Amendment ID: S2381-19-R1

Redraft Amendment 19

Technical Amendment

Ms. Spilka moves to amend the amendment in section 2, by inserting after the word “room,” in line 96, the following words:- “or unit”; and

in said section 2, by inserting after the word “transfer”, in line 132, the following words:-

“of occupancy”; and

by striking out section 5 and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sections:-

“SECTION 5. Section 3 of chapter 64G of the General Laws shall take effect for transfers of occupancies of transient accommodations that commence on or after January 1, 2019 and for which contracts with occupants were entered into on or after November 1, 2018; provided, however, that if the transfer of occupancy is of a transient accommodation for which the commissioner has entered into a voluntary collection agreement with an intermediary under section 13 of said chapter 64G, the intermediary may collect and remit the excise before January 1, 2019.

SECTION 6. Sections 3 and 4A of chapter 64G of the General Laws shall take effect for transfers by room resellers that commence on or after January 1, 2019 and for which contracts with occupants were entered into on or after November 1, 2018.”.