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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1125

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2283

                                                       By Briggs, Bowling

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 2119

                                                           By Crawford

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, relative to
          tourism.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-1401, is amended by adding the
following new subdivision:

                    ( ) "Destination marketing organization" means a nonprofit entity or government unit
          that:

                              (A) Is responsible for attracting tourists through tourism promotion or tourism
                    development efforts on behalf of one (1) or more municipalities;

                              (B) Operates on a year-round basis; and

                              (C) Utilizes a dedicated tourism marketing budget supported by a consistent
                    funding source.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-1403(a), is amended by deleting the
period at the end of subdivision (a)(2) and substituting "; and", and is further amended by
designating the existing subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) as subdivisions (a)(1 )(A) and (B) and adding the
following new subdivision (a)(2):

                    (2) Revenue that is received by a municipality that is used to fund a destination
          marketing entity engaged in tourism promotion on behalf of the municipality must be released
          to the destination marketing entity no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the
          municipality approves its final budget.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2283

PASSED:  April 23, 2026

                                      RANDYllcNALLY
                         SPEAKER OF TH~SENATE

                         CAMERON Sl:XTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

rY'.6'°' £1 APPROVED this :;x:;J...w:A day of  2026

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