67-3-1008 - Petition for tax.
67-3-1008. Petition for tax.
(a) A resolution or ordinance levying the tax authorized may be initiated by petition of the voters in the following manner:
(1) The petition shall be addressed to the county legislative body or the governing body of the municipality or metropolitan government requesting that a resolution or ordinance be adopted levying the tax;
(2) The petition shall be signed by at least a number of registered voters in the taxing jurisdiction equal to ten percent (10%) of the total number of registered voters in the taxing jurisdiction on the date the petition is filed. A petition requesting a resolution of the county legislative body may not be signed by a registered voter in a municipality where a tax authorized in this part is operative, and the registered voters in the municipality shall not be considered in arriving at the required percentage; and
(3) A petition requesting a resolution shall be filed with the county clerk, a petition requesting an ordinance with the chief clerical officer of the municipality and a photographic copy of the petition shall be filed at the same time with the county election commission that shall be the judges of the sufficiency of the petition.
(b) If, within thirty (30) days from the filing of a petition, a resolution or ordinance is not adopted as requested and a certified copy filed with the county election commission, the petition shall constitute a resolution or ordinance, and the county election commission shall hold an election thereon as in § 67-3-1007(a).
[Acts 1997, ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-3-1004.]