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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-421" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Hotel Rental Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Washington County shall distribute the hotel rental tax revenue as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>50% to the general fund of the county to be used to fund the Hagerstown/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the remaining balance to a special fund to be used only to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>cover costs for wages, postage, supplies, and legal fees incurred in administering the hotel rental tax;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>develop tourism attractions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>enhance economic development; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>support cultural and recreational projects in Washington County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A municipality in Washington County may apply to the County Commissioners of Washington County for funding from the special fund established under subsection (a)(2) of this section for an eligible project within the municipality.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each year before adoption of its annual budget, the Hagerstown/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before November 1 of each year:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the County Commissioners of Washington County shall post on the county’s Web site a report on the hotel rental tax revenue collected and the use of the hotel rental tax revenue for the previous fiscal year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Hagerstown/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau shall report to the County Commissioners of Washington County on the Bureau’s use of the hotel rental tax revenue for the previous fiscal year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
