As South Florida counties sue Expedia, Priceline and other travel sites for uncollected hotel taxes, state lawmakers are pushing bills to scuttle the litigation.
Legislation filed by two Republicans would exempt the travel giants from paying hotel taxes on the rates they charge customers. Meanwhile, local governments -- including Broward and Miami-Dade -- are taking the sites to court for not collecting those taxes, claiming Expedia and the rest owe millions of dollars.
The dispute has been building judicial momentum for years, as tax collectors try to expand their authority from brick-and-mortar hotels to virtual booking systems. Miami-Dade was part of one class-action suit Florida counties filed in Monroe, only to settle for under $7 million.
But both Broward and Miami-Dade are pursuing separate court cases
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