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Texas Hotel & Lodging Association trains Denison CVB on legal limits and categories for hotel-occupancy tax spending
Summary
Justin Bridal of the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association gave a detailed seminar to the Denison CVB explaining the two-part legal test for hotel-occupancy-tax spending and the eight allowable categories, including minimum and maximum spending rules for advertising, arts and historic preservation.
The Denison Convention & Visitors Bureau heard a legal briefing on hotel-occupancy-tax law from Justin Bridal, general counsel and legislative director for the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association, who summarized how state law governs local hotel-tax spending.
"Every expenditure must directly promote and enhance tourism and the hotel and convention industry," Bridal told the board, describing the two-part test cities must meet before spending hotel-tax dollars. He clarified that "directly" establishes a required connection, or nexus, between the expenditure and tourists or…
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