Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Economic Development and Trade Committee on July 7, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 2744
Amends definition of "tourism-related facility" to include improvements to real property that have substantial purpose of supporting, promoting or accommodating tourism or tourist activities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Amends definition of "tourism-related facility" to include improvements to real property that have substantial purpose of supporting, promoting or accommodating tourism or tourist activities. Provides that local governments may not decrease percentage of grandfathered local transient lodging tax revenues actually expended to fund tourism promotion or tourism-related facilities below percentage actually expended as of July 2, 2003. Removes requirement that local governments that agreed on or before July 1, 2003, to increase percentage of local transient lodging tax revenues expended to fund tourism promotion or tourism-related facilities must increase percentage as agreed. Authorizes costs of maintenance of tourism-related facilities as permissible expenditure for new or increased local transient lodging tax. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
Its course
February 1 to July 7, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 1 to Jul 7 · stopped156 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 1 to Feb 76 days
Economic Development and TradeFeb 7 to Jul 7 · stopped150 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 1 – Jul 7
- Feb 1Introduced
- Feb 7Sent to Economic Development and Trade
- Mar 22Heard in Economic Development and Trade
- Jul 7Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Feb 1First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 7Referred to Economic Development and Trade with subsequent referral to Revenue.House of Representatives
- Mar 22Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jul 7In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives