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Posts for August 2014

Court Decision Clarifies Vested Rights Doctrine as Entirely Statutory

August 27, 2014  by  Bob Meinig
Category:  Vested Rights

In Potala Village Kirkland, LLC v. City of Kirkland (August 25, 2014), Division I of the state court of appeals issued a significant decision regarding the vested rights doctrine. The court held that the doctrine is entirely statutory, with the statutory doctrine replacing, rather than supplementing, the common law (court-made) vested rights doctrine. In the first sentence of its...

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Using Lodging Taxes for Staff Support of LTAC

August 20, 2014  by  Toni Nelson
Category:  Lodging Tax (Hotel-Motel Tax)

Can you use lodging tax revenues to pay for staff support of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC)? After conferring with the State Auditor’s Office, we’ve concluded that this is an allowed use of the lodging tax, as long as certain requirements are met.

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