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Committee adopts amendment shifting transient lodging tax split to 40/60 baseline; bill moves to floor
Summary
The House Committee on Revenue on June 12 adopted the dash-14 amendment to House Bill 3962 and advanced the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Committee on Revenue on June 12 adopted the dash-14 amendment to House Bill 3962 and advanced the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The dash-14 amendment establishes a baseline distribution for local transient lodging tax (TLT) revenues: at least 40% must be used for tourism promotion or tourism-related facilities and no more than 60% may be used for city or county services. The amendment becomes operative Jan. 1, 2026.
Why it matters: The change reduces the statutory minimum for destination marketing organizations compared with prior law (which locked in at least 70% for tourism promotion for taxes in effect after July 1, 2003). Committee members and…
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