(1) The person in charge of and conducting any hotel shall post in a conspicuous place in each room of the hotel a card or sign plainly stating the price per day of each room and, in case the hotel is conducted on the American plan, the rate charged for meals. The cards or signs shall be dated as of the day on which they are posted.
(2) This subsection (b) applies to hotels, motels and other places of public accommodations as defined by § 62-7-107 and referred to in this subsection (b) as “hotels.”
(3) No person shall display or cause to be displayed any sign on the premises that includes, in dollars and cents, a statement of the rates charged at a hotel, unless twenty-five percent (25%) of all rooms in that facility are available at the quoted or advertised rate at all times the sign is posted.
(4) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.