Amendment ID: S2381-10-R1

Redraft Amendment 10

Data Sharing

Messrs. Boncore and Crighton, Ms. Friedman and Ms. Chang-Diaz move to amend the amendment in section 4, by striking out, in line 182, the figure “4” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “5”; and

in said section 4, in proposed subsection (c) of section 13 of chapter 64G of the General Laws, by striking out the last paragraph; and

in said section 4, in said proposed chapter 64G, by adding the following 2 sections:-

“Section 15. The commissioner shall annually publish a report on transient accommodations in the commonwealth. The commissioner may require a hosting platform, intermediary or operator of a transient accommodation to submit to the department of revenue, in a form approved by the commissioner, information including, but not limited to: (i) the street address and unit number, if applicable, of the transient accommodation; (ii) whether the transient accommodation provides exclusive use of an entire residential unit or is for a room in an otherwise occupied unit; (iii) the total number of days that the transient accommodation was rented to occupants; (iv) the aggregate rent paid by all occupants during the reporting period; (v) the total amount of revenue collected from the excise on the transfer of occupancy of the transient accommodation; and (vi) the total amount of revenue collected from the local excise on the transfer of occupancy of the transient accommodation.

The department shall make available any data set used pursuant to this section to a regional planning agency, municipality or other public agency requesting such information; provided, however, that the department shall utilize the practices that are necessary to prevent the public disclosure of personal information regarding hosts and occupants. The department shall annually publish summary statistics at the zip code or census tract level on its website. The department shall take all measures necessary to protect the confidentiality and security of an operator’s tax information from any disclosure pursuant to this section.

Section 16.  The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for assessing, reporting, collecting, remitting and enforcing the room occupancy excise pursuant to this chapter.”.