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Assembly finance committee debates visitor activity revenue, seasonal sales tax and bond timing ahead of budget decisions
Summary
Assembly members and staff debated visitor‑activity revenue options (including seasonal sales tax variants), exemptions and potential bond timing at the March 5 Finance Committee meeting. Members expressed differing priorities — some favor studying seasonal/visitor taxes to raise outside revenue, others urged caution given complexity and the
The Assembly Finance Committee on March 5 spent an extended portion of its session reviewing a staff memo that listed budget and finance topics members might prioritize before the April budget hearings. The discussion centered on four recurring themes: visitor‑activity revenue (including seasonal sales tax proposals), exemptions and forgone revenue, bond timing — especially for utility projects — and outstanding requests such as Eagle Crest funding.
"If we are going to look at sales tax in general, do you want to continue to have a temporary tax, a 3% temporary tax that we use operationally going back to the voters every five years?" the clerk summarized as options discussed; members debated whether a seasonal or split structure…
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