Bill Text: OR HB3001 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to cultural tourism in Oregon; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3001 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3001-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 2697

                         House Bill 3001

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON REVENUE

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Increases state transient lodging tax rate. Requires 50 percent
of increased revenue to be distributed to Travel Oregon to
promote cultural tourism to Oregon in markets outside Oregon and
50 percent to be used by Oregon Tourism Commission to award
grants to bring to Oregon shows or artists from outside Oregon.
  Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to cultural tourism in Oregon; creating new provisions;
  amending ORS 284.131 and 320.305; prescribing an effective
  date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval
  by a three-fifths majority.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 320.305 is amended to read:
  320.305. (1) A tax of   { - one - }   { +  ___ + } percent is
imposed on any consideration rendered for the sale, service or
furnishing of transient lodging. The tax imposed by this
subsection shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any local
transient lodging tax.  The tax shall be collected by the
transient lodging provider.
  (2) The transient lodging provider shall withhold five percent
of the amount the provider collects under subsection (1) of this
section for the purpose of reimbursing the provider for the cost
of tax collection, record keeping and reporting.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 320.305 by section 1 of
this 2013 Act apply to consideration rendered on or after the
effective date of this 2013 Act for the sale, service or
furnishing of transient lodging. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 284.131 is amended to read:
  284.131. (1) All moneys collected, received by or appropriated
to the Oregon Tourism Commission must be deposited into an
account established by the commission in a depository bank
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In a manner
consistent with the requirements of ORS chapter 295, the chair of
the commission shall ensure that sufficient collateral secures
any amount of funds on deposit that exceeds the limits of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's coverage.
  (2) Subject to the approval of the chair, the commission may
invest moneys collected or received by the commission.
Investments made by the commission must be limited to investments
described in ORS 294.035 (3)(a) to (i).
  (3) Interest earned on any moneys invested under subsection (2)
of this section must be made available to the commission in a
manner consistent with the biennial budget of the commission.
  (4)  { + Except as provided in subsection (5) of this
section, + } the commission shall spend state transient lodging
tax moneys appropriated to the commission under ORS 320.335 as
follows:
  (a) At least 80 percent must be used to fund state tourism
marketing programs.
  (b) As much as 15 percent must be used to implement a regional
cooperative tourism marketing program that:
  (A) Requires fund allocations to focus on creating new business
from out-of-state and international markets;
  (B) Utilizes a regional allocation formula that distributes
revenue to regions, the boundaries of which are established by
the commission, in proportion to the amount of transient lodging
tax revenues collected in each region;
  (C) Distributes revenue to recipients that are selected by the
commission as organizations able to conduct tourism-related
marketing for each region;
  (D) Requires advertising, publications, CD-ROMs, websites,
videos and other tourism promotion materials funded through the
regional cooperative tourism marketing program to carry the
Oregon Tourism Commission logo and marketing tag line; and
  (E) Encourages funding recipients to incorporate design
elements from commission advertising and promotional campaigns,
such as fonts, images and other design elements.
   { +  (5)(a) Any amount of tax on transient lodging that is
imposed under ORS 320.305 in an amount in excess of one percent
of the consideration rendered and appropriated to the commission
under ORS 320.335 shall be spent in the manner prescribed in
paragraph (b) of this subsection.
  (b)(A) Fifty percent of the amount described in paragraph (a)
of this subsection shall be distributed to Travel Oregon for the
purpose of promoting cultural tourism to Oregon in markets
outside the state.
  (B) Fifty percent of the amount described in paragraph (a) of
this subsection shall be deposited by the commission in a
separate account that conforms to the requirements of subsection
(1) of this section and shall be used by the commission to award
competitive grants to nonprofit arts organizations in Oregon for
the purpose of bringing to Oregon shows or artists from outside
the state. The awards may not be used to fund the operations of
the nonprofit arts organizations that receive grants under this
subparagraph.
  (c) The commission may adopt rules to establish procedures and
standards for distributions and awards made under this
subsection. + }
    { - (5) - }   { + (6) + } All moneys in the account that are
not state transient lodging tax revenues are continuously
appropriated to the commission for the purposes of carrying out
the functions of the commission.
    { - (6) - }   { + (7) + } All expenditures from the account
are exempt from any state expenditure limitation.
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2013 Act takes effect on the 91st day
after the date on which the 2013 regular session of the
Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. + }
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