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Second Substitute H.B. 107

Senator Beverly Ann Evans proposes to substitute the following bill:


             1     
TOURISM MARKETING AMENDMENTS

             2     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: Sheryl L. Allen

             5      This act modifies provisions of the Utah Code relating to tourism marketing. The act defines
             6      certain terms. The act increases the money in the Tourism Marketing Performance Fund.
             7      The act modifies the Tourism Marketing Performance Fund Committee to include members
             8      of the tourism industry. The act allows the Division of Travel Development to consult with
             9      counties and travel regions about effective tourism promotion. The act clarifies the purposes
             10      of the transient room tax and the tourism, recreation, cultural, and convention facilities tax.
             11      The act requires counties with no existing tourism tax advisory boards to create and utilize
             12      a tourism tax advisory board. The act makes technical changes.
             13      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             14      AMENDS:
             15          9-2-1702, as enacted by Chapter 301, Laws of Utah 1997
             16          9-2-1703, as enacted by Chapter 301, Laws of Utah 1997
             17          9-2-1704, as enacted by Chapter 301, Laws of Utah 1997
             18          9-2-1705, as enacted by Chapter 301, Laws of Utah 1997
             19          9-3-204, as last amended by Chapter 109, Laws of Utah 1994
             20          17-31-2, as last amended by Chapter 146, Laws of Utah 1998
             21          59-12-603, as last amended by Chapter 319, Laws of Utah 2000
             22      ENACTS:
             23          9-2-1703.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             24          9-2-1706, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             25          17-31-8, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 9-2-1702 is amended to read:
             28           9-2-1702. Definitions.
             29          As used in this part:
             30          [(1) "Administrator" means the Department of Community and Economic Development.]
             31          [(2) "Commissioners" means the board of commissioners on the Division of Travel
             32      Development.]
             33          [(3)] (1) "Committee" means the Tourism Marketing Performance Fund Committee as
             34      created in Section 9-2-1705 .
             35          [(4)] (2) "Department" means the Department of Community and Economic Development.
             36          (3) "Division" means the Division of Travel Development created in Section 9-3-204 .
             37          [(5)] (4) "Fund" means the restricted account known as the Tourism Marketing
             38      Performance Fund created in Section 9-2-1703 .
             39          [(6)] (5) "Industry" means the following travel and tourism industry groups [as described
             40      in Subsections 9-2-1703 (2)(c)(ii)(A) through (E).]:
             41          (a) retail/eating and drinking;
             42          (b) services/hotels and lodging;
             43          (c) services/automotive rental;
             44          (d) services amusement and recreation; and
             45          (e) transportation.
             46          [(7) "Institutional advertising" means advertising of Utah's cultural, historical, recreational,
             47      scenic, and tourist attractions to consumers outside of Utah.]
             48          [(8) "Performance measurement" means a standard to measure the economic growth in the
             49      travel and tourism industry in comparison with the previous year's sales tax receipts based on
             50      criteria as provided in Section 9-2-1703 .]
             51          (6) "Tourism marketing" means an activity to develop, encourage, solicit, or promote
             52      tourism within this state that attracts transient guests to the state, including:
             53          (a) planning;
             54          (b) product development; and
             55          (c) advertising directed to out of state consumers that promotes leisure travel products or
             56      attractions specific to Utah.


             57          (7) "Tourism oriented sales and use taxes" means a state sales and use tax imposed under
             58      Section 59-12-103 for amounts paid or charged for taxable items or services:
             59          (a) described under Subsection 59-12-103 (1); and
             60          (b) provided by a person described by the following SIC Codes of the 1987 Standard
             61      Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of
             62      Management and Budget:
             63          (i) SIC Codes 4011 through 4789;
             64          (ii) SIC Codes 5812 and 5813;
             65          (iii) SIC Codes 7011 through 7041;
             66          (iv) SIC Codes 7513 through 7519; and
             67          (v) SIC Codes 7812 through 7999.
             68          (8) "Utah Tourism Industry Coalition" means the private nonprofit corporation created
             69      under Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, composed of tourism-related
             70      businesses, organizations, and associations authorized to nominate committee members under
             71      Section 9-2-1705 .
             72          Section 2. Section 9-2-1703 is amended to read:
             73           9-2-1703. Creation and administration of fund.
             74          (1) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the
             75      "Tourism Marketing Performance Fund."
             76          (b) The fund shall be administered by the [administrator upon the advice and
             77      recommendations of the committee] department in accordance with Section 9-2-1704 .
             78          (2) The fund shall be funded by appropriations made to the fund by the Legislature in
             79      accordance with Section 9-2-1703.5 .
             80          (3) Any undistributed monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year are nonlapsing except
             81      that any balance greater than $200,000 at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse to the General Fund.
             82          [(2) (a) The annual appropriation for the fund shall be determined by measuring the
             83      economic growth in the travel and tourism industry in excess of the previous year's taxable sales.
             84      In no event shall the annual appropriation exceed $200,000.]
             85          [(b) If the economic growth in the travel and tourism industry exceeds 4% growth, as
             86      measured by taxable sales, based on the previous year's taxable sales, the administrator may
             87      receive funding through distribution of revenues from the fund.]


             88          [(c) The department shall utilize this criteria to qualify for an annual appropriation:]
             89          [(i) the expenditures by the industry for promoting and marketing Utah's cultural,
             90      recreational, and scenic attractions to consumers outside of Utah in the previous fiscal year;]
             91          [(A) as reported to the State Tax Commission on a form designed by the State Tax
             92      Commission;]
             93          [(B) for the year beginning July 1 and ending June 30; and]
             94          [(C) filed with the State Tax Commission prior to July 31 of each year; and]
             95          [(ii) the amount of sales tax collected from the following industry groups:]
             96          [(A) retail/eating and drinking;]
             97          [(B) services/hotels and lodging;]
             98          [(C) services/automotive rental;]
             99          [(D) services/amusement and recreation; and]
             100          [(E) transportation.]
             101          [(d) If the department determines the industry's economic growth exceeds the previous
             102      year's taxable sales by 4%, the Legislature shall appropriate $200,000 for the upcoming fiscal year.
             103      The appropriation shall be the amount determined under Subsection (2)(c)(i) or (ii), whichever is
             104      the lesser amount.]
             105          Section 3. Section 9-2-1703.5 is enacted to read:
             106          9-2-1703.5. Appropriations to the fund.
             107          (1) The Legislature shall appropriate $200,000 to the fund each fiscal year for which the
             108      State Tax Commission finds that the industry growth for the prior fiscal year equals or exceeds 4%.
             109          (2) To determine the prior fiscal year industry growth the State Tax Commission shall:
             110          (a) calculate the tourism-oriented sales and use taxes for the fiscal year two years
             111      preceding the fiscal year of appropriation;
             112          (b) calculate the tourism-oriented sales and use taxes for the fiscal year three years
             113      preceding the fiscal year of the appropriation; and
             114          (c) determine whether the tourism-oriented sales and use taxes calculated in Subsection
             115      (2)(a) increased from the tourism-oriented sales and use taxes calculated under Subsection (2)(b).
             116          (3) The State Tax Commission shall report its determination under Subsection (2) to the
             117      State Budget Office by no later than September 30 of each year.
             118          Section 4. Section 9-2-1704 is amended to read:


             119           9-2-1704. Distribution of fund monies -- Determination of recipients.
             120          The appropriation to the [Tourism Marketing Performance Fund] fund required by Section
             121      9-2-1703.5 shall be distributed [in the following manner: (1) the administrator shall distribute the
             122      monies in the fund] by the department to the [Division of Travel Development] division to be used
             123      [for the purposes as provided in Section 9-3-204 , with 75% of the funds allocated to marketing and
             124      25% of the funds allocated to infrastructure; and] to fund the tourism marketing plan developed
             125      in accordance with Section 9-2-1706 .
             126          [(2) any undistributed appropriation at the end of the fiscal year shall be nonlapsing except
             127      any balance greater than $200,000 shall lapse to the General Fund.]
             128          Section 5. Section 9-2-1705 is amended to read:
             129           9-2-1705. Creation of Tourism Marketing Performance Fund Committee -- Members
             130      -- Appointment -- Qualifications --Terms -- Quorum -- Per diem and expenses -- Staff.
             131          (1) There is created a Tourism Marketing Performance Fund Committee which shall
             132      consist of [21] 11 voting members and one nonvoting member.
             133          [(2) The members of the committee shall include:]
             134          [(a) five members appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the Division of Travel
             135      Development, three of whom are members of the Board of Commissioners; and]
             136          [(b) 16 members of a private coalition of the industry known as the Utah Tourism Industry
             137      Coalition recommended by the board of directors of the coalition.]
             138          [(3) The governor shall appoint the committee members in Subsection (2)(b).]
             139          (2) (a) The governor shall appoint 11 voting members to the committee including:
             140          (i) one member from the automobile rental industry;
             141          (ii) one member representing public lands;
             142          (iii) one member representing Utah Travel Regions;
             143          (iv) the director of the Division of Travel Development;
             144          (v) one member representing county tourism selected from a list of three qualified
             145      individuals nominated by the Utah Association of Counties;
             146          (vi) one member representing the restaurant industry selected from a list of three qualified
             147      individuals nominated by the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition;
             148          (vii) one member representing the hotel and lodging industry selected from a list of three
             149      qualified individuals nominated by the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition;


             150          (viii) one member representing the ski industry selected from a list of three qualified
             151      individuals nominated by the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition;
             152          (ix) one member representing the amusement and recreation industry selected from a list
             153      of three qualified individuals nominated by the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition;
             154          (x) one member representing the transportation industry selected from a list of three
             155      qualified individuals nominated by the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition; and
             156          (xi) one at large member representing the Utah tourism industry selected from a list of
             157      three qualified individuals nominated by the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition.
             158          (b) The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall
             159      nominate and the governor shall appoint one nonvoting member of the committee from the
             160      Economic Development and Human Resources Appropriations Subcommittee.
             161          (c) Members of the committee shall be nominated to provide geographic balance in
             162      representation on the committee.
             163          [(4)] (3) (a) The first committee appointments shall be for terms as follows:
             164          [(a) seven] (i) five members shall be appointed for terms of [two years] one year; and
             165          [(b) seven] (ii) six members shall be appointed for terms of [three] two years[; and].
             166          [(c) seven members shall be appointed for terms of four years.]
             167          (b) All subsequent appointments shall be for terms of two years.
             168          (c) A member may not serve more than two full consecutive terms unless the governor
             169      determines that an additional term is in the best interest of the state.
             170          [(5)] (4) If a vacancy occurs, the [Board of Commissioners or the] governor shall appoint
             171      a qualified replacement to fill the unexpired term.
             172          [(6)] (5) The committee shall elect a chair and a vice chair from its membership.
             173          [(7) Eleven] (6) Six voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
             174          [(8) The committee shall advise the administrator on the recommended allocation of the
             175      monies in the fund as provided in Section 9-2-1704 . The administrator shall distribute the monies
             176      in the fund to the Division of Travel Development.]
             177          [(9) The committee shall determine the time and place of meetings and any other
             178      procedural matter not specified in this chapter.]
             179          [(10)] (7) Members shall receive no compensation or benefits for their services, and shall
             180      receive no per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.


             181          (8) Staff services to the committee shall be provided by the division.
             182          (9) The terms of the members who are serving on the committee on April 30, 2001, shall
             183      terminate on that date. The governor shall appoint members to the committee in accordance with
             184      this section as in effect on May 1, 2001.
             185          Section 6. Section 9-2-1706 is enacted to read:
             186          9-2-1706. Duties of Tourism Marketing Performance Fund Committee.
             187          (1) The committee and the division shall jointly develop a tourism marketing plan to
             188      determine the best use of the funds in the Tourism Marketing Performance Fund.
             189          (2) Any plan provided for under Subsection (1) shall address:
             190          (a) enhancing the state's image;
             191          (b) promoting Utah as a year-round destination;
             192          (c) encouraging expenditures by visitors to the state; and
             193          (d) the diversity of the state's travel regions.
             194          (3) The committee shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings, in
             195      determining and giving notice of the time and place of any meetings.
             196          (4) The committee may not perform any function not authorized by this section.
             197          Section 7. Section 9-3-204 is amended to read:
             198           9-3-204. Division of Travel Development -- Powers and duties -- Travel development
             199      plan.
             200          (1) There is created within the department the Division of Travel Development under the
             201      administration and general supervision of the director.
             202          (2) The division shall be under the policy direction of the director.
             203          (3) The division shall:
             204          (a) be the travel development authority of the state;
             205          (b) develop a travel promotion program for the state;
             206          (c) develop a plan to increase the economic contribution by tourists visiting the state;
             207          (d) plan and conduct a program of information, advertising, and publicity relating to the
             208      recreational, scenic, historic, highway, and tourist advantages and attractions of the state at large;
             209      and
             210          (e) encourage and assist in the coordination of the activities of persons, firms, associations,
             211      corporations, travel regions, counties, and governmental agencies engaged in publicizing,


             212      developing, and promoting the scenic attractions and tourist advantages of the state.
             213          (4) Any plan provided for under Subsection (3) shall address, but not be limited to,
             214      enhancing the state's image, promoting Utah as a year-round destination, encouraging expenditures
             215      by visitors to the state, and expanding the markets where the state is promoted.
             216          Section 8. Section 17-31-2 is amended to read:
             217           17-31-2. Purposes of transient room tax -- Purchase or lease of facilities -- Mitigating
             218      impacts of recreation, tourism, or conventions -- Issuance of bonds.
             219          (1) Any county legislative body may impose the transient room tax provided for in Section
             220      59-12-301 for the purposes of:
             221          (a) establishing and promoting recreation, tourism, film production, and conventions;
             222          (b) acquiring, leasing, constructing, furnishing, or operating convention meeting rooms,
             223      exhibit halls, visitor information centers, museums, and related facilities;
             224          (c) acquiring or leasing land required for or related to the purposes listed in Subsection
             225      (1)(b); and
             226          (d) as required to mitigate the impacts of recreation, tourism, or conventions in counties
             227      of the fourth, fifth, and sixth class, paying for:
             228          (i) solid waste disposal operations;
             229          (ii) emergency medical services;
             230          (iii) search and rescue activities; and
             231          (iv) law enforcement activities.
             232          (2) [Counties] A county may use not more than 1/3 of the proceeds of the transient room
             233      tax provided in Section 59-12-301 [either] for any combination of the following purposes:
             234          (a) (i) [to acquire, lease, construct, furnish, maintain, or operate] acquiring, leasing,
             235      constructing, furnishing, maintaining, or operating:
             236          (A) convention meeting rooms[,];
             237          (B) exhibit halls[,];
             238          (C) visitor information centers[,];
             239          (D) museums[,]; and
             240          (E) related facilities[,]; and [to acquire or lease]
             241          (ii) acquiring or leasing land required for or related to [these] the purposes[; or] described
             242      in Subsection (2)(a)(i);


             243          (b) as required to mitigate the impacts of recreation, tourism, or conventions in counties
             244      of the fourth, fifth, and sixth class, to pay for:
             245          (i) solid waste disposal operations;
             246          (ii) emergency medical services;
             247          (iii) search and rescue activities; and
             248          (iv) law enforcement activities[.]; or
             249          (c) making the annual payment of principal, interest, premiums, and necessary reserves
             250      for any or the aggregate of bonds authorized under Subsection (3).
             251          (3) (a) The county legislative body may[: (i)] issue bonds or cause bonds to be issued, as
             252      permitted by law, to pay all or part of any costs incurred for the purposes set forth in [Subsection]
             253      Subsection (2)(a) or (b) that are permitted to be paid from bond proceeds[; and].
             254          [(ii) use up to 1/3 of the proceeds of the transient room tax as provided in Section
             255      59-12-301 to make the annual payment of principal, interest, premiums, and necessary reserves
             256      for any or the aggregate of bonds issued.]
             257          (b) When the proceeds of the transient room tax provided in Section 59-12-301 are not
             258      needed for payment of principal, interest, premiums, and reserves on bonds issued as provided in
             259      Subsection [(3)] (2)(c), the county legislative body shall use those proceeds as provided in
             260      [Subsections] Subsection (1) [and], subject to the limitation of Subsection (2).
             261          Section 9. Section 17-31-8 is enacted to read:
             262          17-31-8. Tourism tax advisory boards.
             263          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), any county that collects the following
             264      taxes shall operate a tourism tax advisory board:
             265          (i) the transient room tax allowed under Section 59-12-301 ; or
             266          (ii) the tourism, recreation, cultural, and convention facilities tax allowed under Section
             267      59-12-603 .
             268          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), a county is exempt from Subsection (1)(a) if the
             269      county has an existing board, council, committee, convention visitor's bureau or body that
             270      substantially conforms with Subsections (2), (3), and (4).
             271          (2) A tourism tax advisory board created under Subsection (1) shall consist of at least five
             272      members.
             273          (3) A tourism tax advisory board shall be composed of any of the following members that:


             274          (a) are residents of the county; and
             275          (b) represent the local:
             276          (i) hotel and lodging industry;
             277          (ii) restaurant industry;
             278          (iii) recreational facilities;
             279          (iv) convention facilities;
             280          (v) museums;
             281          (vi) cultural attractions; or
             282          (vii) other tourism-related industries.
             283          (4) A tourism tax advisory board shall advise the county legislative body on the best use
             284      of revenues collected from:
             285          (a) the transient room tax allowed under Section 59-12-301 ; and
             286          (b) the tourism, recreation, cultural, and convention facilities tax allowed under Section
             287      59-12-603 .
             288          (5) A member of any county tourism tax advisory board:
             289          (a) may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's services; and
             290          (b) may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of the member's
             291      official duties.
             292          Section 10. Section 59-12-603 is amended to read:
             293           59-12-603. County tax -- Bases -- Rates -- Ordinance required -- Collection --
             294      Administration -- Distribution -- Imposition of tax -- Tax rate change -- Effective date --
             295      Notice requirements.
             296          (1) In addition to any other taxes, a county legislative body may, as provided in this part,
             297      impose a tourism, recreation, cultural, and convention tax as follows:
             298          (a) (i) a county legislative body of any county may impose a tax of not to exceed 3% on
             299      all short-term leases and rentals of motor vehicles not exceeding 30 days, except for leases and
             300      rentals of motor vehicles made for the purpose of temporarily replacing a person's motor vehicle
             301      that is being repaired pursuant to a repair or an insurance agreement;
             302          (ii) beginning on or after January 1, 1999, a county legislative body of any county
             303      imposing a tax under Subsection (1)(a)(i) may, in addition to imposing the tax under Subsection
             304      (1)(a)(i), impose a tax of not to exceed 4% on all short-term leases and rentals of motor vehicles


             305      not exceeding 30 days, except for leases and rentals of motor vehicles made for the purpose of
             306      temporarily replacing a person's motor vehicle that is being repaired pursuant to a repair or an
             307      insurance agreement;
             308          (b) a county legislative body of any county may impose a tax of not to exceed 1% of all
             309      sales of prepared foods and beverages that are sold by restaurants; and
             310          (c) a county legislative body of any county may impose a tax of not to exceed 1/2% of the
             311      rent for every occupancy of a suite, room, or rooms on all persons, companies, corporations, or
             312      other similar persons, groups, or organizations doing business as motor courts, motels, hotels, inns,
             313      or similar public accommodations.
             314          (2) The revenue from the imposition of the taxes provided for in Subsections (1)(a)
             315      through (c) may be used for the purposes of financing[, in whole or in part,] tourism promotion,
             316      and the development, operation, and maintenance of tourist, recreation, cultural, and convention
             317      facilities as defined in Section 59-12-602 .
             318          (3) The tax imposed under Subsection (1)(c) shall be in addition to the transient room tax
             319      imposed under Part 3, Transient Room Tax, and may be imposed only by a county of the first class.
             320          (4) (a) A tax imposed under this part shall be levied at the same time and collected in the
             321      same manner as provided in Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act, except that the collection and
             322      distribution of the tax revenue is not subject to the provisions of Subsection 59-12-205 (2).
             323          (b) A tax imposed under this part may be pledged as security for bonds, notes, or other
             324      evidences of indebtedness incurred by a county under Title 11, Chapter 14, Utah Municipal Bond
             325      Act, to finance tourism, recreation, cultural, and convention facilities.
             326          (5) (a) In order to impose the tax under Subsection (1), each county legislative body shall
             327      annually adopt an ordinance imposing the tax.
             328          (b) (i) The ordinance under Subsection (5)(a) shall include provisions substantially the
             329      same as those contained in Part 1, Tax Collection, except that the tax shall be imposed only on
             330      those items and sales described in Subsection (1).
             331          (ii) A county legislative body imposing a tax under this part shall impose the tax as
             332      provided in this section on the leases, rentals, and sales described in Subsection (1) relating to the
             333      Olympic Winter Games of 2002 made to or by an organization exempt from federal income
             334      taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code, except for leases, rentals, and sales
             335      described in Subsection (1):


             336          (A) paid for in full by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games
             337      of 2002;
             338          (B) exclusively used by:
             339          (I) an officer, a trustee, or an employee of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the
             340      Olympic Winter Games of 2002; or
             341          (II) a volunteer supervised by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter
             342      Games of 2002; and
             343          (C) for which the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002
             344      does not receive reimbursement.
             345          (c) The name of the county as the taxing agency shall be substituted for that of the state
             346      where necessary, and an additional license is not required if one has been or is issued under
             347      Section 59-12-106 .
             348          (6) In order to maintain in effect its tax ordinance adopted under this part, each county
             349      legislative body shall, within 30 days of any amendment of any applicable provisions of Part 1,
             350      Tax Collection, adopt amendments to its tax ordinance to conform with the applicable amendments
             351      to Part 1, Tax Collection.
             352          (7) The commission shall:
             353          (a) administer, collect, and enforce the tax authorized under this part pursuant to:
             354          (i) the same procedures used to administer, collect, and enforce the sales and use tax under
             355      Part 1, Tax Collection; and
             356          (ii) Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies;
             357          (b) (i) except as provided in Subsection (7)(c), for a tax under this part other than the tax
             358      under Subsection (1)(a)(ii), distribute the revenues to the county imposing the tax; and
             359          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (7)(c), for a tax under Subsection (1)(a)(ii), distribute
             360      the revenues according to the distribution formula provided in Subsection (8); and
             361          (c) deduct from the distributions under Subsection (7)(b) an administrative charge for
             362      collecting the tax as provided in Section 59-12-206 .
             363          (8) The commission shall distribute the revenues generated by the tax under Subsection
             364      (1)(a)(ii) to each county collecting a tax under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) according to the following
             365      formula:
             366          (a) the commission shall distribute 70% of the revenues based on the percentages


             367      generated by dividing the revenues collected by each county under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) by the total
             368      revenues collected by all counties under Subsection (1)(a)(ii); and
             369          (b) the commission shall distribute 30% of the revenues based on the percentages
             370      generated by dividing the population of each county collecting a tax under Subsection (1)(a)(ii)
             371      by the total population of all counties collecting a tax under Subsection (1)(a)(ii).
             372          (9) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (9):
             373          (i) "Annexation" means an annexation to a county under Title 17, Chapter 2, Annexation
             374      to County.
             375          (ii) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a county.
             376          (b) (i) If, on or after May 1, 2000, a county enacts or repeals a tax or changes the rate of
             377      a tax under this part, the enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect:
             378          (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             379          (B) after a 75-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting
             380      the requirements of Subsection (9)(b)(ii) from the county.
             381          (ii) The notice described in Subsection (9)(b)(i)(B) shall state:
             382          (A) that the county will enact or repeal a tax or change the rate of a tax under this part;
             383          (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (9)(b)(ii)(A);
             384          (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (9)(b)(ii)(A); and
             385          (D) if the county enacts the tax or changes the rate of the tax described in Subsection
             386      (9)(b)(ii)(A), the new rate of the tax.
             387          (c) (i) If, for an annexation that occurs on or after May 1, 2000, the annexation will result
             388      in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for an annexing area, the change shall take effect:
             389          (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             390          (B) after a 75-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting
             391      the requirements of Subsection (9)(c)(ii) from the county that annexes the annexing area.
             392          (ii) The notice described in Subsection (9)(c)(i)(B) shall state:
             393          (A) that the annexation described in Subsection (9)(c)(i) will result in a change in the rate
             394      of a tax under this part for the annexing area;
             395          (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (9)(c)(ii)(A);
             396          (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (9)(c)(ii)(A); and
             397          (D) the new rate of the tax described in Subsection (9)(c)(ii)(A).


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