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House committee debates local lodging tax changes, weighs 50/50 split and resiliency grants; work session carried to next day
Summary
Committee members heard competing amendment packages for HB 4148 that would reset local transient lodging tax (TLT) spending splits (including proposals for a 50/50 tourism/general fund split and a resiliency grant program for hotels and restaurants). The committee discussed administration, reporting (LRO vs. LPRO) and local control and carried the work session to the next meeting.
Committee members spent a prolonged work session considering multiple amendment packages to HB 4148, which would alter allowable uses and splits of local transient lodging tax (TLT) revenue.
Elizabeth Howe of the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association described a Dash 1 amendment that would allow cities and counties to spend up to 50% of existing unrestricted TLT…
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