The Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau is funded primarily through a 3 percent bed tax assessed on hotel and motel rooms in the county. The tax was enacted in 2002 along with the creation of the tourism bureau. Here is how much money that tax has raised, according to county Treasurer Diane Marburger.

Year Receipts

2002 $484,297

2003 $529,329

2004 $724,955

2005 $752,944

2006 $763,611

2007 $828,654

2008 $894,674

2009 $848,485

2010 $958,257

2011 $1,052,276

2012 $1,258,563

2013 $1,358,206