GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 536
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/13/95

Short Title:  Gaston Room Tax Use.	(Local)

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March 23, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT GASTON COUNTY MAY USE THE PROCEEDS OF ITS OCCUPANCY TAX ONLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PROMOTE TRAVEL AND TOURISM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1(e) of Chapter 618 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Use of tax revenue.  Gaston County may use the proceeds of an occupancy tax levied under this section only for economic development to promote travel and tourism, including administrative expenses of the county's Travel and Tourism Office.  The county shall remit the gross proceeds of the tax to the Economic Development Commission, which shall administer the use of the proceeds in accordance with this subsection."
¨	Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.