(a) It is the duty of the finance director, in each year, as soon as the assessment roll for the city is complete, to submit to the board of commissioners a certified statement of the total amount of the valuation or assessment of the taxable property for the year within the city limits, including the assessment of all railroads, telephone, telegraph, and other public utility properties, together with a certified statement of the revenue derived by the city from privilege taxes, merchant's ad valorem taxes, street labor taxes, fines for the preceding fiscal year, and miscellaneous revenue.(b) Upon the presentation of such statements by the finance director, the board shall proceed by ordinance to make the proper levy to meet the expenses of the city for the current fiscal year.Acts 1921, ch. 173, art. 10, § 3; Shan. Supp., § 1997a173; Code 1932, § 3570; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2207; Acts 1989, ch. 175, § 20.
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