General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5915 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2515 *02515* Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5915 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2515 *02515* Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TOURISM PROMOTION, JOBS AND REVENUE ACCOUNT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to establish a tourism promotion, jobs and revenue account into which a portion of the occupancy tax collected on hotels and lodging houses shall be deposited and used by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to market the state for tourism purposes. Statement of Purpose: To establish a tourism promotion, jobs and revenue account to be used by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to market the state for tourism purposes.