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Bill would let counties waive local hotel/motel tax for residents displaced by disasters
Summary
House Bill 2210 would permit counties to waive local hotel and motel taxes for county residents displaced during a governor-declared emergency if the resident signs verification; sponsor said the change is permissive and only applies during declared disasters.
Representative Powell (speaker 5) presented House Bill 22-10 describing a permissive local option to waive local hotel/motel taxes for county residents who are temporarily displaced during a governor-declared emergency. "This would allow locals, by complete (permissive) the ability to waive the local motel and hotel tax for residents who were displaced," the sponsor said, adding that residents would have to sign a form verifying displacement and be residents of the county.
The sponsor told the committee the measure was designed to reduce an unexpected financial burden on displaced residents who must pay taxes intended primarily to support tourism; he said the provision would apply only when the county opted in and only during a governor-declared emergency. The committee voted to send the bill on to finance/ways and means.
