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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-501" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Mobile Home and Trailer Park Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Camping shelter” means a tent or other collapsible structure that provides temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Mobile home park” means a mobile home court or park or a trailer park.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Recreational vehicle” means a trailer or other vehicle that provides temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>By resolution or ordinance, a county or municipality may impose a tax on the amount paid for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the rental, leasing, or use of any space, facility, or accommodation in a mobile home park; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>services provided by a mobile home park.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The tax authorized under this subsection does not apply to a recreational vehicle or camping shelter if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the recreational vehicle or camping shelter is intended and used only for temporary occupancy of 30 days or less; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the county or municipality imposes the tax authorized under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, by resolution or ordinance, a county or municipality may impose a tax on the amount paid for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the rental, leasing, or use of any space, facility, or accommodation in a mobile home park for a recreational vehicle or camping shelter, regardless of the period of occupancy; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>services provided by a mobile home park in connection with the rental, leasing, or use of any space, facility, or accommodation for a recreational vehicle or camping shelter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the rate of the tax authorized under this subsection may not exceed 3% of the amount subject to the tax.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In Washington County:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the rate of the tax authorized under this subsection is 6%;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the tax authorized under this subsection applies only to a recreational vehicle or camping shelter intended and used only for temporary occupancy of 30 days or less; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the revenue from the tax authorized under this subsection shall be distributed in the same manner as the hotel rental tax under § 20–421 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A county or municipality may require the operator or owner of a mobile home park to collect a tax authorized under this section and remit the tax collected to the county or municipality or to the agency that the county or municipality designates.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A county or municipality may provide for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the maintenance of public records relating to a tax authorized under this section and its collection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the inspection or publication of the records.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A county or municipality may provide for penalties for failure to comply with the requirements relating to a tax authorized under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>This section does not affect any requirement concerning permits to locate a trailer, house trailer, trailer coach, or mobile home.</text>
  </level>
</section>
