Introduced
by
To raise from 600,000 to 700,000 the maximum population threshold in the law which authorizes a county to impose a hotel excise tax. This applies to Kent County, and would allow the county to continue to levy a hotel tax, even though its population exceeds the 600,000 level. The bill would also have the effect of increasing the maximum tax rate Kent County could levy from five percent to six percent.
Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not does not change the population threshold, but establishes that if a county met the standard when it adopted the hotel tax, it can keep the tax.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 2 (details)
To revise the application of the maximum population threshold in the law which authorizes a county to impose a hotel excise tax. This would allow Kent County to continue to levy the tax, even though its population exceeds the law's 600,000 population cap.
Referred to the Committee on Finance
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 35 to 1 (details)
To revise the application of the maximum population threshold in the law which authorizes a county to impose a hotel excise tax. This would allow Kent County to continue to levy the tax, even though its population exceeds the law's 600,000 population cap.
