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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-432" future_version_removed="true" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Hotel Rental Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a municipality may impose, by ordinance or resolution, a hotel rental tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “hotel rental tax revenue sharing arrangement” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a requirement under §§ 20–415 through 20–422 of this subtitle that a county distribute revenue from a county hotel rental tax to a municipality; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other hotel rental tax revenue sharing requirement, agreement, or arrangement between a county and a municipality.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A municipality in a county that has a hotel rental tax revenue sharing arrangement between the municipality and the county may not impose a hotel rental tax under this part.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A municipality may not impose a hotel rental tax if     the municipality is located in a county that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>distributes at least 50% of total county hotel rental tax revenues to promote tourism in the county; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not impose a tax on a transient charge paid to a hotel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
