14-049 - City of SeaTac - Tourism Promotion Area

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guests without charge for promotional purposes, (3) available exclusively to members or guests of members of a private member -owned clubs or its reciprocal clubs, or (4) contracted with airline crews. (b) The Legislative Authority shall contract with the State Department of Revenue for the administration and collection of the Special Assessments pursuant to RCW 35.101.090. Special Assessments shall be deposited into the local tourism promotion account created in the custody of the State Treasurer under RCW 35.101.100. It is understood and agreed that in accordance with RCW 35.101.100, the State Treasurer has the authority to distribute the revenue from the tourism promotion account allocable to the Seattle Southside TPA to the Legislative Authority, or directly to the SSRTA, on a monthly basis. SeaTac shall act as fiscal agent to the Seattle Southside TPA and shall be responsible for receiving Special Assessments from the State Treasurer and holding such funds in a segregated account(s) until remitted to SSRTA pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement. (c) Any change in the Special Assessment rates for any Zone as set in the resolution of the Legislative Authority shall be made only by amendment of the resolution by the Legislative Authority and only upon written request by the persons who Operate Lodging Business in the proposed area who would pay sixty percent or more of the proposed charges and with the approval and consent of the SSRTA Board of Directors. No increase in the Special Assessment rates for any Zone or the boundaries of any Zone shall be made by the Legislative Authority except after receipt of the written request of persons who Operating Lodging Businesses as identified in the preceding sentence and upon the affirmative approval of the SSRTA Board of Directors. (d) It is understood and agreed by the Parties hereto that the Special Assessments imposed in the Seattle Southside TPA are not a tax on the "sale of lodging" for the purposes of chapter 82.14 RCW and are not applicable to temporary medical housing exempt under chapter 82.08 RCW. (e) It is understood and agreed by the Parties that the Special Assessments imposed under this Agreement are in addition to the special assessments that may be levied under chapter 35.87A RCW. Section 5. Use of Special Assessment Revenue. All of the revenues from Special Assessments collected by the State Department of Revenue from Lodging Businesses within the Seattle Southside TPA shall be remitted by the Legislative Authority to SSRTA and shall be used exclusively for Tourism Promotion as defined herein, and for no other purpose, in accordance with the Annual Budget. The revenue derived from the Special Assessments shall be used only for the following purposes: (a) The general promotion of tourism within the Seattle Southside TPA as specified in the business plan of the SSRTA; (b) The marketing of convention and trade shows that benefit local tourism and the Lodging Businesses in the Seattle Southside TPA; 7