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House committee rejects effort to redirect lodging tax dollars toward local roads and safety
Summary
Representative Scott Rosensweig's proposal to redirect a growing share of the state's lodging-facility tax to counties and cities for infrastructure and public-safety needs drew heavy testimony from both local governments and the Department of Commerce; the committee defeated the bill in executive action, 3–18.
Representative Scott Rosensweig told the House Taxation Committee his bill would restore lodging-facility-use tax funding to an infrastructure purpose he said was intended when the tax first grew: "This fund would allow counties and cities and towns to access matching construction money," he said, arguing that counties bear rising road, rescue and maintenance costs from tourism.
Rosensweig proposed returning a portion of recent growth in lodging‑tax revenue to counties and cities with distribution rules and floor/ceiling limits per county…
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