(October 2, 2008)--Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is suing two hotels for raising their rates during Hurricane Ike evacuations.
Abbott's lawsuit alleges Hotel Nacogdoches boosted its normal room rate from $49.99, which is the advertised rate on the marquee, to $109 and that the Super 8 Brookshire Motel west of Katy, charged evacuees $125 for a room that normally cost $99.
Both properties charged the evacuees state and local hotel and motel taxes despite Gov. Rick Perry's declaration waiving them, Abbott said Thursday.
State law prohibits businesses from selling fuel, food, lodging and medicine at exorbitant rates during a declared disaster.
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