Counties could require monthly hotel rental and tax reports

Counties could require monthly reports with details about each hotel rental. The reporting requirement could cover hotels, hotel operators, and booking agents, meaning businesses that collect rental payments for operators. A county would have to pass an ordinance, a local law, to require reporting. Counties could request the hotel or operator's name, the accommodation fee, the discounted room rate, and the taxes collected for each hotel or operator. The act would take effect 60 days after enactment.

Counties would use covered records to manage and audit their hotel tax collection. This rule covers records counties receive under the county hotel tax deposit and monthly reporting provisions. These records would be exempt from public access under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, which governs requests for government records. The act would take effect 60 days after enactment.