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IN HB1319

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2017

Primary Sponsor

Harold Slager

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends IC 6-9-2 regarding Lake County innkeeper's tax distribution and usage requirements for revenue recipients.

  • Recipients of innkeeper's tax distributions who fail to spend money in compliance with applicable law may forfeit distribution rights for up to 3 years.

  • Lake County convention and visitor bureau must provide notice and opportunity for a hearing before forfeiture of distribution rights, with recipients able to submit written objections within 10 days of notice.

  • Bureau members may be removed for cause by their appointing authority or by majority vote of the bureau's board if they do not meet qualification requirements under subsection (h).

  • Authorizes Lake County convention and visitor bureau to enter into leases under IC 36-1-10 for construction, acquisition, and equipping of visitor centers and convention centers.

Legislative Description

Lake County innkeeper's tax. Amends the Lake County innkeeper's tax statute concerning: (1) uses of the innkeeper's tax; (2) removal of a member of the Lake County convention and visitor bureau; and (3) authority to enter into leases for the construction, acquisition, and equipping of a convention center. Provides that certain recipients that receive innkeeper's tax distributions shall forfeit the right to receive those distributions for a period not to exceed 3 years if the recipient fails to spend the distributed money in compliance with the law. Provides that the Lake County convention and visitor bureau shall provide a recipient

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

1/12/2017

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means1/12/2017

Full Bill Text

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