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City of Imperial Transient Occupancy Tax (Hotel Tax) Increase, Measure I (November 2014)
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A City of Imperial Transient Occupancy Tax (Hotel Tax) Increase, Measure I ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of Imperial in Imperial County, California. It was defeated.
If approved, Measure I would have authorized the city to increase its hotel tax from 8 percent to 10 percent.[1]
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 1,079 | 53.55% | ||
| Yes | 936 | 46.45% | ||
Election results via: Imperial County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:[1]
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Shall the Imperial Municipal Code be amended to increase the Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel bed tax paid when overnight visitors rent a room) from 8% to 10% to fund essential public services, maintain public areas and support quality of life activities and to maintain consistency with neighboring communities hotel tax rates, effective January 1, 2015.[2] |
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Support
In general, supporters of higher hotel taxes argued that this type of tax is good because it requires visitors to the city to contribute some revenue to cover the city services they used while staying, such as public safety, parks and road and infrastructure maintenance. They also argued that the tax is a great way to create additional revenue for the city without increasing taxes for residents, since the tax is mainly paid by tourists and visitors.
Opposition
In general, opponents of increased hotel taxes were concerned the tax could hurt the tourism industry by making hotels outside the city cheaper and giving them a competitive advantage over hotels inside the city limits.
See also
- Local hotel tax on the ballot
- Imperial County, California ballot measures
- November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Imperial County Elections Office, "General Election 2014 Sample Ballot," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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