Tennessee § 4-28-104 Standardized format for qualification - Qualification requirements - Determination of satisfaction of requirements - Issuance of certification or refusal - Submission of applications

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§ 4-28-104 — Standardized format for qualification - Qualification requirements - Determination of satisfaction of requirements - Issuance of certification or refusal - Submission of applications

Tennessee § 4-28-104

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-28-104 (2026).

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(a)The department of economic and community development, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall provide a standardized format for persons attempting to qualify as a TNInvestco.

(b)An applicant for qualification is required to:

(1)File an application with the department of economic and community development;

(2)Pay a nonrefundable application fee of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) at the time of filing the application; and (3) Submit as part of its application an audited balance sheet that contains an unqualified opinion of an independent certified public accountant issued not more than sixty (60) days before the application date that states that the applicant has an equity capitalization of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more in the form of unen

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(a) The department of economic and community development, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall provide a standardized format for persons attempting to qualify as a TNInvestco. (b) An applicant for qualification is required to: (1) File an application with the department of economic and community development; (2) Pay a nonrefundable application fee of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) at the time of filing the application; and (3) Submit as part of its application an audited balance sheet that contains an unqualified opinion of an independent certified public accountant issued not more than sixty (60) days before the application date that states that the applicant has an equity capitalization of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more in the form of unencumbered cash, marketable securities or other liquid assets. (c) The department of economic and community development and the department of revenue must review the organizational documents of each applicant for certification and determine whether the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this chapter. (d) Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of an application, the department of economic and community development shall issue the certification or refuse the certification and communicate in detail to the applicant the grounds for refusal, including suggestions for the removal of such grounds. (e) The department of economic and community development must begin accepting applications to become a TNInvestco by August 1, 2009. All applications must be submitted to the department of economic and community development no later than the close of business on October 1, 2009. (f) (1) Any information received, created, or promulgated by the department of economic and community development or the department of revenue pursuant to this section on or after July 9, 2009, shall constitute a public record, as defined in § 10-7-503 , and shall be open for personal inspection by any citizen of this state. (2) Any information received, created, or promulgated by the department of economic and community development or the department of revenue pursuant to this section shall not: (A) Constitute "tax information" or "tax administration information", as defined in § 67-1-1701 , and shall not be subject to title 67, chapter 1, part 17; or (B) Be subject to § 4-3-730 . (g) If the general assembly subsequently authorizes an allocation of investment tax credits in addition to the two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) authorized by § 4-28-105(f) and by Chapter 610 of the Public Acts of 2009, the department of revenue and the department of economic and community development, in reviewing the organizational documents of each applicant for certification and determining whether the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this chapter pursuant to subsection (c), shall additionally take into consideration the applicant's involvement of women and minorities.