(a) The vendor or booking agent collecting for a vendor shall state and charge the transient occupancy tax to the transient guest separately from the charge for the lodging and on any record thereof, at the time when the occupancy is arranged or contracted and charged for, and upon every evidence of occupancy or any bill or statement or charge made for occupancy issued or delivered by the vendor.
(b) No vendor or booking agent 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 vendor or booking agent, or that the tax will not be added to the amount charged for the lodging, or that, if added, any part will be refunded except in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Ord. No. 30-16. Passed 6-6-16, eff. 7-1-16)