§237D-2 Imposition and rates. (a) There is levied and shall be assessed and collected each month a tax of:
on the gross rental or gross rental proceeds derived from furnishing transient accommodations; provided that an operator of a cruise ship shall be assessed and pay a tax of eleven per cent under this subsection on all gross rental proceeds derived from cruise fares prorated by the percentage of days docked at any port in the State in comparison to the total number of days of the voyage.
(b) Every transient accommodations broker, travel agency, and tour packager who arranges transient accommodations at noncommissioned negotiated contract rates and every operator or other taxpayer who receives gross rental proceeds shall pay to the State the tax imposed by subsection (a), as provided in this chapter.
(c) There is levied and shall be assessed and collected each month, on the occupant of a resort time share vacation unit, a transient accommodations tax of:
(d) Every plan manager shall be liable for and pay to the State the transient accommodations tax imposed by subsection (c) as provided in this chapter. Every resort time share vacation plan shall be represented by a plan manager who shall be subject to this chapter.
(e) Notwithstanding the tax rates established in subsections (a)(6) and (c)(4), the tax rates levied, assessed, and collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) shall be eleven per cent for the period beginning on January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2030; provided that:
The remaining tax revenues levied, assessed, and collected at the ten per cent tax rate pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) shall be deposited into the general fund in accordance with section 237D-6.5(b). [L 1986, c 340, pt of §1; am L 1988, c 241, §3; am L Sp 1993, c 7, §18; am L 1998, c 156, §16; am L 2009, c 61, §§1, 4; am L 2011, c 103, §1; am L 2013, c 161, §§1, 3; am L 2015, c 93, §2; am L Sp 2017, c 1, §9; am L 2018, c 211, §3; am L 2021, c 90, §3; am L Sp 2021, c 1, §12; am L 2025, c 96, §5]