(a) This section shall be applicable only to Etowah County.
(b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other surcharges of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license surcharge upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration, in an amount of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per night per room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations. There is exempted from the surcharge levied under this section any rentals or services taxed under Division 1, commencing with Section 40-23-1, of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 40. The surcharge shall not apply to rooms, lodgings, or accommodations supplied for a period of 30 continuous days or more in any place.
(c)(1) The surcharge herein levied shall be collected in the same manner as the state lodgings tax as provided in Chapter 26, Title 40, and the net proceeds, less a reasonable cost of collection, from the surcharge shall be paid into the county treasury to be distributed to the Etowah County Civic Center Authority.
(2) In addition to the surcharge levied herein pursuant to subsection (a), 50 percent of the lodging tax levied pursuant to Section 45-28-243, which was allocated for the support and promotion of tourism by the Gadsden-Etowah County Tourism Board shall be distributed to the Etowah County Civic Center Authority upon certification by the Etowah County Civic Center Authority that the civic center is complete.
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