Section 67-4-1403 - Disposition of proceeds(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the revenue received by a municipality from the tax must be designated and used for the promotion of tourism and tourism development.(b) Subject to § 67-4-1414, a municipality levying a tax upon the privilege of occupancy before July 1, 2021 may continue to use the revenue in the manner prescribed in the private act, resolution, or ordinance levying the tax.(c)(1) Not less than thirty (30) days after the end of a municipality's fiscal year, each municipality that receives revenue from a tax levied pursuant to this part shall provide an annual written report to the comptroller of the treasury, the commissioner of the department of tourist development, the chair of the state and local government committee of the senate, and the chair of the local government committee of the house of representatives. The report must detail the amount of revenue spent by the municipality, and its subordinate contractors, and how those expenditures have been designated and used for tourism and tourism development pursuant to this part.(2) If an audit by the comptroller, in consultation with the department of tourist development, or by contractors employed by a local municipality with the approval of the comptroller, finds that a municipality has spent funds derived from a tax levied pursuant to this part for purposes not related to the promotion of tourism and tourism development as required by subsection (a), the municipality shall, using general funds, appropriate an amount equal to the amount spent improperly to be used to support tourism and tourism development purposes within the immediately following fiscal year.(d) Except as provided in subsection (b), a municipality shall not use revenue from the tax levied pursuant to this part for general government spending or on items that were previously funded by the municipality's general appropriations.Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1016,s 1, eff. 5/28/2024.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 496, s 4, eff. 7/1/2021.