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2024 SESSION
HB 695 Short-term rentals; Department of Taxation to establish a registry, civil penalty.
Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Short-term rentals; registration; civil penalty. Directs the Department of Taxation to establish a registry of short-term rental properties and require accommodations providers and intermediaries to register. Under the bill, an accommodations provider shall provide to the Department its name and the address of each property it offers for short-term rental. The bill states that the Department shall issue each such accommodations provider a unique numerical identifier for each such property. Furthermore, an accommodations intermediary shall provide the Department with its name and the contact information for the individual responsible for liaising with state and local officials regarding noncompliant short-term rental listings. The bill states that as a condition of listing a short-term rental on its platform, an accommodations intermediary shall require each accommodations provider to provide such provider's name and the unique numerical identifier and specific address for each short term-rental offered. Under the bill, such information, as well as information regarding receipts and taxes paid, shall be provided to the Department by the accommodations intermediary on a quarterly basis.
The bill states that the Department shall provide the commissioner of the revenue for each locality with access to the registry and information contained therein. The commissioner of the revenue shall notify an accommodations intermediary of any short-term rental on its platform that is not lawfully authorized to be offered on its platform, and the accommodations intermediary shall remove any such listing from its platform. Under the bill, any accommodations intermediary who does not remove such a listing from its platform shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000, to be paid into the Virginia Housing Trust Fund.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100641D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107319D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100641D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/02/24 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/06/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107319D-H1
- 02/07/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/24 House: Left in Appropriations