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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-415" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Hotel Rental Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this part, a code county, Cecil County, Garrett County, or St. Mary’s County shall distribute the hotel rental tax revenue as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a reasonable sum for hotel rental tax administrative costs to the general fund of the county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>after the distribution in item (1) of this subsection, the revenue attributable to a hotel located in a municipality to the municipality; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the remaining balance to the general fund of the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Cecil County may not deduct more than 5% of the revenue for administrative costs under subsection (a)(1) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>From the part of the balance under subsection (a)(3) of this section that is attributable to a tax rate of 6% or less, Garrett County shall designate a portion for the promotion of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If Garrett County imposes a tax rate greater than 6%, the part of the balance under subsection (a)(3) of this section that is attributable to the rate greater than 6% shall be distributed to the general fund of the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a Western Maryland code county imposes a tax rate greater than 5%, the revenue attributable to the rate greater than 5% and attributable to a hotel located in a municipality shall be distributed to the general fund of the county.</text>
  </level>
</section>
