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2		-	SENATE BILL 6007
3		-	By Crowe
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5	4		HOUSE BILL 6007
6	5		By Faison
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9	8		HB6007
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58,
14	13		Chapter 8 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to
15	14		emergency events.
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17	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	17		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 6, is amended by
19	18		adding the following as a new section:
20	19		(a) As used in this section:
21	20		(1) "Property":
22	21		(A) Means all real or personal property that is subject to taxation
23	22		under this chapter; and
24	23		(B) Does not include:
25	24		(i) Intangible personal property, as defined in § 67-5-
26	25		501(5); or
27	26		(ii) Public utility property, as defined in § 67-5-501(9); and
28	27		(2) "Qualified disaster" means any disaster certified by the federal
29	28		emergency management agency (FEMA) occurring on or after September 26,
30	29		2024, and before September 30, 2024.
31	30		(b) In connection with a qualified disaster in order to promote the general
32	31		welfare, subject to the requirements of this section and subject to an appropriation by the
33	32		general assembly, the comptroller shall disburse payments directly to owners of
34	33		property:
35	34		(1) Whose property:
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40	39		(A) Was destroyed or damaged by a qualified disaster, as
41	40		determined by the assessor of property by January 28, 2025; and
42	41		(B) Is located in a county included in the FEMA declaration; and
43	42		(2) Who owned the affected property at the time of the qualified disaster.
44	43		(c) The payments disbursed pursuant to subsection (b) must be in an amount
45	44		equal to the total amount of the tax levied on the property for tax year 2024 plus thirty
46	45		percent (30%).
47	46		(d) By June 30, 2025, owners of property who are eligible for payment under
48	47		subsection (b) shall provide to the comptroller of the treasury all information and
49	48		correctly completed documentation necessary for payment disbursement, as determined
50	49		by the comptroller of the treasury. The comptroller shall determine the means by which
51	50		owners of property must submit the necessary documentation and information. Failure
52	51		to provide all necessary information and correctly completed documentation under this
53	52		subsection (d) must result in forfeiture of eligibility for payment under this section.
54	53		(e) This section applies regardless of whether the property was restored or
55	54		replaced by December 31, 2024.
56	55		(f) This section is deleted on December 31, 2025.
57	56		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-8-106, is amended by deleting the
58	57		section and substituting instead:
59	58		Upon receiving a request for mutual aid in an occurrence or for assistance from a
60	59		requesting party in a municipal, county, state, or federal state of emergency, a
61	60		participating governmental entity may, subject to the approval of the chief executive
62	61		officer of the governmental entity, send its personnel and equipment outside its
63	62		boundaries and into any other jurisdiction necessary to respond to the request.
64	63		SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.