An operator shall collect the tax when the rent is collected from the transient. The amount of tax shall be stated separately in the operator’s records and on the receipt given by the operator. An operator shall not advertise that the tax will not be added to the rent, that a portion of it will be assumed or absorbed by the operator, or that a portion will be refunded, except in the manner provided by this chapter. [Ord. 946 § 4, 2018; Ord. 898 § 4, 2015; Ord. 556 § 4.]