The York County Hospitality Tax Advisory Committee shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs.
(B) To appoint committees and subcommittees.
(C) To receive applications for the appropriation and expenditure of hospitality tax funds; to review the applications; and to prioritize those applications for recommendation to the County Council.
(D) To undertake such studies, plans, activities and/or projects, if necessary, to develop a recommended annual submission to the County Council.
(E) To make recommendations to the County Council, no less than two times per year, on the expenditure of all revenues generated from the hospitality tax as provided for under S.C. Code §§ 6-1-700 et seq., the “Local Hospitality Tax Act,” and under the York County Code of Ordinances, §§ 35.130 et seq., the “County Local Hospitality Tax.”
(F) Recommendations to Council shall reflect a priority of:
(1) Sporting and/or recreational facility improvements with a demonstrable impact upon tourism in York County, so long as the facility projects are to be self-sustainable and have a maintenance plan in place for the facility improvement;
(2) Other tourism-related facilities or events with a demonstrable impact upon tourism in York County;
(3) Promoting and highlighting York County’s historic and cultural venues and events with a demonstrable impact upon tourism; and
(4) Other applications of the hospitality tax as more particularly described in § 35.134 of the York County Code of Ordinances.
(G) To establish and implement such policies and carry on such projects as may be advisable to effect and carry out the objectives of this subchapter; subject, however, to the availability of funds; provided further that the Committee shall not make any agreement or contract involving or requiring an expenditure of funds in excess of those funds appropriated by the County Council or made available to the Committee from other sources.
(H) The first meeting of the Committee shall be as soon as practicable after the initial appointment of members by Council, but no later than September 1, 2014.
(Ord. 1114, passed 5-5-2014)