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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND

DEVELOPMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Brien, Reilly, and Phillips

     Date Introduced: March 06, 2012

     Referred To: House Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 42-63.1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-63.1 entitled

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"Tourism and Development" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     42-63.1-3. Distribution of tax. -- Except as provided in section 42-63.1-12, the proceeds

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of the hotel tax shall be distributed as follows by the division of taxation and the city of Newport:

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      (1) Forty-seven percent (47%) Thirty-two percent (32%) of the tax generated by the

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hotels in the district, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be given to the regional

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tourism district wherein the hotel is located; provided, however, that from the tax generated by

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the hotels in the city of Warwick, thirty-one percent (31%) twenty percent (20%) of the tax shall

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be given to the Warwick regional tourism district established in section 42-63.1-5(a)(5) and

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sixteen percent (16%) twelve percent (12%) of the tax shall be given to the Greater Providence-

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Warwick Convention and Visitors' Bureau established in section 42-63.1-11; and provided

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further, that from the tax generated by the hotels in the city of Providence, sixteen percent (16%)

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twelve percent (12%) of that tax shall be given to the Greater Providence-Warwick Convention

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and Visitors' Bureau established by section 42-63.1-11, and thirty-one percent (31%) twenty

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percent (20%) of that tax shall be given to the Convention Authority of the city of Providence

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established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 84 of the public laws of January, 1980; provided,

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however, that the receipts attributable to the district as defined in section 42-63.1-5(a)(7) shall be

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deposited as general revenues;

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      (2) Twenty-five percent (25%) Thirty-five percent (35%) of the hotel tax shall be given

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to the city or town where the hotel, which generated the tax, is physically located, to be used for

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whatever purpose the city or town decides.

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      (3) Twenty-one (21%) Twenty-six percent (26%) of the hotel tax shall be deposited as

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general revenues and seven percent (7%) to the Greater Providence-Warwick Convention and

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Visitors' Bureau.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND

DEVELOPMENT

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     This act would make changes in the percentage distribution of the proceeds of the hotel

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tax.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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