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Committee advances bill to let counties authorize tourism improvement districts
Summary
The House committee reported House Bill 13 47 out of committee, a measure that would allow counties to permit lodging businesses to form tourism improvement districts to fund local destination marketing and events through a small assessment on room nights.
Representative Espita Freitas, sponsor of House Bill 13 47, told the House Tourism & Economic & Recreational Development Committee on Monday that the measure would give counties authority to allow local lodging businesses to form tourism improvement districts, or TIDs, if they choose.
"HB 13 47 is simply enabling legislation. It doesn't mandate anything. It simply gives counties the authority to allow local lodging businesses, hotels, inns, motels to form a tourism improvement district if they choose," Representative Espita Freitas said.
The nut graf: The bill would let a majority of lodging businesses in…
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