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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND

DEVELOPMENT

     

     Introduced By: Representatives McKiernan, Williams, Diaz, Slater, and Lima

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2020

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 42-63.1-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-63.1 entitled "Tourism

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and Development" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     42-63.1-12. Distribution of tax to Rhode Island Convention Center Authority.

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     (a) For returns and tax received on or before December 31, 2015, the proceeds of the hotel

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tax generated by any and all hotels physically connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center

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shall be distributed as follows: twenty-seven percent (27%) shall be deposited as general revenues;

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thirty-one percent (31%) shall be given to the convention authority of the city of Providence; twelve

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percent (12%) shall be given to the greater Providence-Warwick convention and visitor's bureau;

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thirty percent (30%) shall be given to the Rhode Island convention center authority to be used in

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the furtherance of the purposes set forth in ยง 42-99-4.

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     (b) For returns and tax received after December 31, 2015, the proceeds of the hotel tax

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generated by any and all hotels physically connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center shall

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be distributed as follows: twenty-eight percent (28%) shall be given to the convention authority of

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the city of Providence; twelve percent (12%) shall be given to the greater Providence-Warwick

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convention and visitor's bureau; and sixty percent (60%) shall be given to the Rhode Island

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Commerce Corporation established in chapter 64 of title 42.

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     (c) The Rhode Island Convention Center Authority is authorized and empowered to enter

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into contracts with the Greater Providence-Warwick Convention and Visitors' Bureau in the

 

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furtherance of the purposes set forth in this chapter.

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     (d) For returns and tax received on or after July 1, 2018, the proceeds of the hotel tax

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generated by any and all hotels physically connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center shall

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be distributed as follows: thirty percent (30%) shall be given to the convention authority of the city

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of Providence; twenty percent (20%) shall be given to the greater Providence-Warwick convention

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and visitor's bureau; and fifty percent (50%) shall be given to the Rhode Island Commerce

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Corporation established in chapter 64 of title 42.

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     (e) For returns and tax received on or after July 1, 2020, the proceeds of the hotel tax

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generated by any and all hotels physically connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center shall

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be distributed as follows: thirty percent (30%) shall be given to the convention authority of the city

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of Providence; twenty-four percent (24%) shall be given to the greater Providence-Warwick

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convention and visitors bureau; twenty-one percent (21%) shall be given to the Rhode Island

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commerce corporation established in chapter 64 of title 42; and twenty-five percent (25%) shall be

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given to the city where the hotel is physically located

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND

DEVELOPMENT

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     This act would apply the hotel tax distribution formula for entities within the Providence

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regional tourism district to any and all hotels physically connected to the Rhode Island Convention

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Center.

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     This act would take effect on July 1, 2020.

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