(a) The tax herein levied shall be secured by the hotel/motel owner, manager or operator from the lessee or tenant when collecting the price, charge or rent to which it applies. Every statement or memorandum of the price, charge or rent payable upon which the hotel/motel accommodations tax has been levied shall be stated, charged and shown separately. The hotel/motel accommodations tax shall be paid to the Treasurer for and on behalf of the City.
(b) No operator of a hotel/motel shall advertise or state in any manner whether directly or indirectly, that the tax, or any part thereof will be assumed or absorbed by the operator, or that it will not be added to the rent, or that, if added, any part will be refunded except in the manner hereinafter provided. (Ord. 60-93. Passed 8-17-93.)