TENNESSEE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE II
DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS
Art. II §1 | DIVISION OF GOVERNMENT INTO THREE BRANCHES
Art. II §2 | PROHIBITION OF POWERS CROSSING BRANCHES
Art. II §3 | LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Art. II §4 | APPORTIONMENT OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Art. II §5 | FIXED NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF REPRESENTATIVES
Art. II §5a | DISTRICT REPRESENTATION BY QUALIFIED VOTERS
Art. II §6 | DETERMINATION OF SENATORIAL APPORTIONMENT
Art. II §6a | REPRESENTATION BY QUALIFIED VOTERS IN DISTRICTS
Art. II §7 | ELECTION TIMETABLE FOR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Art. II §8 | LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND GOVERNOR’S INAUGURATION
The General Assembly may by joint resolution recess or adjourn until such time or times as it shall determine. It shall be convened at other times by the Governor as provided in , or by the presiding officers of both Houses at the written request of two-thirds of the members of each House.
Art. II §9 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR REPRESENTATIVES
Art. II §10 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR SENATORS AND RESTRICTIONS ON OFFICEHOLDERS
Art. II §11 | ORGANIZING AND MANAGING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Art. II §12 | AUTHORITY OF EACH HOUSE TO GOVERN BEHAVIOR AND EXPEL MEMBERS
Art. II §13 | LEGISLATORS' IMMUNITY AND SPEECH PROTECTIONS
Art. II §14 | POWER TO PUNISH CONTEMPT BY IMPRISONMENT
Art. II §15 | FILLING VACANCIES IN LEGISLATIVE SEATS
(b) When less than twelve months remain prior to the next general election for legislators, a successor shall be elected by the legislative body of the replaced legislator’s county of residence at the time of his or her election. The term of any Senator so elected shall expire at the next general election for legislators, at which election a successor shall be elected.
(c) Only a qualified voter of the district represented shall be eligible to succeed to the vacant seat.
Art. II §16 | RULES FOR ADJOURNMENT BETWEEN HOUSES
Art. II §17 | PROCESS FOR BILLS TO BECOME LAW
Art. II §18 | PROHIBITION OF REINTRODUCING REJECTED BILLS
Art. II §19 | LAW ENFORCEMENT STYLE AND TIMELINES
Art. II §20 | TRANSPARENCY THROUGH JOURNALS OF PROCEEDINGS
Art. II §21 | OPEN DOORS POLICY WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR SECRET MATTERS
Art. II §22 | LEGISLATORS' COMPENSATION AND EXPENSE RULES
Art. II §23 | LIMITS ON EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY
This amendment shall take effect immediately upon adoption so that any member of the General Assembly elected at a general election wherein this amendment is approved shall be entitled to the compensation set herein.
Art. II §24 | DISQUALIFICATION OF OFFICEHOLDERS WITH UNSETTLED PUBLIC FUNDS
In no year shall the rate of growth of appropriations from state tax revenues exceed the estimated rate of growth of the state’s economy as determined by law. No appropriation in excess of this limitation shall be made unless the General Assembly shall, by law containing no other subject matter, set forth the dollar amount and the rate by which the limit will be exceeded.
Any law requiring the expenditure of state funds shall be null and void unless, during the session in which the act receives final passage, an appropriation is made for the estimated first year’s funding.
No law of general application shall impose increased expenditure requirements on cities or counties unless the General Assembly shall provide that the state share in the cost.
An accurate financial statement of the state’s fiscal condition shall be published annually.
Art. II §25 | RESTRICTIONS ON HOLDING MULTIPLE OFFICES SIMULTANEOUSLY
Art. II §26 | RIGHTS TO DISSENT AND RECORD PROTESTS
Art. II §27 | TAXATION GUIDELINES FOR PROPERTY AND ELDERLY RELIEF
Art. II §28 | COUNTY AND CITY AUTHORITY TO TAX AND LEND CREDIT
Real property shall be classified into four (4) subclassifications and assessed as follows:
(b) Industrial and Commercial Property, to be assessed at forty (40%) per cent of its value;
(c) Residential Property, to be assessed at twenty-five (25%) per cent of its value, provided that residential property containing two (2) or more rental units is hereby defined as industrial and commercial property; and
(d) Farm Property, to be assessed at twenty-five (25%) per cent of its value.
The Legislature shall provide, in such a manner as it deems appropriate, tax relief to elderly low-income taxpayers through payments by the State to reimburse all or part of the taxes paid by such persons on owner-occupied residential property, but such reimbursement shall not be an obligation imposed, directly or indirectly, upon Counties, Cities, or Towns.
By general law, the Legislature may authorize the following program of tax relief:
2. Any taxpayer who reaches the age of sixty-five (65) after the time the ordinance or resolution is adopted, who owns residential property as the taxpayer’s principal place of residence shall thereafter pay taxes on such property in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax on such property imposed in the tax year in which such taxpayer reaches age sixty-five (65); and
3. Any taxpayer who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older who purchases residential property as the taxpayer’s principal place of residence after the taxpayer’s sixty-fifth birthday shall pay taxes in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax imposed on such property in the tax year in which such property is purchased.
(c) Any taxpayer or taxpayers who own residential property as their principal place of residence whose total or combined annual income, or wealth exceeds an amount to be determined by the General Assembly shall not be eligible to receive the tax relief provided in subsection (a) or (b).
Tangible Personal Property shall be classified into three (3) subclassifications and assessed as follows:
(b) Industrial and Commercial Property, to be assessed at thirty (30%) per cent of its value; and
(c) All other Tangible Personal Property, to be assessed at five (5%) per cent of its value; provided, however, that the Legislature shall exempt Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7,500) Dollars worth of such Tangible Personal Property which shall cover personal household goods and furnishings, wearing apparel and other such tangible property in the hands of a taxpayer.
The ratio of assessment to value of property in each class or subclass shall be equal and uniform throughout the State, the value and definition of property in each class or subclass to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct. Each respective taxing authority shall apply the same tax rate to all property within its jurisdiction.
The Legislature shall have power to tax merchants, peddlers, and privileges, in such manner as they may from time to time direct, and the Legislature may levy a gross receipts tax on merchants and businesses in lieu of ad valorem taxes on the inventories of merchandise held by such merchants and businesses for sale or exchange. The portion of a Merchant’s Capital used in the purchase of merchandise sold by him to non-residents and sent beyond the State, shall not be taxed at a rate higher than the ad valorem tax on property. The Legislature shall have power to levy a tax upon incomes derived from stocks and bonds that are not taxed ad valorem.
Notwithstanding the authority to tax privileges or any other authority set forth in this Constitution, the Legislature shall not levy, authorize or otherwise permit any state or local tax upon payroll or earned personal income or any state or local tax measured by payroll or earned personal income; however, nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting any tax in effect on January 1, 2011, or adjustment of the rate of such tax.
This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January, 1973.
Art. II §29 | TAX RESTRICTIONS ON MANUFACTURED GOODS
Art. II §30 | LIMITS ON STATE CREDIT AND OWNERSHIP IN ENTERPRISES
Art. II §31 | PROCEDURES FOR RATIFYING FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Art. II §32 | RESTRICTIONS ON BONDS FOR RAILROAD COMPANIES
Art. II §33 | CLASSIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY FOR TAXES
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