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Bill would exempt small fairground camping from Oregon transient lodging tax
Summary
A public hearing on House Bill 2171 heard testimony that small, short-stay camping at county fairgrounds imposes an administrative burden that exceeds the few dollars the state now collects; industry witnesses urged caution about carving away transient lodging tax revenue.
Oregon lawmakers held a public hearing Wednesday on House Bill 2171, which would exempt certain small camping sites at county fairgrounds from the state transient lodging tax (TLT).
Proponents said the exemption would remove an administrative burden that costs fairgrounds more to process than the tax yields.
Representative Anna Scharf (R–House District 23), the bill sponsor, told the committee the TLT, established in 2003 to fund the Oregon Tourism Commission program, is sensible in general but imposes disproportionate administrative work on county fairgrounds that are not lodging operators. She offered a Polk County example: the…
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