Chapter 40X

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue. ''Elector'', a tourism destination marketing district member or the authorized representative …

Section 10. (a) Any tourism destination marketing district established or extended pursuant to this chapter may be disestablished by declaration of the local municipal governing body of the lead jurisdiction in either of the following circumstances: (i) if said local municipal go…

Section 11. (a) The validity of an assessment levied pursuant to this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the formal approval of the tourism destination marketing district by the local munici…

Section 2. The rights and powers of the management entity of the tourism destination marketing district approved by a municipal governing body pursuant to section 3 shall include: (i) retaining or recruiting business; (ii) administering and managing the tourism destination market…

Section 3. (a) The organization of a tourism destination marketing district shall be initiated by a petition of the lodging business owners within the proposed tourism destination marketing district, which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the municipality that is to s…

Section 4. (a) The municipal governing body of the lead jurisdiction shall hold a public hearing within 60 days of the receipt of a petition. Written notification of such hearing shall be sent to each tourism destination marketing district member within the boundary of the propos…

Section 5. (a) Each tourism destination marketing district shall be governed by a management entity's tourism destination marketing district committee to oversee its operations and ensure the implementation of the tourism destination marketing district plan. The management entity…

Section 6. All lodging businesses described in the petition and located within the proposed tourism destination marketing district shall be considered in the special assessment methodology for the supplemental services and programs as outlined in the tourism destination marketing…

Section 7. (a) By formal approval of a tourism destination marketing district, the municipal governing body of a lead jurisdiction shall adopt the special assessment methodology for the financing of supplemental services submitted in the tourism destination marketing district pla…

Section 8. (a) The municipal governing body of a lead jurisdiction shall notify the commissioner of its approval of a tourism destination marketing district, the rate at which the special assessment is to be imposed and the effective date of the special assessment. Such notificat…

Section 9. (a) At any time after the establishment of a tourism destination marketing district pursuant to this chapter, the tourism destination marketing district plan upon which the establishment was based may, upon the recommendation of the management entity's tourism destinat…