Sec. 1.5. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, a county fiscal body that adopts an ordinance to impose, rescind, or increase or decrease the rate of a county innkeeper’s tax, or to make a change between collection of the tax by the county treasurer or the department of state revenue, must specify the effective date of the ordinance to provide that the ordinance takes effect:

(1) at least thirty (30) days after the adoption of the ordinance; and

(2) on the first day of a month.

     (b) If a county fiscal body adopts an ordinance described in subsection (a), it must immediately send a certified copy of the ordinance to the commissioner of the department of state revenue. Notwithstanding subsection (a), if the department of state revenue collects the revenue from the county innkeeper’s tax, the department of state revenue shall begin collecting the tax as provided in the ordinance for periods beginning on or after the later of:

(1) the first day of the month that is not less than thirty (30) days after the ordinance is sent to the commissioner of the department of state revenue; or

(2) the effective date specified in the ordinance.

The department shall collect the tax at the rate in the ordinance unless the rate is not authorized under this article.

     (c) If an ordinance does not specify an effective date, the ordinance shall be considered effective on the earliest date allowable under this section.

As added by P.L.119-1998, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.122-2021, SEC.5; P.L.137-2022, SEC.91.