BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130426T180000Z DTEND:20130426T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Legal and Effective Use of the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax DESCRIPTION:Legal and Effective Use of the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax\n\n \n\n Brenham/Washington County Chamber & CVB Welcomes \n\n Justin Bragiel\, General Counsel\, Texas Hotel & Lodging Association \n\n \n\n Friday\, April 26\, 2013 \n\n Time: 1:00 PM 4:00 PM \n\n Location: Ant Street Inn\, 107 W. Commerce St.\, Brenham\, TX 77833\n\n \n\n Please RSVP no later than April 16\, 2013.\n\n \n\n \n1. Who Collects the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax\;\n\n2. Exemptions from the Tax\;\n\n3. Use of the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenues\;\n\n a) Criteria #1- Every Expenditure Must DIRECTLY Enhance and Promote Tourism AND the Hotel & Convention Industry\; \n\n b) Criteria #2: Every expenditure of the tax must clearly fit into one of nine statutorily provided Categories \;\n\n1) Funding the Establishment\, Improvement\, or Maintenance of a Convention Centeror Visitor Information Center\;\n\n2) Paying the Administrative Costs for Facilitating Convention Registration\;\n\n3) Advertising/Promotion of the City for Tourism\;\n\na. Minimum expenditure that must be spent on advertising and promotion\;\n\n4) Historical Restoration/Preservation of Tourism Venues\;\n\n5) Promotion of Arts Activities that Impact Tourism\;\n\n6) Supporting Sporting Related Events that Substantially Increase Hotel Activity\;\n\n7) Funding the Enhancement or Upgrading of Existing Sports Facilities for Certain Municipalities\;\n\n8) Funding Transportation Systems for Tourists\;\n\n9) Signage Directing Tourists to Sights and Attractions Frequented by Hotel Guests\n\n\n\n QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD\n\n \n\nJustin R. Bragielis General Counsel for the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association. Justin handles a diverse array of legal and legislative issues\, including local and state hotel occupancy tax\, hospitality law\,regulatory issues\,contract law\, employment issues\, and more.\n\n \n\nBased in Austin\, THLA is the largest state lodging association in the United States\, serving over 2\,700 member businesses by providing operational\, technical\,educational\, marketing and communications services\, in addition to governmental affairs representation.\n\n \n\njbragiel@texaslodging.com X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\n Legal and Effective Use of the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax
\n  \;
\n Brenham/Washington County Chamber &\; CVB Welcomes  \;
\n Justin Bragiel\, General Counsel\, Texas Hotel &\; Lodging Association
\n  \;
\n Friday\, April 26\, 2013 \;
\n Time: \; 1:00 PM &ndash\; 4:00 PM
\n Location: \; Ant Street Inn\, 107 W. Commerce St.\, Brenham\, TX \; 77833
\n  \;
\n Please RSVP no later than April 16\, 2013.
\n  \;
\n  \;

\n1. \; \; \; \; \; \; Who Collects the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax\;
\n2. \; \; \; \; \; \; Exemptions from the Tax\;
\n3. \; \; \; \; \; \; Use of the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenues\;
\n \;  \; \;a) \; \; \; \; \; Criteria #1- Every Expenditure Must DIRECTLY Enhance and Promote Tourism AND the \; \;  \;  \;  \; \;Hotel &\; Convention Industry\; \;
\n \;  \; \;b) \; \; \; \; \; Criteria #2: Every expenditure of the tax must clearly fit into one of nine statutorily \; \;  \; \;provided Categories \;
\n1) \; \; \; \; \; \; Funding the Establishment\, Improvement\, or Maintenance of a Convention Centeror Visitor Information Center\;
\n2) \; \; \; \; \; \; Paying the Administrative Costs \;for Facilitating Convention Registration\;
\n3) \; \; \; \; \; \; Advertising/Promotion of the City for Tourism\;
\na. \; \; \; \; \; \; Minimum expenditure that must be spent on advertising and promotion\;
\n4) \; \; \; \; \; \; Historical Restoration/Preservation of Tourism Venues\;
\n5) \; \; \; \; \; \; Promotion of Arts Activities that Impact Tourism\;
\n6) \; \; \; \; \; \; Supporting Sporting Related Events that Substantially Increase Hotel Activity\;
\n7) \; \; \; \; \; \; Funding the Enhancement or Upgrading of Existing Sports Facilities for Certain Municipalities\;
\n8) \; \; \; \; \; \; Funding Transportation Systems for Tourists\;
\n9) \; \; \; \; \; \; Signage Directing Tourists to Sights and Attractions Frequented by Hotel Guests
\n
\n QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD
\n \;
\nJustin R. \;Bragielis General Counsel \;for \;the Texas \;Hotel &\; Lodging Association.  \;Justin \;handles a diverse array \;of legal and legislative issues\, \;including local \;and state \;hotel occupancy \;tax\, hospitality law\,regulatory issues\,contract law\, \;employment \;issues\, \;and more.
\n \;
\nBased in Austin\, \;THLA is \;the largest \;state lodging \;association in the United States\, \;serving over 2\,700 member businesses by providing \;operational\, technical\,educational\, \;marketing and communications services\, \;in \;addition \;to governmental affairs \;representation.
\n \;
\njbragiel@texaslodging.com
\n LOCATION:Ant Street Inn\, 107 W. Commerce St.\, Brenham\, TX 77833 UID:e.92.22714 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260507T091444Z URL:https://chamber.brenhamtexas.com/events/details/legal-and-effective-use-of-the-local-hotel-occupancy-tax-04-26-2013-22714 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR