§486K-1  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:



"Guest" means a person who is
registered at the hotel and to whom a bedroom is assigned.  The term
"guest" shall include not only the guest, but the members of the
guest's family and other persons who accompany the guest.



"Hotel",
"hotel-condominium" or "condominium-hotel" means an
establishment consisting of any building or structure used primarily for the
business of providing for consideration transient accommodation lodging
facilities and that furnishes, as part of its routine operations, one or more
customary lodging services, other than living accommodations and the use of
furniture and fixtures, including but not limited to restaurant facilities, or
room attendant, bell, telephone switchboard, laundering, or concierge services,
and is subject to the transient accommodations tax under chapter 237D.



"Hotelkeeper" or "keeper"
includes any individual, firm, or corporation actually operating a hotel.



"Security box" means any metal or
alloy box, used in a hotel for the safekeeping of any valuables, which may be
securely locked with a locking mechanism that meets or exceeds Underwriters
Laboratories standards and which shall be secured in a manner which precludes
its removal from the room.



"Valuables" includes money, bank
notes, bonds, precious stones, jewelry, ornaments, watches, securities,
transportation tickets, photographic cameras, checks, drafts, and other
negotiable instruments, business papers, documents, and other papers, and other
articles of value. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; am L 1981, c 83, §1; am L 1992, c
141, §1; am L 2008, c 19, §62]