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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 562
BY SENATOR PERRY
SPECIA L DISTRICTS. Provides relative to the tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms,
motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities levied and collected by the Abbeville Film
and Visitors Commission District. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:9039.124(A)(1) and (4), relative to the tax upon the2
occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities levied and3
collected by the Abbeville Film and Visitors Commission District; to terminate the4
tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping5
facilities with the district; to authorize the district to collect and levy a one percent6
tax, subject to voter approval; and to provide for related matters.7
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 33:9039.124(A)(1) and (4) are hereby amended and reenacted to read10
as follows:11
ยง9039.124. Funding of the district12
A.(1)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (A)(1)(b) of this Section,13
The the district, through the board, is authorized to levy and collect a tax upon the14
occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the15
district. Such tax shall not exceed two percent of the rent or fee charged for such16
occupancy.17 SB NO. 562
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(b)(i) The tax authorized in Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) shall terminate on1
December 31, 2012.2
(ii) The district, through the board, may levy and collect a tax upon the3
occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within4
the district as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, on and after5
January 1, 2013. This tax shall not exceed one percent of the rent or fee6
charged for such occupancy.7
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(4) The district, through the board, shall impose the hotel occupancy tax by9
ordinance or resolution subject to approval by a majority of the electors in the10
district who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose. The board may11
provide in the ordinance or resolution necessary and appropriate rules and12
regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the hotel occupancy13
tax.14
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature17
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If18
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become19
effective on the day following such approval.20
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Present law authorizes the Abbeville Film and Visitors Commission District ("district") to
collect a tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping
facilities within the district. Such tax shall not exceed two percent of the rent or fee charged
for such occupancy.
Proposed law terminates the two percent tax collected by the district on December 31, 2012.
Proposed law authorizes the district, through the board, to levy and collect a tax upon the
occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the district,
subject to approval by a majority of the electors in the district on or after January 1, 2013.
This tax shall not exceed one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy. SB NO. 562
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Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:9039.124(A)(1) and (4))