Michigan Compiled Laws Act 395 Of 1980 Community Convention Or Tourism Marketing Act (141.871 - 141.880)

AN ACT relating to the promotion of convention business or tourism in municipalities in this state; to provide for tourism or convention marketing programs in municipalities through nonprofit convention and tourist bureaus; to provide for the imposition and collection of assessments on the owners of transient facilities to support tourism or convention marketing programs; to provide for the disbursement of the assessments; to establish the functions and duties of the department of commerce; and to prescribe remedies and penalties.

History: 1980, Act 395, Imd. Eff. Jan. 7, 1981 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984

Section 141.871 Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “community convention or tourism marketing act”. History: 1980, Act 395, Imd. Eff. Jan....
Section 141.872 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...
Section 141.873 Marketing Program And Assessment District; Establishment; Marketing Program Notice; Filing; Contents; Exclusion; Excise Or Other Tax; Copies Of Notice; List Of Owners.
(1) A bureau that intends to establish a marketing program and assessment district shall file a marketing program notice with the director. The marketing...
Section 141.873a Marketing Program; Approval Or Disapproval; Referendum; Effective Date Of Marketing Program And Assessment; Filing And Serving Another Marketing Program Notice.
(1) Within 30 days after a marketing program notice is filed, the director shall approve or disapprove the marketing program. The director shall not...
Section 141.874 Marketing Program; Contents.
A marketing program may include all or any of the following: (a) Provisions for establishing and paying the costs of advertising, marketing, and promotional...
Section 141.875 Transient Facility; Assessment; Computation; Payment; Reimbursement; Agreement To Accept Payment Of Assessments; Forwarding Money; Withholding Portion Of Assessment For Administrative Costs; Verification And Audit Of Owner's Assessment Payments; State Use Tax Returns; Unpaid Assessments; Interest And Delinquency Charges; Suit To Collect; Assessments As Trust Funds; Notice.
(1) Upon the effective date of an assessment under section 3a, each owner of a transient facility in the assessment district shall be liable...
Section 141.876 Assessment Revenues Not State Funds; Deposit And Disbursement; Financial Statements; Audit; Report; Copies; Failure Of Bureau To Provide Copies; 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...
Section 141.877 Repealed. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to an advisory committee.
Section 141.878 Discontinuance Of Assessment; Referendum; Proposing New Marketing Program Notice; Failure To Adopt Resolution Discontinuing Assessment; Further Referendum.
(1) At any time 2 years or more after the effective date of an assessment, and upon the written request of owners of transient...
Section 141.879 Building Or Combination Of Buildings With Less Than 10 Rooms; Agreement To Be Subject To Assessment; Participation In Marketing Program; Duration Of Assessment.
(1) The owner of a building or combination of buildings, which is within an assessment district, has less than 10 rooms, and otherwise meets...
Section 141.880 Existing Assessment District And Marketing Program.
An assessment district and marketing program under this act which is in effect before the effective date of this section shall remain in effect...

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