Amendment #92 to H4600

DOR Local Room Excise Data and Estimate

Mr. Barrows of Mansfield moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section:-

"Section X. The Department of Revenue shall produce a report containing (i) a list of municipal bodies that have accepted the provisions of Section 3A of Chapter 64G, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, and currently impose a local room occupancy excise; (ii) the current rate for which each municipal body who currently imposes said excise under said section 3A of said chapter 63G; (iii) total local room occupancy excise collected and distributed by the department from each accepting municipal body to the extent possible between fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2024, including each quarterly payment; and (iv) an estimation of any remaining fiscal year 2024 quarterly local room occupancy excise payments for accepting municipal bodies and estimated fiscal year 2025 quarterly local room occupancy excise payments for accepting municipal bodies. When conducting such report as required by this section, the Department of Revenue shall also include, to the extent possible, the total number of stays which exceeded 90 days in each accepting municipal body of each fiscal quarter.  When providing any estimations as required by such report, the Department shall consider increases in stays that are expected to exceed 90 days due to the state of emergency declared by the Governor on August 8, 2023. Said report shall be filed with the clerk of the House of Representatives and the clerk of the Senate no later than 90 days after the effective date of this act."