Utah Code 11-42b-101. Definitions
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As used in this chapter:
(1) | “Assessment” means the assessment that a specified county levies on benefitted properties under this chapter to pay for beneficial activities. |
(i) | promote tourism; |
(ii) | sponsor or incentivize a cultural or sports event, festival, conference, or convention; |
(iii) | facilitate economic or workforce development for the lodging industry, including workforce recruitment or retention; or |
(iv) | promote placemaking, visitor management, or destination enhancement. See Utah Code 11-42b-101 |
(2) | “Assessment area” means a convention and tourism business assessment area designated under this chapter. |
(4) | “Benefitted property” means a lodging establishment that directly or indirectly benefits from a beneficial activity. |
(5) | “Guest” means an individual for whom a lodging establishment provides lodging accommodations for compensation. |
(6) | “Lodging establishment” means the same as that term is defined in Section 29-2-102. |
(7) | “Municipality” means a city, town, or metro township. |
(8) | “Owner” means the owner of a benefitted property, or the authorized agent or employee of the owner. |
(9) | “Qualified number of owners” means a number of owners of benefitted properties that represents 60% or more of the total assessment amount levied against all benefitted properties within a proposed or existing assessment area, provided that if an owner of one or more benefitted properties represents 40% or more of the total assessment amount levied against all benefitted properties within a proposed or existing assessment area, no more than 40% of the total assessment amount shall be attributed to that owner. |
(10) | “Specified county” means a county of the first or second class. |
(11) | “Third party administrator” means a private nonprofit organization, primarily engaged in destination marketing and promotion, that enters into a contract with a specified county to provide beneficial activities within an assessment area in accordance with the management plan. |
Enacted by Chapter 376, 2022 General Session