Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 67-1-104 - Tax administration fund(a) There is created, in the offices of the commissioner and the state treasurer, a special fund to be designated as the tax administration fund, to be kept separate and apart and used to defray the expenses incurred under the tax laws designated in this chapter.(b) All special appropriations and/or allowances for administration set out in §§ 4-7-112, 67-2-117, 67-2-118, 67-4-1025, 67-8-210, 67-8-401, and 67-8-403 and all other tax laws, the administration of which is entrusted to the commissioner, unless otherwise specifically provided, shall be paid, when and as capable of identification, into the tax administration fund, without deductions for any purpose whatsoever. All provisions of §§ 4-7-112, 67-2-117, 67-2-118, 67-4-1025, 67-8-210, 67-8-401, and 67-8-403 in conflict with this section shall yield to this section.(c) The expenses arising out of the enforcement of any such tax law, the administration allowance for which has been paid into the tax administration fund, shall be paid from the fund, and no part of such expense shall be paid out of the general fund, unless and until earmarked tax administration funds have been exhausted.(d) No funds earmarked by this section shall be used except in accordance with the limitations and stipulations of the general appropriations act, unless the governor, state treasurer and comptroller of the treasury certify that an emergency exists and define the exact amount necessary to meet the emergency. The governor, state treasurer and comptroller of the treasury have the right to pass such funds to the general fund whenever they see fit and proper.Acts 1933, ch. 75, §§ 1-4; mod. C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1811.1-1811.5; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-108 -- 67-111.