(a) The tax shall be collectible by the hotel operator, who shall account for, and remit to the Town, all taxes paid by the consumer. The hotel operator shall separately state the tax on all bills, invoices, accounts, books of account and records relating to consideration paid for occupancy or use of a hotel room.
(b) A hotel or hotel operator shall not represent to the public, in any manner, directly or indirectly, that it will absorb all or any part of the tax or that the tax is not to be considered an element in the price to be collected from the consumer.
(c) A hotel operator doing business wholly or partly on a credit basis shall require the consumer to pay the full amount of tax due upon the credit sale at the time such sale is made or within thirty days thereafter.
(d) Notwithstanding that the total amount of such taxes collected by a hotel operator may be in excess of the amount of which a consumer would be liable by application of the levy of six percent (6%) for the occupancy of a hotel room or rooms, the total amount of all taxes collected by any hotel operator shall be remitted to the Town.
(Passed 8-27-85; 5-24-05.)