Bill would end two JLARC reporting duties; sponsors call it cost-saving, hospitality group urges oversight caution
House Bill 2,120 would remove JLARC's biannual lodging-tax report and a periodic review of the Training Benefits Program; sponsors said it frees staff for higher-priority work while hospitality and transparency advocates urged retaining oversight of lodging-tax uses.
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Connor Schiff, counsel to the committee and JLARC staff, told members that House Bill 2,120 eliminates two statutory reporting obligations for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee: (1) a biannual report on municipal lodging-tax use, and (2) a periodic evaluation and public-hearing requirement for the Training Benefits Program that provides UI benefits to trainees. Schiff said the change would cut redundant work and free JLARC staff for other performance audits.
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