Section 141.871 – Short Title.

141.871 Short title. Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “community convention or tourism marketing act”. History: 1980, Act 395, Imd. Eff. Jan. 7, 1981 ;– Am. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984

Section 141.871a – Legislative Findings.

141.871a Legislative findings. Sec. 1a. (1) The legislature finds all of the following: (a) Tourism is a major source of employment, income, and tax revenues in this state, and the expansion of the tourism industry is vital to the growth of the state’s economy. (b) The tourism industry is important to this state, not only […]

Section 141.872 – Definitions.

141.872 Definitions. Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) “Assessment” means the amount levied against an owner of a transient facility within an assessment district, computed by application of the applicable percentage against aggregate room charges with respect to that transient facility during the applicable assessment period. (b) “Assessment district” means a municipality or […]

Section 141.873 – Marketing Program and Assessment District; Establishment; Marketing Program Notice; Filing; Contents; Exclusion; Excise or Other Tax; Copies of Notice; List of Owners.

141.873 Marketing program and assessment district; establishment; marketing program notice; filing; contents; exclusion; excise or other tax; copies of notice; list of owners. Sec. 3. (1) A bureau that intends to establish a marketing program and assessment district shall file a marketing program notice with the director. The marketing program notice shall state that the […]

Section 141.873a – Marketing Program; Approval or Disapproval; Referendum; Effective Date of Marketing Program and Assessment; Filing and Serving Another Marketing Program Notice.

141.873a Marketing program; approval or disapproval; referendum; effective date of marketing program and assessment; filing and serving another marketing program notice. Sec. 3a. (1) Within 30 days after a marketing program notice is filed, the director shall approve or disapprove the marketing program. The director shall not disapprove a marketing program unless the program violates […]

Section 141.874 – Marketing Program; Contents.

141.874 Marketing program; contents. Sec. 4. A marketing program may include all or any of the following: (a) Provisions for establishing and paying the costs of advertising, marketing, and promotional programs to encourage convention business or tourism in the assessment district. (b) Provisions for assisting transient facilities within the assessment district in promoting convention business […]

Section 141.875 – Transient Facility; Assessment; Computation; Payment; Reimbursement; Agreement to Accept Payment of Assessments; Forwarding Money; Withholding Portion of Assessment for Administrative Costs; Verification and Audit of Owner’s Assessment Payments; State Use Tax Returns; Unpaid Assessments; Interest and Delinquency Charges; Suit to Collect; Assessments as Trust Funds; Notice.

141.875 Transient facility; assessment; computation; payment; reimbursement; agreement to accept payment of assessments; forwarding money; withholding portion of assessment for administrative costs; verification and audit of owner’s assessment payments; state use tax returns; unpaid assessments; interest and delinquency charges; suit to collect; assessments as trust funds; notice. Sec. 5. (1) Upon the effective date of […]

Section 141.876 – Assessment Revenues Not State Funds; Deposit and Disbursement; Financial Statements; Audit; Report; Copies; Failure of Bureau to Provide Copies; Penalty.

141.876 Assessment revenues not state funds; deposit and disbursement; financial statements; audit; report; copies; failure of bureau to provide copies; penalty. Sec. 6. (1) The assessment revenues collected pursuant to this act shall not be state funds. The money shall be deposited in a bank or other depository in this state, in the name of […]

Section 141.877 – Repealed. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984.

141.877 Repealed. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to an advisory committee.

Section 141.877a – Biannual Formal Meeting; Review Marketing Plan.

141.877a Biannual formal meeting; review marketing plan. Sec. 7a. The board at regular intervals, but not less than twice per year, shall convene a formal meeting at which the board shall review its current annual marketing plan and its proposed annual marketing plan for the succeeding 1-year period. Once a year at these formal meetings, […]

Section 141.877b – Master Plan; Annual Meeting; Disapproval.

141.877b Master plan; annual meeting; disapproval. Sec. 7b. (1) The vice-president of the travel bureau and the president or chief administrative officer of the bureau shall meet periodically, but at least once each year, to discuss the master plan and the annual marketing plan approved by the board. (2) The bureau and the travel bureau […]

Section 141.878 – Discontinuance of Assessment; Referendum; Proposing New Marketing Program Notice; Failure to Adopt Resolution Discontinuing Assessment; Further Referendum.

141.878 Discontinuance of assessment; referendum; proposing new marketing program notice; failure to adopt resolution discontinuing assessment; further referendum. Sec. 8. (1) At any time 2 years or more after the effective date of an assessment, and upon the written request of owners of transient facilities located within an assessment district representing not less than 40% […]

Section 141.879 – Building or Combination of Buildings With Less Than 10 Rooms; Agreement to Be Subject to Assessment; Participation in Marketing Program; Duration of Assessment.

141.879 Building or combination of buildings with less than 10 rooms; agreement to be subject to assessment; participation in marketing program; duration of assessment. Sec. 9. (1) The owner of a building or combination of buildings, which is within an assessment district, has less than 10 rooms, and otherwise meets the definition of transient facility, […]

Section 141.880 – Existing Assessment District and Marketing Program.

141.880 Existing assessment district and marketing program. Sec. 10. An assessment district and marketing program under this act which is in effect before the effective date of this section shall remain in effect for 365 days after the effective date of this section or until a new marketing program and assessment district, which includes any […]