12-1696.   Promotion of tourism and conventions; definitions.As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the meaningsrespectively 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 building whichcontains rooms furnished for the purposes of providing lodging, which mayor may not also provide meals, entertainment or various other personal servicesto transient guests, and which is kept, used, maintained, advertised orheld out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are soughtfor pay or compensation by transient or permanent guests and having morethan two bedrooms furnished for the accommodation of suchguests;

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

      (d)   "Business" means any person engaged in the business of renting, leasingor letting living quarters, sleeping accommodations, rooms or a part thereofin 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. 1977, ch. 93, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 117, § 2;L. 1997, ch. 185, § 4; July 1.