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The Split Sales Bill
Tennessee bill wants yearly pop counts to split sales tax
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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If passed, the state would use new yearly population counts to divide sales tax money more fairly among counties and towns, affecting local services you use.
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Citizens should watch this bill because fair funding can keep schools, roads, and emergency services running well; if the numbers stay old, some areas may lose money they need.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- The bill asks the state department to update population numbers each year.
- It uses a university research center to make those estimates.
- The updated numbers will be used to split state sales tax money among counties and cities.
- The goal is to make the split fair based on how many people live in each area.
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