| 21 | | - | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-4-102, is amended by adding the |
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| 22 | | - | following as a new subdivision: |
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| 23 | | - | ( ) "Downtown district" means the central area or main business and commercial area |
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| 24 | | - | of a home rule municipality in a county having a population of not less than one hundred |
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| 25 | | - | thirty-three thousand (133,000) and not more than one hundred thirty-three thousand one |
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| 26 | | - | hundred (133,100), according to the 2020 or a subsequent federal census, as designated by |
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| 27 | | - | the legislative body of the municipality; |
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| 28 | | - | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-4-203(d), is amended by adding the |
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| 29 | | - | following as a new subdivision: |
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| 30 | | - | (8) Notwithstanding another law, a municipality having a downtown district, as defined |
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| 31 | | - | in§ 57-4-102( ), may set the hours that licensees within the downtown district are authorized |
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| 32 | | - | to sell or give away alcoholic beverages. |
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| 33 | | - | SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. PASSED: |
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| 34 | | - | APPROVED this |
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| 35 | | - | SENATE BILL NO. 1155 |
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| 36 | | - | March 31, 2025 |
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| 39 | | - | ~ RANDYl\j |
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| 40 | | - | SPEAKER OF THE SENATE |
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| 41 | | - | <::E~O~ON, SPEAKER |
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| 42 | | - | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 46 | | - | BILL LEE, GOVERNOR |
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| 17 | + | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-4-304(a), is amended by deleting |
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| 18 | + | the language "may extend for not to exceed thirty (30) days" and substituting instead "may |
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| 19 | + | extend for not to exceed forty-five (45) days". |
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| 20 | + | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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