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I, c. 500.","full_text":"A\n\nAny locality establishing a tourism improvement district may enact ordinances on any of the following subjects that provide for:1\n\nActivities and other additional services required for tourism promotion or events or for enhancement of the tourism improvement district;2\n\nActivities in the tourism improvement district that will fund the promotion of tourism activities in the tourism improvement district, including acquiring, constructing, installing, or maintaining capital improvements;3\n\nOperating and maintaining any tourism improvement district activity;4\n\nThe charging of fees on all benefited businesses within a tourism improvement district, which shall be charged on the basis of the estimated benefit to such businesses within the tourism improvement district;5\n\nThe classifying of businesses for purposes of determining the benefit to the businesses of the activities provided pursuant to this article;6\n\nA process for the collection of revenues from fees from benefited businesses; and7\n\nForming a tourism improvement district in cooperation with, and that includes, other localities.B\n\nAfter establishing a tourism improvement district, a locality shall not decrease the level of publicly funded tourism promotion services in a tourism improvement district existing prior to the creation of such tourism improvement district.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":204064,"text":"Any locality establishing a tourism improvement district may enact ordinances on any of the following subjects that provide for:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":204065,"text":"Activities and other additional services required for tourism promotion or events or for enhancement of the tourism improvement district;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":204066,"text":"Activities in the tourism improvement district that will fund the promotion of tourism activities in the tourism improvement district, including acquiring, constructing, installing, or maintaining capital improvements;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":204067,"text":"Operating and maintaining any tourism improvement district activity;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":204068,"text":"The charging of fees on all benefited businesses within a tourism improvement district, which shall be charged on the basis of the estimated benefit to such businesses within the tourism improvement district;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":204069,"text":"The classifying of businesses for purposes of determining the benefit to the businesses of the activities provided pursuant to this article;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":204070,"text":"A process for the collection of revenues from fees from benefited businesses; 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<a id=\"paragraph-204065\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Activities<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span> that will fund the promotion of tourism <span class=\"dictionary\">activities<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span>, including acquiring, constructing, installing, or maintaining <span class=\"dictionary\">capital improvements<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-204066\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Operating and maintaining any <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span> activity; <a id=\"paragraph-204067\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> The charging of <span class=\"dictionary\">fees<\/span> on all benefited businesses within a <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span>, which shall be charged on the basis of the estimated benefit to such businesses within the <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-204068\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> The classifying of businesses for purposes of determining the benefit to the businesses of the <span class=\"dictionary\">activities<\/span> provided pursuant to this article; <a id=\"paragraph-204069\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A6\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> A process for the collection of revenues from <span class=\"dictionary\">fees<\/span> from benefited businesses; and <a id=\"paragraph-204070\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#A6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A7\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> Forming a <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span> in cooperation with, and that includes, other localities. <a id=\"paragraph-204071\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#A7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> After establishing a <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> shall not decrease the level of publicly funded tourism promotion services in a <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span> existing prior to the creation of such <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-204072\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2413.6\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL ORDINANCES RELATED TO TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (\u00a7 15.2-2413.6)\n\nA. Any locality establishing a tourism improvement district may enact ordinances\non any of the following subjects that provide for:\n\n   1. Activities and other additional services required for tourism promotion or\n   events or for enhancement of the tourism improvement district;\n\n   2. Activities in the tourism improvement district that will fund the promotion\n   of tourism activities in the tourism improvement district, including\n   acquiring, constructing, installing, or maintaining capital improvements;\n\n   3. Operating and maintaining any tourism improvement district activity;\n\n   4. The charging of fees on all benefited businesses within a tourism\n   improvement district, which shall be charged on the basis of the estimated\n   benefit to such businesses within the tourism improvement district;\n\n   5. The classifying of businesses for purposes of determining the benefit to\n   the businesses of the activities provided pursuant to this article;\n\n   6. A process for the collection of revenues from fees from benefited\n   businesses; and\n\n   7. Forming a tourism improvement district in cooperation with, and that\n   includes, other localities.\n\nB. After establishing a tourism improvement district, a locality shall not\ndecrease the level of publicly funded tourism promotion services in a tourism\nimprovement district existing prior to the creation of such tourism improvement\ndistrict.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}