Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1431
Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "regional convention and tourism promotion act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — REGIONAL CONVENTION AND TOURISM PROMOTION ACT (Act 254 of 2010)
Michigan · statute · 254 of 2010, Mich. Comp. Laws · 10 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1431a
Legislative findings.
(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 because of the number of people it s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1432
Definitions.
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 distri…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1433
Marketing program notice; filing; contents; mailing to owners of transient facility owners; right of referendum; assessment contained in notice; effectiveness; written referendum; effect of approval or disapproval of assessment.
(1) A bureau that has its principal place of business in an assessment district may file a marketing program notice with the director. The notice shall state that the bureau proposes to create a marketing program under this act and cause an assessment to be collected from owners of transient facilities within the asses…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1434
Marketing program; provisions.
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 and tourism in the assessment district. (b) Provisions for assisting transient facilities within the assessment district…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1435
Assessment payments; computation; statement of room charges; forwarding copies of use tax returns; use by certified public accountants; interest; delinquency charge; attorney fees and court costs; liability for payment after mailing of notice.
(1) Upon the effective date of an assessment, each owner of a transient facility in the assessment district shall be liable for payment of the assessment, computed using the percentage set forth in the marketing program notice. The assessment shall be paid by the owner of each such transient facility to the bureau with…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1436
Assessment revenues; deposit; disbursement; mailing audited financial statements and report; failure of bureau to provide copies within certain time limit; penalty.
(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 the bureau, and disbursed only for the expenses properly incurred by the bureau with respect to the marketing programs developed by the bureau und…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1436a
Board meeting; annual marketing plan.
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, the board shall review and either approve or r…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1436b
Master plan; travel bureau; disapproval of annual marketing plan.
(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 shall coordinate their marketing program…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1437
Referendum to discontinue assessment.
(1) At any time 3 years or more after the effective date of an assessment, and upon the written request of owners of transient facilities located within the assessment district representing not less than 40% of the total number of owners or not less than 40% of the total number of rooms in all the transient facilities,…