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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 20-12 Collection and disbursement.">
  <section prefix="§" num="20-12" heading="Collection and disbursement.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Association shall establish with the appropriate City agencies the methods by which the District special assessment is to be published, collected, and disbursed to the Association.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Funds not part of City revenue.">Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, amounts collected by the City on behalf of the Association:<para num="(1)">may not be included in the revenues of the City;</para>
      <para num="(2)">are not and may not be deemed to be subject to the budgetary and appropriation process; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">shall be disbursed promptly on collection.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="City’s cost of collecting assessment.">The City may retain 1.5% of the amount of District special assessment collected to cover its costs related to collection, assessment, disbursement, record-keeping, and enforcement of the District special assessment.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Department of Finance may collect.">
      <para num="(1)">The Department of Finance may collect the District special assessment.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The assessment for the District special assessment may be included as a separate line item on the City hotel tax collection form.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Department of Finance shall make regular remittances of the amount collected to the Association within 60 days of receipt.  A record of all remittances provided to the Association shall be provided to the District Management Committee.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Penalties and interest.">The penalties and interest applicable to delinquent City hotel taxes shall be applied to delinquencies in payment of the District special assessment.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-250</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
