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House substitutes Fifth Substitute Senate Bill 60 to create county-option tourism fund, restructure travel board
Summary
Fifth Substitute Senate Bill 60 was substituted on the House floor to convert an advisory travel council into a policy board, create a Tourism Economic Stimulus Fund funded by county-option increases to restaurant and hotel taxes, and direct a portion of collections to statewide branding and local projects; the travel board reportedly voted 6–1 to support the bill.
The Utah House approved a substitution of Fifth Substitute Senate Bill 60, a measure that would reshape the state's tourism governance and create a county-option funding mechanism to promote travel and related facilities.
Under the version explained on the floor, the bill converts the existing advisory travel council into a policy board with rule-making authority and modifies board membership distribution. It also establishes a statewide Utah tourism industry coalition and a Tourism Economic Stimulus Fund. The presenter described the fund as a local county option — "This is not statewide taxation. This is a local…
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