Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 23:55:32 GMT -6
Ky. House panel approves bill for hotel-tax increase in Lexington
FRANKFORT -- With Gov. Matt Bevin’s blessing, a state House panel approved a bill Thursday that would allow Lexington’s Urban County Council to pass an additional 2.5 percent transient room tax to help pay for expanding Lexington Convention Center.
State budget director John E. Chilton told members of the House Economic Development Committee before they voted on House Bill 441 that Bevin is “very much in favor” of the measure.
Two committee members, both Republicans, voted against the bill, which now goes to the full House for consideration. Voting no were Reps. Lynn Bechler of Marion and Russell Webber of Shepherdsville.
The $250 million renovation and expansion would include a 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall, a 22,500-square-foot ballroom and an additional 30,000 square feet of meeting and breakout space.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article62404187.html
FRANKFORT -- With Gov. Matt Bevin’s blessing, a state House panel approved a bill Thursday that would allow Lexington’s Urban County Council to pass an additional 2.5 percent transient room tax to help pay for expanding Lexington Convention Center.
State budget director John E. Chilton told members of the House Economic Development Committee before they voted on House Bill 441 that Bevin is “very much in favor” of the measure.
Two committee members, both Republicans, voted against the bill, which now goes to the full House for consideration. Voting no were Reps. Lynn Bechler of Marion and Russell Webber of Shepherdsville.
The $250 million renovation and expansion would include a 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall, a 22,500-square-foot ballroom and an additional 30,000 square feet of meeting and breakout space.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article62404187.html