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HB 759: Stimulating Special Event Tourism and Job Creation

GENERAL BILL by Costello

Stimulating Special Event Tourism and Job Creation; Provides for transfer of certain sales tax revenues from General Revenue Fund to Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Counties; authorizes county to designate certain time periods to hold special events designed to enhance tourism; authorizes specified distribution from sales tax proceeds when increase in sales tax collections is realized over preceding year by county during same designated time period; provides for specified adjustment of aggregate amount to be transferred from General Revenue Fund to Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Counties, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2011
Last Action: 5/7/2011 House - Died in Finance and Tax Committee
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/15/2011 House • Filed
3/3/2011 House • Referred to Finance and Tax Committee; Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee -HJ 65
3/8/2011 House • Introduced -HJ 65
5/7/2011 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Finance and Tax Committee