Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 395 of 1980 - Community Convention or Tourism Marketing Act (141.871 - 141.880)
Section 141.874 - Marketing Program; Contents.

Sec. 4.
A marketing program may include all or any of the following:
(a) Provisions for establishing and paying the costs of advertising, marketing, and promotional programs to encourage convention business or tourism in the assessment district.
(b) Provisions for assisting transient facilities within the assessment district in promoting convention business or tourism.
(c) Provisions for the acquisition of personal property considered appropriate by the bureau in furtherance of the purposes of the marketing program.
(d) Provisions for the hiring of and payment for personnel employed by the bureau to implement the marketing program.
(e) Provisions for contracting with organizations, agencies, or persons for carrying out activities in furtherance of the purposes of the marketing program.
(f) Programs for establishing and paying the costs of research designed to encourage convention business or tourism in the assessment district.
(g) Provisions for incurring any other expense or cost which the board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, considers reasonably related to promotion of the convention business or tourism within the assessment district.
(h) Procedures for election of the board.
History: 1980, Act 395, Imd. Eff. Jan. 7, 1981 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing

Act 395 of 1980 - Community Convention or Tourism Marketing Act (141.871 - 141.880)

Section 141.871 - Short Title.

Section 141.871a - Legislative Findings.

Section 141.872 - Definitions.

Section 141.873 - Marketing Program and Assessment District; Establishment; Marketing Program Notice; Filing; Contents; Exclusion; Excise or Other Tax; Copies of Notice; List of Owners.

Section 141.873a - Marketing Program; Approval or Disapproval; Referendum; Effective Date of Marketing Program and Assessment; Filing and Serving Another Marketing Program Notice.

Section 141.874 - Marketing Program; Contents.

Section 141.875 - Transient Facility; Assessment; Computation; Payment; Reimbursement; Agreement to Accept Payment of Assessments; Forwarding Money; Withholding Portion of Assessment for Administrative Costs; Verification and Audit of Owner's Assessm...

Section 141.876 - Assessment Revenues Not State Funds; Deposit and Disbursement; Financial Statements; Audit; Report; Copies; Failure of Bureau to Provide Copies; Penalty.

Section 141.877 - Repealed. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984.

Section 141.877a - Biannual Formal Meeting; Review Marketing Plan.

Section 141.877b - Master Plan; Annual Meeting; Disapproval.

Section 141.878 - Discontinuance of Assessment; Referendum; Proposing New Marketing Program Notice; Failure to Adopt Resolution Discontinuing Assessment; Further Referendum.

Section 141.879 - Building or Combination of Buildings With Less Than 10 Rooms; Agreement to Be Subject to Assessment; Participation in Marketing Program; Duration of Assessment.

Section 141.880 - Existing Assessment District and Marketing Program.