The Sussex County Council recently introduced an ordinance that would create up to a 3-percent lodging tax that the county anticipates will bring in an additional $1 million to be used for water quality, flood control and other projects.
According to a Delaware State News article, Sussex was among several cities and townships now allowed to tax hotel and motel rent as well as tourist homes following the state's General Assembly passage of House Bill 228 last summer. About 40 venues in the unincorporated part of the county will be start implementing tax collections in January, the article stated.
The tax revenue can only be used for "beach nourishment, waterway dredging, economic development, tourism programs, recreational activities, water quality projects and flood control projects," according to the article.
A public hearing on the proposed lodging tax ordinance is expected later this month.
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