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Cheatham County private act spells out tax split: roughly two-thirds for education funds, remainder for roads
Summary
Committee advanced a Cheatham County private act that reallocates local tax proceeds with an approximate distribution (about 46.67% to education debt service, 46.67% to the education debt fund and about 6.66% to county highways/public works). Members questioned whether local impact fees are fixed or square-foot-based and discussed growth pressures.
Chair recognized Representative Littleton for House Bill 26-26, a private act affecting Cheatham County's local tax proceeds. The sponsor said the act moves proceeds into the county general fund and allocates the money to education debt service, the education debt fund and the county highway/public works fund.
"The proceeds ' shall be deposited into the general fund and used as 46.67% of the tax go to the Cheatham County education debt service and then 46.67% would go into the education debt fund. And then 6.66% would go to the county highway public works fund," the sponsor said, describing the draft distribution. Committee members pressed for clarity on the percentages and on how local impact fees are calculated.
Chairman Hulsey asked whether impact fees were being calculated by square footage or by a fixed rate; Representative Littleton replied that in their county the impact fee had been set as a fixed rate (cited in discussion as $7,500 for an impact fee) and emphasized the action was a relocation of an existing structure rather than a new imposition of fees. Vice Chairman Sparks and other members noted rapid growth and affordability concerns in parts of the region.
The committee advanced the bill to the next committee level; the clerk recorded the vote as 10 ayes, 0 nos.
