Trousdale County wheel tax for county jail construction
Trousdale County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
Shall Ordinance 344-2026-06 adopting an $80.00 wheel tax in Trousdale County for each motor-driven vehicle and a $50.00 wheel tax for each antique vehicle, motorcycle, motor driven bicycle, scooter, side by side and any low or medium speed vehicle, the owner of which resides in Trousdale County, TN and the proceeds from such wheel tax to be used for the construction of the county jail and the repayment of any debt incurred for that purpose until the successful payoff of any debt, and the ordinance shall sunset forty years from the effective date the first collection of the tax begins, be approved?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
This measure asks Trousdale County voters whether to approve Ordinance 344-2026-06, a wheel tax on vehicles owned by county residents. The tax would be $80.00 for each motor-driven vehicle and $50.00 for each antique vehicle, motorcycle, motor driven bicycle, scooter, side by side and low or medium speed vehicle. The money would pay to build the county jail and repay debt for it, and the ordinance would end forty years after collection begins. A YES vote approves the wheel tax, while a NO vote rejects it.
Official ballot arguments
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