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LB 551 - Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding - Key Vote

Nebraska Key Votes

Deb Fischer voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.

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Legislation - Signed (Executive) -

Title: Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding

Signed by Governor Dave Heineman
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (38-9) - (Key vote)

Title: Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases a city’s share of sales tax revenue from approved facilities.

Highlights:
-Defines an approved facility as a publicly owned convention or meeting center, associated hotel, and an enclosed temperature controlled sports arena (sec. 2). -Transfers up to 70 percent of the sales tax collected from the approved facilities to the city, of which 10 percent must be distributed to areas with a high concentration of poverty (sec. 6). -Transfers the remaining 30 percent of the collected sales tax to the Local Civic, Cultural, and Convention Center Financing Fund (sec. 6).
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Legislation - Introduced (Senate) -

Title: Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding

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  • Mike Flood (NE - N) (Out Of Office)

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