CT HB05782

Increases hotel tax rate from 12% to 15% on room occupancy for stays not exceeding 30 consecutive calendar days, effective October 1, 2011.

Requires Commissioner of Revenue Services to segregate 20% of hotel taxes, with one-third returned to the municipality where the hotel is located and two-thirds deposited into a new hotel tax account.

Establishes a "hotel tax account" as a separate, nonlapsing account in the General Fund, with funds distributed annually starting April 1, 2012, to tourism districts (50%) and regional planning agencies (50%).

Modifies planning region boundaries so the state contains eight planning regions, with boundaries designated to be coterminous with economic development districts designated by the Governor.

Restricts municipalities in planning regions coterminous with designated economic development districts from petitioning for redesignation to different planning regions.