Bill Text: CT SB00356 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Licensing And Registration Requirements For Operators Of Certain Short-term Rental Properties.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-28 - File Number 119 [SB00356 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00356-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2018 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATORS OF CERTAIN SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) For the purposes of this section and section 2 of this act:
(1) "Booking services" means a reservation or payment service that facilitates a short-term rental transaction between a short-term rental operator and a potential guest of a short-term rental property.
(2) "Guest" means any person renting a short-term rental property.
(3) "Short-term rental property" means a dwelling unit, or any portion thereof, that is (A) offered to a guest as temporary lodging for a fee for fewer than thirty consecutive nights, and (B) not a hotel or motel.
(4) "Short-term rental operator" means any owner or tenant of a short-term rental property who offers such property for rent on a short-term rental platform.
(5) "Short-term rental platform" means any platform, including an Internet web site, that (A) allows a short-term rental operator to offer a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, for use as a short-term rental property, (B) allows potential guests to arrange payment for use of a short-term rental property, whether such guest pays directly to the short-term rental operator or to the short-term rental platform, and (C) derives revenues from providing or maintaining booking services for a short-term rental property.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) (a) Any municipality may adopt an ordinance or regulation concerning short-term rental properties. Such ordinance or regulation may include, but need not be limited to, (1) licensing requirements and procedures for short-term rental operators; (2) a requirement that each short-term rental operator provide to such municipality for each short-term rental property (A) the maximum number of guests, (B) the number of off-street parking spaces reserved for guests, and (C) a signed declaration stating such short-term rental property meets the requirements of all applicable state and local building codes; (3) limitations on the operation and use of short-term rentals, including hours, dates and zones of use; (4) licensing fees; and (5) a penalty for each violation of the ordinance or regulation.
(b) No person shall act as a short-term rental operator in this state after July 1, 2019, unless such person has registered as a short-term rental operator in the municipality in which the short-term rental property is located, on a form and in a manner prescribed by such municipality. Each municipality may impose a penalty for each violation of this subsection.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2018 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2018 |
New section |
HSG |
Joint Favorable Subst. |