193.13 DISTRIBUTION/CREDITING OF MONEYS RECEIVED.

   The moneys received under the provisions of this chapter shall be distributed and credited as follows:

    (a)    Effective September 1, 1996, sixty-seven percent (67%) of such receipts shall be given to the Greater Hamilton Convention and Visitors Bureau, and thirty-three percent (33%) shall be credited to the General Fund.

    (b)    Effective January 1,1997, eighty-three percent (83%) of such receipts shall be given to the Greater Hamilton Convention and Visitors Bureau, and seventeen percent (17%) shall be credited to the General Fund; and

   (c)    Effective January 1, 1998, one hundred percent (100%) of such receipts shall be given to the Greater Hamilton Convention and Visitors Bureau, and no funds shall be credited to the General Fund.

      (Ord. 96-9-106. Passed 9-25-96.)

   (d)   Effective January 1, 2009, fifty percent (50%) of such receipts shall be given to the Greater Hamilton Convention and Visitors Bureau, and fifty percent (50%) shall be credited to the General Fund.

      (Ord. 2008-8-106. Passed 8-27-08.)

   (e)   Effective March 25, 2016, fifty percent (50%) of such receipts shall be given to the Butler County Visitors Bureau and fifty percent (50%) shall be credited to the General Fund.

      (Ord. 2016-2-13. Passed 2-24-16.)

   (f)   Effective January 1, 2020, (i) twenty-five percent (25%) of such receipts shall be given to either the Butler County Visitors’ Bureau or the Greater Hamilton Convention and Visitors Bureau, as designated or allocated pursuant to the City’s annual appropriation budget or contractual arrangement, and (ii) seventy-five percent (75%) of such receipts shall be credited to the General Fund.

      (EOrd. 2019-9-105. Passed 9-25-19.)