CT HB06398

Establishes a regional tourism marketing grant program administered by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism to provide grants to regional tourism districts for tourism marketing projects and activities, effective July 1, 2011.

Requires regional tourism districts to raise matching funds from private sources in order to be eligible for grants under the program.

Creates a new "tourism supplemental revenue account" as a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund to hold moneys for providing marketing grants to tourism districts.

Directs the Commissioner of Revenue Services to transfer excess sales tax revenue to the tourism supplemental revenue account if collections from 17 specified tourism-related industries (restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, etc.) exceed fiscal year 2011 levels by more than 3 percent during fiscal years 2012-2015, capped at $3 million per fiscal year.