BYLAW NO. 1778: Hotel Room Tax Requisition Bylaw No. 1778

BYLAW NO. 1778

A BYLAW TO REQUEST IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION TAX UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROVINCIAL SALES TAX ACT

The Council of the City of Langford, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as follows:

WHEREAS City Council wishes to use additional revenue to finance marketing of the City of Langford as a tourist destination; and

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 240 of the Provincial Sales Tax Act, S.B.C. 2012, c. 35 the City may request, by bylaw, that the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council may make regulations providing for an additional tax levy, not exceeding 2%, on the sales of accommodation within the City;

NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Langford enacts as follows:

1. The Lieutenant Governor-in-Council is requested to make a regulation pursuant to Section 240 of the Provincial Sales Tax Act, declaring that effective November 1st, 2018, Section 123(1) of the Act applies in respect of accommodation purchased within the City.

2. The tax to be imposed under the provisions of the regulation is requested to be 2.0% of the purchase price of the accommodation.

3. The funds paid to the City under the provisions of the regulation shall be applied to marketing of the City of Langford as a tourist destination.

4. “Hotel Room Tax Requisition Bylaw No. 1491” is repealed.

5. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Hotel Room Tax Requisition Bylaw No. 1778".

READ A FIRST TIME this 16th day of April, 2018.

READ A SECOND TIME this 16th day of April, 2018.

READ A THIRD TIME this 16th day of April, 2018.

ADOPTED this 30th day of April, 2018.

MAYOR

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