SENATE
HOUSE
JOINT
BILL STATUS
STATE LAW
REPORTS
EDUCATIONAL
CONTACT
home
home
Introduced Version Senate Bill 409 History

   |  Email
Key: Green = existing Code. Red = new code to be enacted
Senate Bill No. 409

(By Senators Bowman, K. Facemyer, Guills, Prezioso, Unger and White)

____________

[Introduced March 2, 2009; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

____________



A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §7-18-16, relating to limitations on expending hotel occupancy tax proceeds.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §7-18-16, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 18. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
§7-18-16. Limitations on expending proceeds.
For the period of March 1, 2009, through July 1, 2010, net revenue receivable during the fiscal year by a county or a municipality pursuant to this article shall be expended only on those convention and visitor's bureaus, visitor's and convention bureaus and regional travel councils that existed in this state as of March 1, 2009.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the expenditure of hotel occupancy proceeds during the period of March 1, 2009 through July 1, 2010, to those convention and visitor's bureau, visitor's and convention bureaus and regional travel councils not in existence and engaged in business in this state as of March 1, 2009.

§7-18-16 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
This Web site is maintained by the West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information.  |  Terms of Use  |   Email WebmasterWebmaster   |   © 2024 West Virginia Legislature **


X

Print On Demand

Name:
Email:
Phone:

Print