County of Union Public Measure UH

Official ballot language

Shall the following public measure be adopted? Shall Union County, Iowa be authorized to impose a Local Hotel and Motel Tax at the rate of seven percent (7%),* upon the sales price for the renting of any lodging located within Union County and outside incorporated areas of Union County, effective January 1, 2027, with at least fifty percent (50%) of the revenues derived from the Local Hotel and Motel Tax to be used for the acquisition of sites for, or constructing, improving, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operating, or maintaining of recreation, convention, cultural, or entertainment facilities including but not limited to memorial buildings, halls and monuments, civic center convention buildings, auditoriums, coliseums, and parking areas or facilities located at those recreation, convention, cultural, or entertainment facilities or the payment of principal and interest, when due, on bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the county for those recreation, convention, cultural, or entertainment facilities; or for the promotion and encouragement of tourist and convention business in the county and surrounding areas; and the remaining revenues derived from the Local Hotel and Motel Tax to be used for all other purposes permitted by Chapter 423A of the Code of Iowa?