§ 20-403. Imposition of tax  


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  •    (a) Authorization. -- Except as provided in § 20-404 of this subtitle, a county may impose, by resolution, a hotel rental tax.

    (b) Hearing requirement. --

       (1) This subsection applies only to Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary's County.

       (2) The governing body of a county shall hold a public hearing before imposing a hotel rental tax.

       (3) The hearing:

          (i) shall be advertised twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the hearing; and

          (ii) may not be part of the annual budget hearing.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 24, § 9-302, 9-303(a), (b); 2013, ch. 119, § 2.