bond order must be published for two consecutive weeks after final passage, or posted in specified public places if no newspaper is available.
United States — Tennessee
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Challenges to the bond order, related debt, or tax levy authority must be filed within 30 days after first publication of the notice and bond order.
United States — Tennessee
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The governing body may use a resolution to authorize bond issuance after the bond order is passed.
United States — Tennessee
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Before funding or refunding bonds are issued, the unit’s fiscal officer must prepare and file a detailed statement, and the governing body must submit an approval request.
United States — Tennessee
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The governing body may sell or exchange authorized bonds, and may authorize additional bonds, subject to the conditions in this section.
United States — Tennessee
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The chapter’s authority may be exercised repeatedly, and one bond order does not block later bond orders for funding or refunding bonds. A resolution may also create multiple bond series with different terms and interest rates.
United States — Tennessee
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Bonds issued under this chapter, and income from them, are exempt from state, county, and municipal taxes, except inheritance, transfer, and estate taxes.
United States — Tennessee
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This section requires the unit to levy enough ad valorem tax each fiscal year, while the bonds are outstanding, to pay bond interest, principal, and certain sinking fund amounts.
United States — Tennessee
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A designated official must prepare an annual budget and include required debt, operating, deficit, and cash-receipt items, with limits on certain revenue estimates.
United States — Tennessee
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The governing body must prepare an appropriation ordinance or resolution after receiving the annual budget estimate.
United States — Tennessee
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The governing body must pass a property tax levy after the appropriation ordinance or resolution, using the prior year’s cash tax collection experience to set a rate needed to balance the budget on a cash basis.