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Department of Commerce details bed-tax programs, awards and priorities for biennium
Summary
Deputy Director Mandy Rambo briefed the Senate Local Government Committee on Commerce priorities, including distribution of bed tax revenue, major grant programs, and biennium goals for community and economic development.
Mandy Rambo, deputy director of the Montana Department of Commerce, briefed the Senate Local Government Committee on the department’s 2025 biennium goals and several bed-tax-funded programs aimed at supporting tourism, local infrastructure, and business development.
Rambo outlined that 52% of bed-tax revenue administered by Commerce is distributed directly back to communities as grants or loans and that an additional more than 17% goes to tourism regions and destination marketing organizations, amounting to roughly 70% of bed-tax…
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