Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires a municipality levying the hotel-motel tax under general law to submit a report annually detailing the amount of revenue spent by the municipality, and its subordinate contractors, and how those expenditures have been designated and used for tourism and tourism development; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
This bill requires Tennessee municipalities that collect hotel occupancy taxes to submit annual reports detailing how the revenue is spent on tourism and development. It mandates that the state comptroller audit these expenditures and forces any municipality found misusing funds to repay the incorrect amount from its general budget. Additionally, the legislation prevents local governments from using this specific tax revenue for general operations and caps the total hotel occupancy tax rate at eight percent starting in 2025.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2024
Last action May 31, 2024
Floor votes
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No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
9
Committee
14
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2024
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/2/2024
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/27/2024
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2024
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2024
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/12/2024
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2024
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Cochran
RRepublican
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