The pub owner wrote Mr Katter a letter a few years ago,and said he made $38,000 the year beforehand in net profit but was paying more than $3500 in pub licence fees,the same as pubs in Brisbane.
"My accountant has told me that there is no point keeping the place open for that level of profitability,but if you visit the pub in this town it is the only commercial building in the town,"he hand wrote in scratchy writing.
The Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee recommended the bill be passed,after holding public discussions in Normanton,Thursday Island,Cunnamulla,Charleville,Blackall,Longreach and Hughenden.
Tom and Andrea Duddy,of the Prairie Hotel three hours west of Townsville,said bush pubs were the information centre for the district,the grocery store,meeting place and parcel drop-off.
Doug Faircloth,from Hotel Cunnamulla eight hours west of Toowoomba,said the pub provided a refuge,from domestic violence victims to people who were down on their luck.
Janelle Jackson,from Eulo Queen Hotel,more than eight hour west of Toowoomba,said she should have a tourism information job because nine out of 10 times,people walked in and said:"Where's this? Where's that? How do we get there? Who's this? Who's that? Where's that at?"
Koss Siwers,from Adavale General Store about 14 hours west of Brisbane,said he sold alcohol,provided accommodation in his home next to the hotel,sold hot drinks and food,provided information about local history to tourists as well as operating the post office,and also drove patrons home if they had too much to drink.
Adavale has a population of about 15 people,and Mr Siwers buys alcohol every two months:"I would fill the back of my car with about 10 cartons of cans,stubbies,and that is it for two months - plus maybe some mixed spirits. I do not sell a lot of alcohol."
Royal Mail Hotel owner Graham Fitch said the Hungerford pub provided the postal service,recorded Bureau of Meteorology readings and was the contact point for the Royal Flying Doctor Service - in a town of 10 people on the New South Wales border,14 hours west of Brisbane.
Clubs Queensland was concerned clubs in very remote areas would have to pay higher licence fees than hotels,while the Queensland Hotels Association said the concessional fee should also be applied to pubs in regional and coastal areas.
Committee chair Duncan Pegg said each of the towns,they heard about the value placed on hotels in very remote areas by locals and tourists.
"It was very clear that the hotels in these communities play a vital role in supporting their local area and provide a point of information and reference for tourists as well,"Mr Pegg said.
The bill will next go before Parliament for a vote.