Bill Text: CT HB05434 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Regulation Of Certain Short- Term Rental Properties.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-06 - Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development [HB05434 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05434-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5434
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2127
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION 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) Not later than January 1, 2019, each municipality in this state shall adopt an ordinance or regulation concerning short-term rental properties, which shall (1) include licensing requirements and procedures for short-term rental operators, and (2) require each short-term rental operator to 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. Such ordinance or regulation may also (i) regulate the operation and use of short-term rentals, including hours, dates and zones of use, and (ii) require the payment of licensing fees.

(b) No person shall act as a short-term rental operator in this state after July 1, 2019, unless such person has obtained a license to operate as a short-term rental operator from the municipality in which the short-term rental property is located.

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

Statement of Purpose:

To require each municipality to adopt an ordinance or regulation concerning operators of certain short-term rental properties, and to require such operators to obtain a license.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]