1. (a) This section applies only to Knox County.

2. (b) The county fiscal body may impose a tax on the adjusted gross income of local taxpayers at a tax rate that does not exceed the lesser of the following:

   1. (1) Twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%).
   2. (2) The rate necessary to carry out the purposes described in this section.

3. (c) Revenue from a tax under this section may be used only for the following purposes:

   1. (1) To finance, construct, acquire, and equip the county jail.
   2. (2) To repay bonds issued or leases entered into for constructing, acquiring, and equipping the county jail.

As added by P.L.243-2015, SEC.10.