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SB0047 • 2026

Tourism

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 67, relative to local tourism development.

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Sponsor
Briggs, Moody
Last action
2025-01-15
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not include information on the immediate effective date of the bill upon becoming law. This detail was removed from the summary.

Tourism Authority Reporting Requirements

This bill changes how tourism development authorities in Tennessee must file their annual reports and audits with local governments and state representatives.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires tourism development authorities to send copies of their yearly report and audit to both the local government that allowed them to form and to state representatives who represent the area.
  • Allows these documents to be sent electronically instead of in paper form.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Tourism development authorities in Tennessee
  • Local governments that allow tourism development authorities to operate within their area
  • State representatives who represent the areas where these authorities are located

Terms To Know

tourism development authority
A group set up by local government to help grow and manage tourism in a specific area.
annual audit
A yearly check of the financial records of an organization to make sure everything is correct and legal.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a tourism authority fails to file the required documents on time.
  • It doesn't provide details about how often or when these reports must be filed, only that they are annual.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  2. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk pending appointment of Standing Committees

  3. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

  4. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  7. 2025-01-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 147
By Moody

SENATE BILL 47
By Briggs

SB0047
000839
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and
Title 67, relative to local tourism development.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-69-109(c), is amended by deleting
the following:
A copy of such report and a copy of the annual audit referenced in subsection (a)
shall be filed annually with the governing body of the municipality granting
permission to the authority to organize.
and substituting instead:
A copy of such report and a copy of the annual audit referenced in subsection (a)
must be filed annually with the governing body of the municipality granting
permission to the authority to organize and to each member of the general
assembly who represents the municipality. The report may be filed electronically.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.