12-1692.   Promotion of tourism and conventions; definitions.As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have themeanings respectively ascribed to them herein:

      (a)   "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, jointventure or other association of persons;

      (b)   "Hotel, motel or tourist court" means any structure or buildingwhich contains rooms furnished for the purposes of providing lodging, whichmay or may not also provide meals, entertainment or various other personalservices to transient guests, and which is kept, used, maintained,advertised or held out to the public as a place where sleepingaccommodations are sought for pay or compensation by transient or permanentguests and having more than two bedrooms furnished for theaccommodation of such guests;

      (c)   "Transient guest" means a person who occupies a room in a hotel,motel or tourist court for not more than 28consecutivedays;

      (d)   "Business" means any person engaged in the business of renting,leasing or letting living quarters, sleeping accommodations, rooms or apart thereof in connection with any motel, hotel or tourist court;

      (e)   "Convention and tourism promotion" means: (1) Activities to attractvisitors into the community through marketing efforts, including advertising,directed to at least one of the five basic convention and tourism marketsegments consisting of group tours, pleasure travelers, association meetingsand conventions, trade shows and corporate meetings and travel; and (2)support of those activities and organizations which encourageincreased lodging facility occupancy; and

      (f)   "Accommodations broker" means any business which maintains an inventoryof two or more rooms in one or more locations which are offered for pay to aperson or persons for not more than 28 consecutive days.

      History:   L. 1975, ch. 490, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 117, § 1;L. 1997, ch. 185, § 2; July 1.