Every person engaging or about to engage in business as a lodging tax collector of a lodging facility in this City shall register with the tax administrator on a form provided by the tax administrator. Lodging tax collectors engaged in business at the time this chapter is adopted must register not later than 15 calendar days after passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Lodging tax collectors starting business after this chapter is adopted must register within 15 calendar days after commencing business. The privilege of registration after the date of imposition of such tax shall not relieve any person from the obligation of payment or collection of the tax, regardless of registration. The registration shall set forth the name under which a lodging tax collector transacts or intends to transact business, the location of his place or places of business, and such other information to facilitate the collection of the tax as the tax administrator may require. The registration shall be signed by the lodging tax collector. The tax administrator shall, within 10 days after registration, issue without charge a certificate of authority to each registrant to collect the tax from the occupant, together with a duplicate thereof for each additional place of business for each registrant. Certificates shall be nonassignable and nontransferable and shall be surrendered immediately to the tax administrator upon the cessation of business at the location named or upon the sale or transfer of the business. Each certificate and duplicate shall state the place of business to which it is applicable and shall be prominently displayed so as readily to be seen and come to the notice of all occupants and persons seeking occupancy.

The certificate shall, among other things, state the following: