§ 20.402. Definitions.

Words and phrases used in this subtitle shall have their usual meaning, unless specifically defined in this section.

(a)

Director of Finance or Director means the Director of Finance of Howard County.

(b)

Exemption certificate means an annual certificate issued by the Director of Finance to an organization regularly providing emergency housing to citizens of Howard County.

(c)

Hotel means an establishment which offers sleeping accommodations to the public for compensation and has five or more rooms for rent. Hotel does not include a hospital, medical clinic, convalescent home, or home for the aged.

(d)

Hotelkeeper means the owner of the hotel or the owner's designee.

(e)

Person means an individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, or any group of individuals acting as a unit.

(f)

Room rental charge means the hotel's charge for sleeping accommodations.

(g)

Visitor means a person, other than the holder of an exemption certificate, who rents sleeping accommodations at a hotel for 30 or fewer consecutive days.

(C.B. 38, 1998)

Editor's note

Code section 20.402 was originally enacted by Council Bill 53-1992 and later amended by Council Bills 67-1992 and 73-1995.