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48-6506 - Tourism improvement area plan; amendments
48-6506. Tourism improvement area plan; amendments
A. On the written request of the destination marketing organization managing the tourism improvement area and after approval by a majority of the owners' board, the governing body may amend the tourism improvement area plan pursuant to this section.
B. If the tourism improvement area plan amendment includes a new or increased lodging business assessment, the governing body shall do all of the following:
1. Hold a public hearing on the amendment at least thirty days after mailing the notice to the assessed lodging business owners that is required pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection.
2. Provide notice of this meeting by mail to each lodging business owner that is subject to lodging business assessment in the tourism improvement area and publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or county or on the municipality's or county's public website at least thirty days before the date of the hearing.
3. Provide notice of any approved tourism improvement area plan amendment to the department of revenue in the manner required by the department of revenue.
C. If the amendment does not include a new or increased assessment, the governing body is not required to hold a public hearing on the amendment.
D. Amendments to a tourism improvement area plan may not include any changes to the tourism improvement area's boundaries.