Tennessee Code Title 67. Taxes and Licenses § 67-4-1402

(a)(1) A municipality may levy, modify, or repeal a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel by ordinance or resolution subject to the restrictions of this part.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a)(3), the tax levied by a municipality upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel must not exceed four percent (4%) of the consideration charged to a transient by the hotel operator.

(3) Subject to § 67-4-1414, a tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel levied or authorized before July 1, 2021 by a municipality that exceeds the limit set in subdivision (a)(2) remains in full force and effect.

(c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(5), as a preliminary step toward pursuing any remedy available to the authorized collector by law to collect any taxes due or delinquent under an ordinance imposing a tax on the privilege of occupancy in a hotel, the authorized collector may publish a notice in accordance with subdivision (c)(2) that lists the name of each operator who has failed to collect or remit the tax due or delinquent and the amount of the tax due or delinquent, if:

(2) Any municipality that elects to publish a notice as authorized by subdivision (c)(1) shall cause the notice to be inserted, once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the month of January, in a newspaper of general circulation as defined in § 2-1-104 or one (1) or more newspapers published or widely distributed in the municipality; provided, that if no newspaper is published in the municipality, the notice shall be posted on the courthouse door.

(3) The cost of publication shall be paid by the municipality.

(4) To the extent there is a conflict between this subsection (c) and any ordinance that imposes a tax on the privilege of occupancy in a hotel, this subsection (c) shall govern. The legislative body of any municipality, by ordinance, is authorized to modify the provisions of any ordinance enacted prior to April 14, 2016, that conflict with this subsection (c).

(5) An operator's name and amount of tax due or delinquent shall not be listed on any notice published pursuant to subdivision (c)(1) if all or any portion of the tax is at issue in a suit filed by the operator challenging the collection or assessment of the tax.