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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-603" future_version_removed="true" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Sales and Use Taxes; User Fees; Gross Receipts Tax">
  <level label="a">
    <text>By ordinance, Anne Arundel County may impose a sales or use tax on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fuel and utilities used by commercial and industrial businesses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>residential, commercial, and industrial telephone service; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>space rentals other than space rentals for the docking or storing of boats.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any revenues collected under subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section in the City of Annapolis shall be allocated and distributed in equal amounts to the City of Annapolis and to Anne Arundel County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any revenue generated in the City of Annapolis from the tax on space rentals shall be collected and retained by the City of Annapolis.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (6) of this subsection, any revenue generated in the City of Annapolis from the hotel tax shall be collected by Anne Arundel County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>From any revenue generated in the City of Annapolis from the hotel tax, Anne Arundel County shall distribute:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>3% to a special fund to be used only to provide funds to the Annapolis Art in Public Places Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>3% to a special fund to be used only to provide funds to the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, Inc.;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>17% to a special fund to be used only to provide funds to Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc.; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>3% to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund established under § 20.30.070 of the Code of the City of Annapolis to be used only for housing assistance payments.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>After making the distributions required under paragraph (4) of this subsection, the balance of the revenue generated in the City of Annapolis from the hotel tax shall be distributed to the City of Annapolis.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Anne Arundel County may authorize the City of Annapolis to collect revenue generated in the City of Annapolis from the hotel tax.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If Anne Arundel County authorizes the City of Annapolis to collect revenue generated in the City of Annapolis from the hotel tax, the City of Annapolis shall distribute a percentage of the revenue in accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection and retain the balance of the revenue generated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>From the county’s share of revenue from the hotel tax, Anne Arundel County shall distribute:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>3% to a special fund to be used only to provide funds to the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, Inc.; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>17% to a special fund to be used only to provide funds to Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After making the distributions required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the balance of the county’s share of revenue from the hotel tax shall be credited to the general fund of the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before November 1 each year, the Annapolis Art in Public Places Commission shall report on its use of hotel tax revenue during the preceding fiscal year to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Mayor and City Council of the City of Annapolis; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the members of the General Assembly representing the City of Annapolis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Annapolis Art in Public Places Commission fails to submit the report required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the City of Annapolis may withhold from appropriation special funds dedicated to the Commission under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before November 1 each year, the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, Inc. and Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc. shall report on their use of hotel tax revenue during the preceding fiscal year to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Anne Arundel County Executive;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Mayor and City Council of the City of Annapolis; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the members of the General Assembly representing Anne Arundel County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The County Auditor of Anne Arundel County:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may conduct an audit of the financial records of the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, Inc. or Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc.; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall report any audit findings under item (i) of this paragraph to the governing body of Anne Arundel County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The City of Annapolis or Anne Arundel County may withhold from appropriation special funds dedicated to the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County under this section if the Council fails to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>submit the report required under paragraph (1) of this subsection; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>correct any audit findings identified under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The City of Annapolis or Anne Arundel County may withhold from appropriation special funds dedicated to Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc. under this section if Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc. fails to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>submit the report required under paragraph (1) of this subsection; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>correct any audit findings identified under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The hotel tax authorized under this section does not apply to the sale of a right to occupy a room or lodgings as a transient guest at a dormitory or other lodging facility that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is operated solely in support of the headquarters, a training facility, a conference facility, an awards facility, or the campus of a corporation or other organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides lodging solely for employees, contractors, vendors, and other invitees of the corporation that owns the dormitory or lodging facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>does not offer lodging services to the general public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
