67-5-606 - Proration of commercial and industrial property damaged by disaster. - Tennessee Statutes

67-5-606. Proration of commercial and industrial property damaged by disaster.

(a)  If, after January 1 and before September 1 of any year, commercial and industrial tangible personal property is destroyed, demolished or substantially damaged by fire, flood, wind or any disaster certified by the federal emergency management agency (FEMA), and is not restored and no commercial and industrial tangible personal property is operated in its place before September 1 of that year, the assessor of property shall prorate the assessment of the commercial and industrial tangible personal property for the portion of the year prior to the date of such destruction, demolition or substantial damage.

(b)  The state, county, or municipal tax collector shall collect taxes on the basis of the revised or corrected assessment as prorated by the assessor.

[Acts 1999, ch. 422, § 1.]