WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 227

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 227
(House Bill 187)

AN ACT concerning

Howard County - Room Rental Tax - Removal of Sunset Provision

Ho. Co. 19-94

FOR the purpose of repealing a certain termination date applicable to certain authority
for Howard County to impose a room rental tax in the county.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 286 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1992
Section 2

Preamble

WHEREAS, The 1992 General Assembly enacted Chapter 286 which authorized
Howard County, Maryland to impose a sales or use tax on room rentals in the county for
sleeping accommodations for transients; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 286 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1992 included a
provision which made the Act effective on July 1, 1992 for a period of 2 years ending June
30, 1994; and

WHEREAS, Howard County, Maryland has established a room rental tax in
Howard County under the provisions of Chapter 286 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1992 and has been collecting this tax since July 1, 1992; and

WHEREAS, Howard County, Maryland has proposed that the authority to impose
the room rental tax be continued after the June 30, 1994 date established under the
provisions of Chapter 286; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Chapter 286 of the Acts of 1992

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1992. [It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of June 30,
1994, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall be
abrogated and of no further force and effect.]

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