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Committee advances bill to let counties raise mineral severance tax for roads
2407098 · February 26, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 6-95 would raise the statutory cap on county mineral severance taxes (sand, gravel, chert, limestone) from 15¢ per ton to a phased 30¢ per ton by 2035, subject to county approval by two-thirds vote; the committee advanced the bill.
The State and Local Government Committee approved House Bill 6-95, which would increase the maximum per-ton mineral severance tax counties may levy for road funding.
Sponsor Chairman Crawford said Tennessee currently caps the county mineral severance tax at 15¢ per ton, a rate set in 1985. The bill would raise the…
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