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Commissioners OK Ordinance to Increase Transient Room Tax but Delay Effective Date to July 1, 2026
3650332 · June 4, 2025
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Summary
Washington County adopted an ordinance to amend its transient room tax rate consistent with new state law and substituted a version postponing the effective date from Oct. 1 to July 1, 2026, at the request of hoteliers and staff.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance amending county code to raise the transient room tax rate from 4.25% to 4.5%, and substituted an updated ordinance to make the change effective July 1, 2026.
County staff told commissioners that a new state law permits the rate increase and that the…
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