AN ACT DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE ROOM OCCUPANCY TAX ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES TO MUNICIPALITIES.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact percentage or amount of tax being dedicated is not stated in the provided excerpts, only that it is a 'portion'.

Sharing Short-Term Rental Taxes with Local Towns

This bill changes Chapter 219 of the general statutes so that part of the room occupancy tax collected by the state from short-term rentals goes to the local towns where those properties are located.

What This Bill Does

• Amends Chapter 219 of the general statutes regarding taxes.
• Dedicates a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term rentals to municipalities.

Who It Names or Affects

• Municipalities where short-term rental properties are located

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact portion or percentage of tax to be dedicated.
• The effective date is not listed in the provided source material.

Official Summary Text

To dedicate a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are situated.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 1006 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5205
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1006

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
REP. BUMGARDNER, 41st Dist.

AN ACT DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE ROOM OCCUPANCY TAX
ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES TO MUNICIPALITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That chapter 219 of the general statutes be amended to dedicate a 1
portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term 2
rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are situated. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To dedicate a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state
from short-term rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are
situated.