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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

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  • 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    5/7/2011 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

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  • HB 759, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/15/2011 at 3:57 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1638 Stimulating Special Event Tourism and Job Creation Bennett Identical Last Action: 5/7/2011 S Died in Commerce and Tourism
    Location: In committee/council (CM)

    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), Page 7 (pdf)
    218.23 Revenue sharing with units of local government. Page 7 (pdf), Page 8 (pdf)

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