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SB 1638: Stimulating Special Event Tourism and Job Creation

GENERAL BILL by Bennett

Stimulating Special Event Tourism and Job Creation; Provides for the transfer of certain sales tax revenues from the General Revenue Fund to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Counties. Authorizes a county to designate certain time periods to hold special events designed to enhance tourism. Provides for a distribution from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Counties to a county eligible for a distribution related to the holding of a special event during a designated time period, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2011
Last Action: 5/7/2011 Senate - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/3/2011 Senate • Filed
    3/10/2011 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Budget -SJ 187
    • Introduced -SJ 187
    5/7/2011 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Commerce and Tourism

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  • SB 1638, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2011 at 5:14 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 759 Stimulating Special Event Tourism and Job Creation Costello Identical Last Action: 5/7/2011 H Died in Finance and Tax Committee
    Location: In committee/council (FTC)

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated unconstitutionally collected. Page 2 (pdf)
    218.213 Page 6 (pdf)
    218.23 Revenue sharing with units of local government. Page 7 (pdf)

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