Bill Text: CT HB05828 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Tourism Investment Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Commerce [HB05828 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05828-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5828
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 1935
Referred to Committee on Commerce
Introduced by:
REP. OLSON, 46th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TOURISM INVESTMENT FUND.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 219 of the general statutes be amended to increase the hotel tax by one per cent and to require that the resulting revenue be deposited in a Tourism Investment Fund to be used for tourism marketing by the Commission on Culture and Tourism and the regional tourism districts.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the hotel and lodging tax to support the newly-created Tourism Investment Fund.