This week’s blog summarizes legislative activity that can impact the corporate housing industry. There is no new legislation to note. For more information on any of these specific pieces of legislation, please log into the CHPA members-only section at www.chpaonline.org.
| LA S.B. 562 | Taxes | SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides relative to the tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities levied and collected by the Abbeville Film and Visitors Commission District. (gov sig) |
| LA S.B. 564 | Taxes | SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Creates the Grambling Legends Square Taxing District within Lincoln Parish. (gov sig) |
| NY A.B. 8556 | Taxes | Extends the occupancy tax in the city of Rye until July 11, 2015. |
| NY A.B. 10513 | Taxes | Extends the authority of the city of White Plains to impose an occupancy tax through December 31, 2015. |
| NY S.B. 6177 | Taxes | Extends provisions of chapter 105 of the laws of 2009 enabling the county of Albany to impose and collect taxes on occupancy of hotel or motel rooms in Albany county. |
| NC H.B. 991 | Taxes | AN ACT to postpone the effective date of changes made to the jackson county occupancy tax during the 2011 regular session of the general assembly. |
| NC H.B. 1087 | Taxes | AN ACT to authorize the town of fontana dam to levy an occupancy tax. |
| RI H.B. 7323 | Taxes | AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2013 |