FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6640

                              C 17 L 90

BYSenator McMullen

Expanding the use of hotel-motel tax revenues to develop tourism strategies.

Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor

House Committe on Revenue

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Currently cities and counties may use their hotel-motel taxes for a specific series of activities including construction and maintenance of stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, and visual art centers.  The taxes may also be used for the payment of general obligation bonds and revenue bonds, and for the distribution of information to encourage tourism expansion.  In addition, hotel-motel taxes may be used to develop tourism strategies to expand tourism in distressed areas of the state.

SUMMARY:

The use of hotel-motel taxes for the development of tourist strategies is expanded to include nondistressed areas of the state.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   44    2

     House 76 21

EFFECTIVE:June 7, 1990