Ch. 200

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Section 9-318(b)(4)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 9-401

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

9-318.

(b) (4) (i) For purposes of this paragraph, actual administrative costs
mean costs incurred for wages, postage, and supplies.

(ii) Washington County:

1.       Shall distribute 45% of the total hotel rental tax revenue
collected in the county to the general fund of Washington County to be used to fund
the Hagerstown/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau; and

2.       Shall distribute the remaining balance after the
distribution under item 1 of this subparagraph to a special fund, to be used only to
cover actual administrative costs and legal fees incurred in administering the hotel
rental tax, develop tourism attractions, enhance economic development, and support
cultural and recreational projects in Washington County.

(iii) A municipal corporation in Washington County may apply to
the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County for funding from the
special fund established under subparagraph (ii)2 of this paragraph for an eligible
project within the municipal corporation.

(iv) Each year before adoption of its annual budget, the
Hagerstown/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau shall hold a public
hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(v) On or before September 1 of each year beginning in 2001:

1. The Board of County Commissioners of Washington
County shall report to the Washington County Senate and House Delegations of the
General Assembly on the hotel rental tax revenue collected and the use of the hotel
rental tax revenue for the preceding fiscal year; and

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