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Maryland House Bill HB570 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		hb0570
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10	7		HOUSE BILL 570
11	8		Q8 5lr2779
12		-	CF ~~SB 803~~
	9	+	CF 5lr3486
13	10		By: Talbot County Delegation
14	11		Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
15	12		Assigned to: Ways and Means
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable
17		-	House action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: March 5, 2025
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20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
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24	18		Talbot County – Hotel Rental Tax – Time of Penalty for Nonpayment 2
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26	20		FOR the purpose of altering the amount of time that a hotel has to pay the hotel rental tax 3
27	21		in Talbot County before incurring a penalty; and generally relating to the hotel 4
28	22		rental tax in Talbot County. 5
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30	24		BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
31	25		Article – Local Government 7
32	26		Section 20–426 8
33	27		Annotated Code of Maryland 9
34	28		(2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
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36	30		SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
37	31		That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
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39	33		Article – Local Government 13
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41	35		20–426. 14
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43	37		(a) Except in [Talbot County or] Wicomico County, if a hotel fails to pay the hotel 15
44	38		rental tax to a county within 1 month after the payment is due under § 20–410 of this 16
45	39		subtitle, the hotel shall pay a tax penalty of 10% of the unpaid tax. 17
46		-	2 HOUSE BILL 570
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	41	+	(b) If a hotel fails to pay the hotel rental tax to [Talbot County or] Wicomico 18
	42	+	County within 120 days after the payment is due under § 20–410 of this subtitle, the hotel 19
	43	+	shall pay a tax penalty of 10% of the unpaid tax. 20
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49		-	(b) If a hotel fails to pay the hotel rental tax to [Talbot County or] Wicomico 1
50		-	County within 120 days after the payment is due under § 20–410 of this subtitle, the hotel 2
51		-	shall pay a tax penalty of 10% of the unpaid tax. 3
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53		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 4
54		-	1, 2025. 5
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58		-	Approved:
59		-	________________________________________________________________________________
60		-	Governor.
61		-	________________________________________________________________________________
62		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
63		-	________________________________________________________________________________
64		-	President of the Senate.
	45	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21
	46	+	1, 2025. 22