§ 67-4-1025 — Distribution of revenue

(a) All of the taxes on tobacco products collected under this part shall be applied in the following manner: (1) Four percent (4%) of the amount so collected shall be allowed as the expense for carrying out this part; (2) The amount of eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($82,500) shall be used annually to provide the special sinking fund to pay the principal and interest on the Tennessee rural public school building and repair bonds; (3) The amount of two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) shall be used annually to provide the special sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest of the University of Tennessee building bonds; and (4) The remainder shall be applied to and become a part of the general state school fund created by title 49, chapter 3. (b) The revenue from the tax on cigarettes shall be used exclusively for public education, grades one through twelve (1-12), subsection (a) to the contrary notwithstanding. All revenue collected under this part shall be distributed to the respective public school systems of the state for use in grades one through twelve (1-12) in accordance with the distribution formula governing public school systems, grades one through twelve (1-12). (c) The revenues collected from the fee levied in § 67-4-1004(b) shall be allocated to the department for the enforcement and administration of the "Unfair Retailer's Cigarette Sales Law," compiled in title 47, chapter 25, part 3. (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) to the contrary, all cigarette tax revenue generated from the increase in the tax rate from ten (10) mills to three cents (3¢) on each cigarette shall be deposited in the education trust fund created by title 49, chapter 3; provided, that an amount of twenty-one million dollars ($21,000,000) of that cigarette tax revenue shall be allocated to the department of agriculture's Tennessee agriculture enhancement program; provided, however, that in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, the amount of sixteen million three hundred thousand dollars ($16,300,000) or a larger amount not exceeding twenty-one million dollars ($21,000,000) annually shall be allocated to the Tennessee agriculture enhancement program, such amount to be specified in the annual general appropriations act; and provided, further, that in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, the amount of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or a larger amount not exceeding twenty-one million dollars ($21,000,000) annually shall be allocated to the Tennessee agriculture enhancement program, such amount to be specified in the annual general appropriations act. (e) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) to the contrary, all cigarette tax revenue generated from the additional tax rate of one-tenth of one cent (0.1¢) on each cigarette imposed by § 67-4-1004(d) shall be deposited in the trauma system fund created by the Tennessee Trauma Center Funding Law of 2007, compiled in title 68, chapter 59. Those funds shall be distributed as required by title 68, chapter 59.

Legislative History

Acts 1937, ch. 133, §§ 4, 13; 1937, ch. 201, § 1; 1937, ch. 295, § 1; 1937 (3rd Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 1; 1939, ch. 63, § 1; 1939, ch. 202, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1238.1, 1238.10 (Williams, §§ 1213.4, 1213.13); Acts 1951, ch. 60, §§ 1, 2 (Williams, § 1213.4b); modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; Acts 1963, ch. 34, § 1; 1965, ch. 118, § 2; 1967, ch. 98, § 2; 1969, ch. 250, §§ 1, 2, 5; 1971, ch. 58, § 1; 1972, ch. 457, § 1; 1976, ch. 440, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-3102, 67-3124; Acts 1984, ch. 832, § 16; 1985, ch. 179, § 8; 2007 , ch. 368, §§ 3, 5; 2009 , ch. 531, § 11; 2010 , ch. 1134, § 64.