§19-2403. Deposit and Distribution of Tax Revenues.
(1) The Department shall collect the tax from the
operator and deposit the revenues received from the tax in special funds
established for purposes set forth herein. Interest on moneys deposited in the
funds shall accrue proportionately to the respective funds as provided herein.
The Department is hereby authorized to establish rules and regulations
concerning the collection of the tax.
(2) With respect to the revenues
received pursuant to Section 19-2402, relating to Imposition and Rate of Hotel
Room Rental Tax: There shall be deposited in a special fund, established
pursuant to Subsection (1), for the use of tourist promotion agencies for
tourist promotion activities, one hundred percent (100%) of all revenues
received from taxes imposed pursuant to this Section prior to 12:01 A.M. of the
eighth (8th) day following the effective date of this Chapter. Upon the
effective date of this Chapter, there shall be deposited in a special fund,
established pursuant to Subsection (1), for the use of tourist promotion
agencies for tourist promotion agency
activities:
[325] (a) Sixty
percent (60%) of all revenues received from taxes imposed pursuant to this
Section for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 1986, until the next
fiscal year of the City following substantial completion of the main convention
area.
(b) Forty-one and two-thirds percent (41 2/3%) of all revenues
received pursuant to this Section for the fiscal year of the City commencing
after the substantial completion of the main convention area and each fiscal
year thereafter ending prior to July 1, 1999.
(c) Thirty-three and
one-third percent (33 1/3%) of all revenues received pursuant to this Section
for the fiscal year of the City commencing on or after July 1, 1999, and each
fiscal year thereafter ending prior to July 1, 2010.
(d) Twenty-nine
and one hundred and sixty-six one-thousandths percent (29.166%) of all revenues
received pursuant to this Section for the fiscal year of the City commencing on
or after July 1, 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter ending prior to July 1,
2015.
(e) Twenty-five percent (25%) of all revenues received pursuant
to this Section for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 2015, and
thereafter.
The balance of revenues to be received from taxes imposed
pursuant to this Section shall be deposited in a special fund, established
pursuant to Subsection (1), for the use of the authority for convention center
purposes, provided that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Chapter,
in the event that construction of the main convention area is not commenced by
December 31, 1988, all revenues received pursuant to this Chapter for the period
after December 31, 1988, shall be used for tourist promotion agency
purposes.
(3) With respect to the revenues received pursuant to Section
19-2402.1, relating to Imposition and Rate of Tourism and Marketing Tax: There
shall be deposited in a special fund, established pursuant to Subsection (1),
for the use of the regional attractions marketing agency, one hundred percent
(100%) of all revenues received from taxes imposed pursuant to this
Section.
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