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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55672</law_id><section_number>15.2-2413.6</section_number><catch_line>Local ordinances related to tourism improvement districts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2413.5</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="24">Service Districts; Taxes and Assessments for Local Improvements</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Tourism Improvement Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> establishing a <span class="dictionary">tourism improvement district</span> may enact <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> on any of the following subjects that provide for: <a id="paragraph-204064" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2413.6/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Activities</span> and other additional services required for tourism promotion or events or for enhancement of the <span class="dictionary">tourism improvement district</span>; <a id="paragraph-204065" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2413.6/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
