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Section 3D amendment - Acts of 2018 Chapter 337-2 — File 207334

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1/9/2019 Session Law - Acts of 2018 Chapter 337 https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2018/Chapter337 15/26 Water Protection Fund established under section 19 of chapter 29C at a rate of 2.75 per cent of the total amount of rent for each such occupancy; provided, however, that all revenues received from the excise under this section shall be credited to the Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund. An excise shall not be imposed if the total amount of rent is less than $15 per day or its equivalent. An operator shall pay the excise due to the Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund to the commissioner at the same time and in the same manner as the excise due to the commonwealth. Section 3D. (a) A city or town that accepts section 3A may, by a separate vote and in the same manner of acceptance as set forth in section 3A, impose upon an operator a community impact fee of not more than 3 per cent of the total amount of rent for each transfer of occupancy of a professionally managed unit that is located within that city or town. (b) A city or town that votes to impose a community impact fee under subsection (a) may, by a separate additional vote and in the same manner of acceptance as set forth in section 3A, also impose the community impact fee upon each transfer of occupancy of a short- term rental unit that is located within a two-family or three-family dwelling that includes the operator’s primary residence. (c) All community impact fees under this section shall be paid monthly by the operator to the municipality. A city or town shall dedicate not less than 35 per cent of the community impact fees collected under this section to affordable housing or local infrastructure projects.