§ 5-13-2 — Definitions

As used in the Convention Center Financing Act: A. "convention center" includes a civic center or convention center that includes space for rent by the public for the primary purpose of increasing tourism; B. "convention center fee" means the fee imposed by a local governmental entity pursuant to the Convention Center Financing Act on vendees for the use of lodging facilities; C. "local governmental entity" means a qualified municipality or a county authorized by the Convention Center Financing Act to impose convention center fees; D. "lodging facility" means a hotel, motel or motor hotel, a bed and breakfast facility, an inn, a resort or other facility offering rooms for payment of rent or other consideration; E. "qualified municipality" means an incorporated municipality or an H class county; F. "room" means a unit of a lodging facility, such as a hotel room; G. "vendee" means a person who rents or pays consideration to a vendor for use of a room; and H. "vendor" means a person or the person's agent who furnishes rooms for occupancy for consideration.

Legislative History

Laws 2003, ch. 87, § 2; 2013, ch. 190, § 1; 2014, ch. 15, § 2.