SECTION 1. An annual tuition fee not to exceed per pupil, per annum, an amount equal to the amount of funds actually raised and used for school purposes from the county during the preceding school year, including tuition and fees, divided by the number of pupils in average daily attendance in the public schools of the county during the preceding year, shall be charged all students attending the public schools of Sevier County who are nonresidents of Sevier County. The Sevier County Board of Education shall collect such tuition fees, which shall be credited to the appropriate school budgets and accounted for as provided by law.
SECTION 2. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Sevier County. Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.
SECTION 3. For the purpose of approving this act as provided in Section 2, it shall take effect on becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, but for all other purposes, it shall take effect upon being approved as provided in Section 2.
Passed: February 25, 1976.