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Representative John R. Bradford, III(R)
Representative Grey Mills(R)
Representative Timothy D. Moffitt(R)
Representative William O. Richardson(D)
Representative Jerry Carter(R)
Representative Chris Humphrey(R)
Representative Frank Iler(R)
Representative Jake Johnson(R)
Representative Jeffrey C. McNeely(R)
Representative Phil Shepard(R)
Representative John Szoka(R)
Representative Michael H. Wray(D)
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Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-08-31Received from the GovernorHouse | 2021-08-30Vetoed 08/30/2021House | 2021-08-30Pres. To Gov. 8/20/2021House | 2021-08-20RatifiedHouse | 2021-08-19Ordered EnrolledSenate | 2021-08-18Passed 3rd ReadingSenate | 2021-08-18Passed 2nd ReadingSenate | 2021-08-18Reptd FavSenate | 2021-08-17Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-08-10Reptd FavSenate | 2021-08-10Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-07-15Withdrawn From ComSenate | 2021-07-15Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-04-15Passed 1st ReadingSenate | 2021-04-15Regular Message Received From HouseSenate | 2021-04-15Regular Message Sent To SenateHouse | 2021-04-15Ordered EngrossedHouse | 2021-04-14Passed 3rd ReadingHouse | 2021-04-14Passed 2nd ReadingHouse | 2021-04-14Amend Adopted A1House | 2021-04-14Added to CalendarHouse | 2021-04-14Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House | 2021-04-14Reptd FavHouse | 2021-04-14Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-04-13Reptd Fav Com SubstituteHouse | 2021-04-13Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-03-23Passed 1st ReadingHouse | 2021-03-23FiledHouse | 2021-03-22
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COMMERCE
CONSUMER PROTECTION
HOTELS & MOTELS
HOUSING
LANDLORD & TENANT
RENTALS & LEASING
PRESENTED
PUBLIC
RATIFIED
VETOED
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72 (Chapters); 42-14.5
42-39
72-1 (Sections)
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H352: Hotel Safety Issues. Latest Version
Session: 2021 - 2022
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
HOUSE BILL 352
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to clarify that occupants of accommodations provided by hotels, motels, or similar lodgings do not create a tenancy and are not subject to chapter 42 of the general statutes and to clarify that these occupancies are governed by the statutes relating to inns, hotels, and other transient occupancies.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Article 1 of Chapter 42 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
§ 42‑14.5. Transient occupancies excluded.
The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to transient occupancies, as defined in G.S. 72‑1(c). An agreement related to a transient occupancy shall not be deemed to create a tenancy or a residential tenancy unless expressly provided in the agreement.
SECTION 1.5. G.S. 42‑39 reads as rewritten:
§ 42‑39. Exclusions.
(a) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, or similar lodging subject to regulation by the Commission for Public Health.
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SECTION 2. G.S. 72‑1 reads as rewritten:
§ 72‑1. Must furnish accommodations; contracts for termination valid.
(a) Every innkeeper shall at all times provide suitable lodging accommodations for persons accepted as guests in his inn or hotel.an inn, hotel, motel, recreational vehicle park, campground, or other similar transient occupancy.
(b) A written statement setting forth the time period during which a guest may occupy an assigned room, signed or initialed by the guest, shall be deemed a valid contract, and at the expiration of such time period the lodger may be restrained from entering and any property of the guest may be removed by the innkeeper without liability, except for damages to or loss of such property attributable to its removal.
(c) For the purposes of this section, a transient occupancy is the rental of an accommodation by an inn, hotel, motel, recreational vehicle park, campground, or similar lodging to the same guest or occupant for fewer than 90 consecutive days.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to a person renting an accommodation in a hotel, motel, recreational vehicle park, campground, or similar lodging facility on or after that date. A person's rental period shall be calculated from the first day of consecutive occupation, or right of occupation, in the lodging facility regardless of whether the period began before the effective date of this act.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of August, 2021.
s/ Phil Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2021