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Sponsor asks committee to end Ashtabula County's 2% bed tax tied to Geneva on the Lake lodge
Summary
Senate Bill 43 would eliminate a temporary 2% bed tax in Ashtabula County originally levied to fund construction of a lodge at Geneva on the Lake. Sponsor testimony said the lodge is paid for and the tax has become a continuing revenue source; committee members asked whether the county could repeal the tax locally.
Senator O'Brien told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that Senate Bill 43 would end a 2% bed tax in Ashtabula County that was imposed to fund a lodge at Geneva on the Lake. O'Brien said the lodge's estimated cost was $14,000,000 and that, despite a temporary bed-tax increase, the county ultimately spent far more on the project. She said state action later paid $14,000,000…
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