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Florida League of Cities

Tourist Development (Monitor)

HB 7053 (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) would redirect a percentage of revenue levied to the Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation (Visit Florida) annually.  Counties that levy the tax will have a remittance from the Department of Revenue quarterly of 5 percent of all revenue between July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2026, to Visit Florida unless the county is a Rural County.  A rural county that levies the tax will have a remittance from the Department of Revenue quarterly of 2 percent of all revenue for the same time frame. The bill also repeals the Tourism Promotional Trust Fund within the Department of Economic Opportunity. (Chapman)