FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 22, 2016 Time Requested: 12:07 PM |
Agency: |
Association of Counties |
CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
2838 |
Introduced |
SB647 |
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CBD Subject: |
Counties, Municipalities, Taxation |
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FUND(S):
Hotel occupancy taxes
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The best example is to use Mountaineer Resort in Hancock County. The county imposes a 6% hotel occupancy tax. The county keeps 3% and CVB gets 3%. Mointaineer comps about 70% of its room nights annually. They do not collect the county hotel occupancy tax on the comped rooms. This causes a loss to the county and CVB of approximately $400,000. However, a settlement of a court case in this issue provided about $200,000, split between the county and the CVB. This agreement is in place for five years and has four years left before renegotiation. This bill would effectively end the agreement at the end of the 5 year period. Comped rooms have the same effect of loss of hotel occupancy tax in any county but by far Mountaineer Resort comps the most rooms.
Fiscal Note Detail
Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2016 Increase/Decrease (use"-") |
2017 Increase/Decrease (use"-") |
Fiscal Year (Upon Full Implementation) |
1. Estmated Total Cost |
-400,000 |
-400,000 |
0 |
Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
This amount represents what one county has lost annually until they took it to court and settled for an agreed upon amount. The county was not receiving hotel occupancy tax from comped rooms and the state is not receiving sales tax.
Memorandum
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Patricia Hamilton
Email Address: Patti@wvaco.org