Tennessee voters will soon have the chance to permanently prevent the state from collecting property taxes.
WZTV reports that Tennessee’s constitution gives the state government the right to collect a property tax. But while there has not been a state property tax collection since 1946, a proposed constitutional amendment would ensure that authority is disabled for good.
The proposed amendment will appear on the November election ballot after passing a vote in the General Assembly. Toni Venable, director of Americans for Prosperity–Tennessee, warned that rising local property taxes are already forcing residents out of their homes, particularly in the Nashville area, adding the amendment was necessary to prevent the state legislature from potentially creating a new layer of taxation in the future.
