Penalties; criminal. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. It is a violation of the municipal ordinance imposing a hospitality fee and providing for collection and administration of the fee pursuant to the Hospitality Fee Act for any proprietor subject to the fee to fail to pay the hospitality fee, to fail to remit the proceeds of the fee to the municipality or to fail to account properly for a tourist accommodation and the proceeds of the fee pertaining to the accommodation. B. The governing body of the municipality shall provide by ordinance that a violation of an ordinance imposing and providing for collection and enforcement of the hospitality fee pursuant to the Hospitality Fee Act is a misdemeanor subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both.