§ 7-84-403 — Maximum assessment - Payments by municipality

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the aggregate amount of the levy or assessment made against any lot or parcel of land shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of the lot and improvement on the lot. The municipality shall pay any part of the levy or assessment against any such lot or parcel of land as may be in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value. (b) In any tourist resort county, as defined in § 42-1-301 , the aggregate amount of the levy or assessment made against a lot or parcel of land shall not exceed the cost of the improvements that are apportioned pursuant to § 7-84-404 to that lot or parcel.

Legislative History

Acts 1971, ch. 268, § 17; T.C.A., § 6-3917; Acts 2007, ch. 494, § 11.