Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 889: Taxes - As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax rate that may be levied by a county on all sand, gravel, sandstone, chert, and limestone severed from the ground within its jurisdiction; removes the authorization for Smith County to allocate its mineral severance tax to the county general fund or a fund other than its county road fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2.

In committee Last action April 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 285

Plain-language summary

SB 889 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Taxes - As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax rate that may be levied by a county on all sand, gravel, sandstone, chert, and limestone severed from the ground within its jurisdiction; removes the authorization for Smith County to allocate its mineral severance tax to the county general fund or a fund other than its county road fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2. Primary sponsor: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 285.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Reeves.