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Committee requires counties to file tourism-tax reports or risk withholding
Summary
Senate Bill 261 would require counties to submit tourism-related (TRT) reports and allow withholding of TRT distributions for counties that do not file the required reports. The committee recommended the bill favorably by voice vote after a brief sponsor presentation.
Senate Bill 261, a short bill requiring counties to report on tourism-related tax collections and authorizing the state to withhold distributions if counties fail to file required reports, was recommended favorably by the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Feb. 28.
Sponsor Senator Brammer told the committee the bill’s substance is straightforward: counties are already required to report TRT (transient room tax) collections and expenditures, and SB 261 enables the state to withhold TRT distributions from counties that do not file the statutory report.
A committee member asked whether the tourism association had taken a position; the sponsor said he had not been contacted by the association and did not expect opposition. Representative Strong moved the favorable recommendation and the committee adopted the bill by voice vote.
No public testimony was recorded in the hearing transcript for SB 261. The committee’s favorable recommendation advances the bill to the next stage.
