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"Director of Finance" shall mean the Director of <br />Finance of the said City of Paris, Paris, Texas. <br />"City Manager" shall mean the City Manager of the <br />said City of Paris, Paris, Texas. <br />"Quarterly period" shall mean the regular calendar <br />quarters of the year, the first quarter being composed <br />of the months of January, February and March, the <br />second quarter being composed of the months of April, <br />May and June, the third quarter being composed of the <br />months of July, August and September, and the fourth <br />quarter being composed of the months of October, <br />November and December. <br />Sec. 28 -11. Tax levied. <br />(a) There is hereby imposed and levied a tax upon <br />the occupant of any room or space furnished by any hotel <br />where the cost of occupancy is at the rate of $2. 00 or <br />more per day, such tax to be equal to three per cent (370) <br />of the consideration pa.id by any such occupant of any such <br />room or space in any such hotel, exclusive of other occu- <br />pancy taxes imposed by other units of government. <br />(b) No tax shall be imposed hereunder upon an <br />occupant of any room or space rented from a corporation <br />or association organized and operated exclusively for <br />religious, charitable or educational purposes, no part of <br />the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any <br />private shareholder or individual. <br />Sec. 28 -12. Use of revenue limited. <br />The revenue derived from the occupancy tax imposed <br />and levied in the preceding section hereof may only be used <br />for the purposes as follows: <br />(a) The acquisition of sites for and the con- <br />struction, improvement, enlarging, equipping, <br />repairing, operation, and maintenance of <br />convention center facilities including, but <br />not limited to, civic center convention <br />buildings, auditoriums, coliseums, and <br />parking areas or facilities for the parking <br />or storage of motor vehicles or other con- <br />veyances located at or in the immediate <br />vicinity of the convention center facilities; <br />(b) The furnishing of facilities, personnel and <br />materials for the registering of convention <br />delegates or registrants; <br />(c) For advertising for general promotional and <br />tourist advertising of the City of Paris and <br />its vicinity and conducting a solicitation <br />and operating program to attract conventions <br />and visitors either by said City or through <br />contracts with persons or organizations <br />selected by said City. <br />