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5	4		SENATE BILL 370
6	5		By Briggs
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9	8		SB0370
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67,
14	13		relative to taxes and fees collected by merchants
15	14		and sellers.
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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 1, is amended by adding
19	18		the following as a new part:
20	19		67-1-1901. As used in this part:
21	20		(1) "Credit card" means a card, plate, coupon book, or other credit device
22	21		existing for the purpose of obtaining money, property, labor, or services on credit;
23	22		(2) "Debit card":
24	23		(A) Means a card, or other payment code or device, issued or approved
25	24		for use through a payment card network to debit an asset account, regardless of
26	25		the purpose for which the account is established, whether authorization is based
27	26		on signature, personal identification number, or other means;
28	27		(B) Includes a general-use prepaid card, as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 1693l-
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30	29		(C) Does not include paper checks;
31	30		(3) "Electronic payment transaction" means a transaction in which a person uses
32	31		a debit card, credit card, or other payment code or device, issued or approved through a
33	32		payment card network to debit a deposit account or use a line of credit, whether
34	33		authorization is based on a signature, personal identification number, or other means;
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39	38		(4) "Interchange fee" means a fee established, charged, or received by a
40	39		payment card network for the purpose of compensating the issuer for its involvement in
41	40		an electronic payment transaction;
42	41		(5) "Issuer" means a person issuing a debit card or credit card, or the issuer's
43	42		agent;
44	43		(6) "Payment card network" means an entity that:
45	44		(A) Directly, or through licensed members, processors, or agents
46	45		provides the proprietary services, infrastructure, and software that routes
47	46		information and data to conduct debit card or credit card transaction
48	47		authorization, clearance, and settlement; and
49	48		(B) A merchant or seller uses in order to accept as a form of payment a
50	49		brand of debit card, credit card, or other device that may be used to carry out
51	50		debit or credit transactions; and
52	51		(7) "Settlement" means the transfer of funds from a customer's account to a
53	52		seller or merchant upon electronic submission of finalized sales transactions to the
54	53		payment card network.
55	54		67-1-1902. The amount of a state or local tax or fee that is calculated as a percentage
56	55		of an electronic payment transaction amount and listed separately on the payment invoice or
57	56		other demand for payment, or the amount of a tax imposed under chapter 3 of this title, must be
58	57		excluded from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged for that electronic payment
59	58		transaction. Such taxes and fees include, but are not limited to:
60	59		(1) Sales and use taxes under chapter 6 of this title;
61	60		(2) Hotel occupancy taxes under § 67-4-1402; an applicable private act; title 7,
62	61		chapter 4; or chapter 4, part 15 of this title;
63	62		(3) Alcoholic beverage taxes under § 57-4-301(c); and
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68	67		(4) Rental vehicle surcharge taxes under chapter 4, part 19 of this title.
69	68		67-1-1903.
70	69		(a) A payment card network shall either:
71	70		(1) Deduct the amount of a tax imposed from the calculation of
72	71		interchange fees specific to each form or type of electronic payment transaction
73	72		at the time of settlement; or
74	73		(2) Rebate an amount of interchange fee proportionate to the amount
75	74		attributable to the tax or fee.
76	75		(b) A deduction or rebate must occur at the time of settlement when the
77	76		merchant or seller is able to capture and transmit tax or fee amounts relevant to the sale
78	77		at the time of sale as part of the transaction finalization.
79	78		(c) If a merchant or seller is unable to capture and transmit tax or fee amounts
80	79		relevant to the sale at the time of sale, then the payment card network shall accept proof
81	80		of tax or fee amounts collected on sales subject to an interchange fee upon the
82	81		submission of sales data by the merchant or seller and promptly credit the merchant or
83	82		seller's settlement account.
84	83		67-1-1904. A payment card network that violates this part is subject to a civil penalty of
85	84		not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, payable to the plaintiff, and shall
86	85		refund the surcharge to each merchant or seller.
87	86		SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.