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San Juan County moves to impose optional 0.25% transient room tax increase to access outdoor recreation mitigation grants
Summary
Commissioners voted to adopt an ordinance allowing the county to impose an additional 0.25% transient room tax (TRT), increasing the county maximum to 4.5%. The county said the step is required to be eligible for state outdoor recreation mitigation grant funding created by this year’s state legislation.
San Juan County commissioners on June 3 approved an ordinance authorizing the county to add up to 0.25 percentage points to the local transient room tax (TRT), bringing the county’s potential maximum to 4.5% when combined with the state increase that takes effect July 1.
The action follows passage this year of state House Bill 456, which raised the statewide TRT rate and established a new outdoor recreation mitigation grant program funded by part of the state increase. County staff said third-class through sixth-class counties must impose the optional 0.25% county share to be eligible to apply for the mitigation grants, which can fund EMS, road, solid-waste and other…
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