Hospitality Law Database
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There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
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Innkeeper Laws
Any person who is under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, who is guilty of boisterous conduct, who is of lewd or immoral character, who is physically violent or who violates any regulation of any place of public accommodation that applies to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry may be excluded from any place of public accommodation.
Housekeeping
Request every manager or person in charge of the conduct at any hotel to keep toilet rooms used in connection with the inn or hotel and provided for the use of guests or patrons in a clean and sanitary condition
Innkeeper Laws
A hotel shall post information about the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline.
It shall be the duty of every guest and of everyone intending to be a guest of any hotel in this state, upon delivering to the proprietor of the hotel, or to his or her servants, any baggage or other articles of property of the guest for safekeeping elsewhere than to the room assigned to the guest to demand, and of the hotel proprietor to give, a check or receipt therefor, to evidence the fact of the delivery.
No hotel proprietor shall be liable for the loss of or injury to baggage or other articles of property of his or her guest, unless the baggage or other articles of property shall have been actually delivered by the guest to the hotel proprietor or to his or her servants for safekeeping, or unless the loss or injury occurred through the negligence of the hotel proprietor, or by his or her servants or employees in the hotel.
No innkeeper or hotelkeeper, whether individual, partnership, or corporation, who constantly has in his or her inn or hotel a metal safe or suitable vault in good order, and fit for the custody of money, bank notes, jewelry, articles of gold and silver, precious stones, personal ornaments, railroad mileage books or tickets, negotiable or valuable papers, and bullion, and who keeps on the doors of the sleeping rooms used by guests suitable locks or bolts, and on the transoms and windows of the rooms suitable fastenings, and who keeps a copy of this section printed in distinct type constantly and conspicuously posted in not less than ten conspicuous places in the hotel or inn, shall be liable for the loss or injury suffered by any guest unless the guest has offered to deliver the baggage or other articles of property to the innkeeper or hotelkeeper for custody in the metal safe or vault, and the innkeeper or hotelkeeper has omitted or refused to take it and deposit it in the safe or vault for custody, and to give the guest a receipt therefor.
The keeper of any inn or hotel shall not be obliged to receive from any one guest for deposit in a safe or vault any property hereinbefore described exceeding a total value of $300 and shall not be liable for any excess of the property, whether received or not. However, an innkeeper or hotelkeeper may, by special arrangement with a guest, receive for deposit in a safe or vault any property upon such terms as they may agree to in writing. Every innkeeper or hotelkeeper shall be liable for loss of these enumerated articles of a guest in his or her inn or hotel after the articles have been accepted for deposit if the loss was caused by the theft or negligence of the innkeeper, hotelkeeper, or any of their servants.
Innkeeper Laws
Where a minor unaccompanied by an adult seeks accommodations, the innkeeper may require a parent or guardian of the minor, or another responsible adult, to assume, in writing, full liability for any and all proper charges and other obligations incurred by the minor for accommodations, food and beverages, and other services provided by or through the innkeeper, as well as for any and all injuries or damage caused by the minor to any person or property.
Credit Surcharge
No retailer in any sales, service, or lease transaction with a consumer may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means.
Guest Privacy
A hotel is prohibited from disclosing a guest record without a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order except to a peace officer.
Landlord Tenant
Gives innkeeper's the right to evict a guest if the guest refuses or fails to fully depart a guest room at or before the posted checkout time. Specifies how evictions are to take place.
Innkeeper Laws
An innkeeper has the right to refuse or deny accommodations, facilities, and the privileges of a lodging establishment to any person who is not willing or able to pay for the accommodations, facilities, and services. The innkeeper shall have the right to require a prospective guest to demonstrate his or her ability to pay by cash, valid credit card, or a validated check, and if the prospective guest is a minor, the innkeeper may require a parent or legal guardian of the minor or other responsible adult to provide a valid credit card number or agree, in writing, to pay for the cost of the guest room, including applicable taxes; all charges made by the minor; and any damages caused by the minor or the minor's guests to the guest room or its furnishings; or to provide an advance cash payment to cover the cost of the guest room for all nights reserved, including applicable taxes, plus a cash deposit to be held toward the payment of any charges made by the minor and any damages to the guest room or its furnishings. The cash deposit shall be refunded, unless applied to charges or damages, following a joint inspection of the room. It is the obligation of the guest to join the innkeeper during the inspection. Should the guest fail to join the innkeeper, the guest thereby waives his or her right to the joint inspection. The refund, if any, shall immediately be made to the extent it is not used to cover the described charges or damages.
AI in Hiring
Employers that deploy “high-risk artificial intelligence systems” for "consequential decisions" such as job opportunities must take “reasonable care” to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination. Applicants can correct data and appeal adverse decisions.
Credit Surcharge
A seller or lessor in any sales or lease transaction may impose a surcharge on a buyer who elects to use a credit or charge card not to exceed two percent of the total cost to the buyer with signage in a manner that is visible to customers or, for a sales or lease transaction made online, display before an online customer's completion of the sales or lease transaction in a manner that is visible to the online customer, or in an amount not to exceed the merchant discount fee that the seller or lessor incurs in processing the sales or lease transaction with signage visible to customers.
Landlord Tenant
Exempts hotels and motels from landlord tenant law for rooms rented for less than 30 days.
Sick Leave PTO
Requires all employers in Colorado to provide at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Notes that employees are entitled to use no more than 48 hours of sick leave each year unless their employer selects a higher limit.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
Innkeeper Laws
The operator of a public lodging establishment is not under any obligation to accept for safekeeping any moneys, securities, jewelry, or precious stones of any kind belonging to any guest, and, if such are accepted for safekeeping, the operator is not liable for the loss thereof unless such loss was the proximate result of fault or negligence of the operator. However, the liability of the operator shall be limited to $1,000 for such loss, if the public lodging establishment gave a receipt for the property (stating the value) on a form which stated, in type large enough to be clearly noticeable, that the public lodging establishment was not liable for any loss exceeding $1,000 and was only liable for that amount if the loss was the proximate result of fault or negligence of the operator.
The operator of a public lodging establishment is not liable or responsible to any guest for the loss of wearing apparel, goods, or other property, except as provided in subsection (1), unless such loss occurred as the proximate result of fault or negligence of such operator, and, in case of fault or negligence, the operator is not liable for a greater sum than $500, unless the guest, prior to the loss or damage, files with the operator an inventory of the guest's effects and the value thereof and the operator is given the opportunity to inspect such effects and check them against such inventory. The operator of a public lodging establishment is not liable or responsible to any guest for the loss of effects listed in such inventory in a total amount exceeding $1,000.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
AI in Hiring
Prohibits an employer from using AI for hiring or employment decisions that has the effect of subjecting employees to racial discrimination, or uses zip codes as a proxy for protected classes.
Requires disclosure of AI for video interviews, protects privacy of videos, require reporting of race and ethnicity data for applicants chosen for in-person interviews.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
Innkeeper Laws
No person shall remain in a hotel or motel, or in or on a campsite, where his term or stay has expired if the person has been given written notice of his agreed departure date and checkout time at the time he registered at the motel, hotel, or campground, and the person has been given verbal or written notice to leave the hotel or motel room, or campsite at least one hour prior to the time required to leave.
Innkeeper Laws
An innkeeper or campground owner may refuse or deny any accommodations, facilities or privileges of a hotel, lodging house or campground to or may eject from the hotel, lodging house or campground premises or may request a law enforcement officer to remove from the premises:
1. Any person who is unwilling or unable to pay for accommodations and services of the hotel, lodging house or campground. The innkeeper or campground owner may require the prospective guest to demonstrate the ability to pay by cash, valid credit card or a validated check;
2. Any person who has not attained 18 years of age.
3. Any person the innkeeper or campground owner reasonably believes is bringing in property that may be dangerous to other persons, such as firearms or explosives;
4. Any person or persons, if admitting that person or those persons would cause the limit on the number of persons who may occupy any particular guest room in the hotel or lodging house or a site in the campground to be exceeded. For purposes of this subsection, the limit represents the number permitted by local ordinances or reasonable standards of the hotel, lodging house or campground relating to health, safety or sanitation; or
5. Any person who disturbs, threatens or endangers other guests; is a minor and possesses or uses alcohol; pssesses or uses illegal drugs; or violates any rule of the hotel, lodging house or campground that is posted in a conspicuous place and manner at the guest registration desk and in each guest room.
Except as provided in subsection 2, no keeper of any inn, hotel or boardinghouse is liable for the loss of or injury to any articles or property of the kind specified in subsection 1 if the following conditions are met. The keeper of the inn, hotel or boardinghouse must:
A. Have constantly in his inn, hotel or boardinghouse a metal safe or suitable vault in good condition and fit for the custody of money; bank notes; jewelry; articles of gold or silver manufacture; precious stones;
personal ornaments; travel tickets; negotiable or valuable papers; and bullion;
B. Keep suitable locks or bolts on the doors of, and suitable fastenings on the transoms and windows of, the sleeping rooms used by guests; and
C. Keep a copy of this section printed in distinct type constantly and conspicuously posted in a conspicuous place at or near the guest registration desk and in each guest room.
The immunity from liability under subsection 1 does not apply in the following situations.
The keeper of the inn, hotel or boardinghouse may be held liable when the guest has offered to deliver articles or property of the kind specified in subsection 1 to the keeper of the inn, hotel or boardinghouse for custody in the safe or vault and the keeper has omitted or refused to take the property and deposit it in the safe or vault for custody and to give the guest a receipt for the goods.
The keeper of any inn, hotel or boardinghouse is not required to receive from any one guest for deposit in the safe or vault any property of the kind specified in subsection 1 which exceeds a total value of $300. The keeper is not liable for any excess of such property, whether received or not.
Every keeper of an inn, hotel or boardinghouse is liable for any guest's loss of the articles or property listed in subsection 1 after those articles have been accepted for deposit, if the loss is caused by the theft or negligence of the keeper or any of the keeper's employees.
Any keeper of an inn, hotel or boardinghouse may, by special arrangement with a guest, receive for deposit in the safe or vault any property upon any terms that they agree to in writing.
Sick Leave PTO
Contains provisions for bereavement leave, sick leave, paid time off, vacation time, and compensatory time. These provisions apply to employers that provide leave under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, employment policy, or employers who employee at least 15 employees for 20 or more calendar weeks.
Requires all employers to provide 2 hours of paid leave to allow employees who are registered voters in Maryland to vote.
Contains provisions for paid sick leave for employers with 15 or more employees. Requires employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick leave. Lists limitations for accrual and use earned sick leave.
Details situations for when earned sick leave can be used. Required situations where sick leave can be used include maternity/paternity leave, to treat a physical or mental illness, and to obtain preventative care. Allows employers to require advanced, written notice for using sick leave in foreseeable circumstances.
Requires employers to provide notice to employees that they are entitled to sick leave.
Innkeeper Laws
A hotel is not liable for the loss, by robbery or otherwise, of a valuable belonging to a guest if the hotel provides a safe or other secure depository for keeping valuables of guests; the guest does not deposit the valuable with the hotel for safekeeping; and the loss does not result from the collusion or negligence of the hotel or its agent.
A hotel is not liable for more than $300 for the loss of valuables that a guest deposits with the hotel for safekeeping unless, at the time of deposit, the guest shows the valuables to an agent of the hotel and declares a greater value to the agent. A hotel need not accept for safekeeping valuables with a declared value of more than $1,000. A hotel is not liable for more than $1,000 for the loss of or damage to valuables belonging to a guest, whether or not the valuables were offered to or accepted by the hotel for safekeeping.
A hotel is not liable for more than $300 for the loss of property other than valuables of a registered guest from the room of the registered guest.
A hotel is not liable for more than $75 for the loss of property that a guest leaves with an agent or employee of the hotel at a checkroom or other similar place if the hotel has posted conspicuously at each such place a notice that states the limitation on liability under this section; the agent or employee gives to the guest an identification ticket that states on its face, in 10 point or larger type, the limitation on liability under this section; and provides a space for declaring a greater value; and the guest does not declare a value greater than $75 on the duplicate of the identification ticket that the hotel keeps.
Credit Surcharge
No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means.
In connection with any Advertising or marketing, solicitation, or offer of Sale that is Targeted To or results in a Sale in Massachusetts, the following shall constitute an unfair and deceptive practice:
(1) misrepresenting or failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously, at the time of the initial presentation of the price of any Product, or any subsequent presentation thereafter, the Total Price of that Product;
(2) misrepresenting or failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously, at the time of the initial presentation of the Total Price of any Product: (a) the nature, purpose, and amount of any fees, charges, or other expenses that would be imposed on the transaction due to the purchase of that Product (excluding Shipping Charges and Government Charges); (b) for any fees, charges, or other expenses disclosed that are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, the fact that such fees, charges, or other expenses are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, as well as readily available instructions regarding how
to avoid such fees, charges, or other expenses.
(3) misrepresenting or failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously, in the final presentation of the price of any Product prior to the Sale of the Product: (a) the final transaction amount, inclusive of the Total Price for all Products purchased as part of the transaction and any applicable Shipping Charges and Government Charges; (b) the nature, purpose, and amount of any fees, charges, or other expenses that would be imposed on the transaction due to the purchase of that Product; (c) for any fees, charges, or other expenses disclosed that are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, the fact that such fees, charges, or other expenses are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, as well as readily available instructions regarding how to avoid such fees, charges or other expenses.
(4) failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously the Total Price of any Product prior to requiring a consumer to provide any personal information, including billing information, unless said information is collected specifically, and only to the extent necessary, to facilitate underwriting in connection with the Sale of the Product, determine the Product’s availability, determine whether the Sale of such Product to the consumer is legal, or compute an aspect of pricing previously approved by a Commonwealth insurance or financial regulatory agency;
(5) misrepresenting that any fees, charges, or other expenses or any portion thereof are required by law; and
(6) failing to display the Total Price of a Product more prominently than any other pricing information any time the disclosure of the Total Price is required, except for the final presentation of prices, wherein the most prominent pricing information shall be the final transaction amount.
In the rental or lease of a dwelling unit, it shall not constitute a violation for a seller to advertise the Total Price to rent or lease the dwelling unit as a dollar amount to be paid by the consumer on a periodic basis, such as monthly or on such other term as the seller intends the rent to be paid. In such circumstances, the seller must also disclose Clearly and Conspicuously the full period covered by the rental or lease.
Guest Privacy
Every innholder, and every lodging house keeper required so to do under section twenty-eight, and every person who shall conduct, control, manage or operate, directly or indirectly, any recreational camp, overnight camp or cabin, motel or manufactured housing community shall keep or cause to be kept, in permanent form, a register in which shall be recorded the true name or name in ordinary use and the residence of every person engaging or occupying a private room averaging less than four hundred square feet floor area, excepting a private dining room not containing a bed or couch, or opening into a room containing a bed or couch, for any period of the day or night in any part of the premises controlled by the licensee, together with a true and accurate record of the room assigned to such person and of the day and hour when such room is assigned. The entry of the names of the person engaging a room and of the occupants of said room shall be made by said person engaging said room or by an occupant thereof, except that when five or more members of a business, fraternal, or social group or other group having a common interest are engaging rooms, they may designate one person to make said entry on their behalf and prior to occupancy. Until the entry of such name and the record of the room has been made, such person shall not be allowed to occupy privately any room upon the licensed premises. Such register shall be retained by the holder of the license for a period of at least one year after the date of the last entry therein, and shall be open to the inspection of the licensing authorities, their agents and the police. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
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Sick Leave PTO
Requires employers that offer time off for biological parents to also grant time off, with or without pay, to adoptive parents for at least four weeks.
Requires employers to grant paid leaves of absence to employees undergoing a medical procedure for organ donation.
Requires employers to grant 12 weeks of leave, which can be unpaid, following the birth or adoption of a child.
Housekeeping
Regulations for lodging establishments, including various cleaning requirements for bidding, floors, and common areas
Innkeeper Laws
No innkeeper who has in the establishment a fireproof, metal safe or vault, in good order and fit for the custody of valuables, and who keeps a copy of this subdivision clearly and conspicuously posted at or near the front desk and on the inside of the entrance door of every bedroom, shall be liable for the loss of or injury to the valuables of a guest unless: (1) the guest has offered to deliver the valuables to the innkeeper for custody in the safe or vault; and (2) the innkeeper has omitted or refused to take the valuables and deposit them in the safe or vault for custody and to give the guest a receipt for them. Except as otherwise provided, the liability of an innkeeper for the loss of or injury to the valuables of a guest shall not exceed $1,000. No innkeeper shall be required to accept valuables for custody in the safe or vault if their value exceeds $1,000, unless the acceptance is in writing.
No innkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or damage to baggage, parcels, packages or wearing material of a guest that has been delivered to the innkeeper for custody elsewhere than in the room assigned to the guest, or in the hotel safe or vault, unless the innkeeper has given the guest a check or receipt in writing evidencing the delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 6, the liability of an innkeeper for the loss of or damage to property delivered to the innkeeper for custody under this subdivision shall not exceed $1,000.
No innkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or damage to baggage or other receptacles of a guest, containing property of special value, and not suitable to be placed in the hotel safe or vault unless: (1) the property is delivered to the innkeeper for custody; (2) the guest, prior to the loss or damage, has filed with the innkeeper a written inventory of the property and its approximate value; (3) the innkeeper has been given an opportunity to inspect the property and to check it against the inventory; and (4) the innkeeper has given the guest a check or receipt evidencing the delivery. The liability of an innkeeper for the loss of or damage to property delivered for custody under this subdivision shall not exceed the actual value of the receptacle and its contents or the amount of the actual injury to the receptacle and its contents.
Except as otherwise provided, no innkeeper shall be liable in an amount exceeding $1,000 for the loss of or damage to personal property of a guest that is contained in the bedroom registered to the guest.
Except as otherwise provided, no innkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or damage to valuables or personal property of a guest that the guest has allowed to remain in the hotel after the relationship of innkeeper and guest has ceased, or that the guest has forwarded to the hotel before the relationship of innkeeper and guest has begun. If the valuables or personal property remain at the hotel for a period of at least ten days without having been claimed by the owner, the innkeeper has the right to deposit them in a storage warehouse, and to take a warehouse receipt in the name of the owner. An innkeeper who deposits valuables or personal property of a guest in a storage warehouse shall hold the warehouse receipt for the owner, and deliver it to the owner upon demand and upon payment of the costs of storage. The innkeeper may also dispose of abandoned, unclaimed property in the manner provided.
An innkeeper who, intentionally or negligently, causes the loss of or damage to valuables or property delivered for custody, to property contained in the assigned room of a guest, or to abandoned valuables or property not delivered to a storage warehouse, shall be liable to the guest for either the actual value of the valuables or the property, or the amount of the actual injury to the valuables or the property.
A guest who intentionally continues to occupy an assigned room in a hotel beyond the scheduled departure date without the prior written approval of the innkeeper shall be deemed to be a trespasser.
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Maximum Guest Rate
It shall be the duty of every lodging establishment in this state to post a written or printed copy of the rates charged for each guest room in each guest room. If a different rate is charged for different rooms in such lodging establishment the rate posted in each room shall be the rate that applies to such room. This section shall not apply to lodging establishments that publish current rates electronically on a public internet platform or that do not have more than ten guests on an average each day.
Innkeeper Laws
A person operating a hotel, including all lodging establishments defined in section 315.005, may refuse or deny the use of a room, accommodations, facilities or other privileges of the hotel to any of the following:
(1) An individual who is unwilling or unable to pay for the room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel;
(2) An individual who is visibly intoxicated, under the influence of alcohol or other drug, and is disorderly so as to create a public nuisance;
(3) An individual who the hotel operator reasonably believes is seeking to use a room, accommodations, facilities or other privileges of the hotel for an unlawful purpose;
(4) An individual who the hotel operator reasonably believes is bringing in anything which may create an unreasonable danger or risk to other persons, including but not limited to explosives or the unlawful use of firearms;
(5) An individual whose use of the room, accommodations, facilities or other privileges of the hotel would result in a violation of the maximum capacity of such hotel.
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There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
Sick Leave PTO
Requires every employer in private employment to provide paid leave to employees and details how paid leave can accrue. Allows employers to limit the amount of paid leave used to 40 hours per year. Requires employers to provide each employee on each payday an accounting of the hours of paid leave they have available.
Requires employer to allow sick leave to be used to assist or care for a family member with a medical need. Also requires employers to hang a bulletin prepared by the Labor Commissioner with information stating that sick leave can be used to care for family members.
Requires that employees who have been employed for at least 90 days and who is a victim of domestic violence is entitled to no more than 160 hours of leave in a 12 month period to seek treatment, counseling, or attend court proceedings related to domestic violence.
Housekeeping
Requires toilet rooms and bathrooms as well as other rooms, corridors, stairways, elevators, fire escapes, and garages in hotels to be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Requires hotel guests to be provided with clean bedding, sheets, and pillow slips. New sheets and pillow slips must be supplied for each new guest.
Requires all bedding used in hotels to be kept clean from all filth or dirt.
Requires any hotel that is used for sleeping to be free from any and every kind of dirt or filth and that all walls, floors, ceilings, and doors in each room are free from dirt.
Requires any hotel room that is occupied by a person with a contagious or infectious disease to be fumigated and all bedding thoroughly disinfected before the room can be occupied by any other person. Additionally, any room occupied by a person with a contagious or infectious disease may not be let for at least 48 hours after fumigation or disinfection.
Innkeeper Laws
All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses or cabins may remove or cause to be removed from such establishment any guest remaining in a rental unit in violation of the law by notifying such guest that the establishment no longer desires to entertain him or her and requesting that the guest immediately leave. Any guest who remains or attempts to remain in a rental unit after being so requested to leave shall be guilty of a violation.
All hotel keepers and persons keeping public lodging houses, cabins, or any rental unit may immediately remove or cause to be immediately removed by any law enforcement officer of this state, any guest who willfully denies other guests their right to quiet enjoyment of their tenancies, including but not limited to any guest who disturbs, threatens, or endangers other guests; is less than 21 years of age and possesses alcohol; possesses illegal drugs; violates any rule of the hotel, lodging house, or campground that is posted in a conspicuous place and manner at the guest registration desk and in each guest room; or violates any local or state law.
The right to remove, or cause to be removed, shall arise after the hotel keeper or person keeping a public lodging house, or cabin, or their agents makes a reasonable attempt to verbally warn said guest to cease and desist said breach of quiet enjoyment or violation of local or state law. Upon such immediate eviction, the guest shall be refunded the unused portion of his or her pre-paid rental fee less damage charges for his or her actions.
Any law enforcement officer of this state, upon request of a hotel keeper, or person keeping a public lodging house, or cabin, shall place under arrest and take into custody any guest who violates this section in the presence of the officer. Upon arrest, the guest shall be deemed to have abandoned his right of occupancy of the rental unit and the operator of the establishment may then make such unit available to other guests. The operator of said establishment shall employ all reasonable means to protect any personal property left on the premises by such guest.
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Innkeeper Laws
Except as provided for in Section 2 of this act,1 whenever the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall have complied with the provisions of Section 1 of this act2 such proprietor, manager or operator shall not be liable for the loss of or damage to personal property brought into such hotel, apartment hotel or inn by any of the guests thereof exceeding $250 in value, whether such loss or damage is occasioned by the negligence of such proprietor, manager or operator, or his, her or its servants, or employees or otherwise; nor shall such proprietor, manager or operator be liable for the loss of or damages to any merchandise samples or merchandise for sale unless the guests bringing such merchandise into such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall have given such proprietor, manager or operator prior written notice of having the same in his possession, together with the value thereof, and receipt of which notice shall have been acknowledged in writing, but in no event shall such liability exceed the sum of $100 for each trunk and its contents; the sum of $75 for each valise and its contents; the sum of $25 for each package, box or bundle; the sum of $50 for all other miscellaneous effects and property including wearing apparel, but in no event shall the total liability exceed the sum of $250, unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing with such guest to assume a greater liability. In case of the loss of or damage to any property left in any hotel, apartment hotel or inn by a guest, after he has departed therefrom, and has ceased to be a guest thereof, the liability of such proprietor, manager or operator shall be that of “gratuitous bailee”, and in such case the extent of such liability shall be limited to not more than the sum of $50. In case of loss or damage to any property while being transported to or from any hotel, apartment hotel or inn by the proprietor, manager or operator thereof, for or on behalf of such guest, the liability of such proprietor, manager or operator shall be limited to the sum of $100 for each trunk and its contents; the sum of $75 for each valise and its contents; the sum of $25 for each package, box or bundle; the sum of $50 for all other miscellaneous effects and property, including wearing apparel, but in no event shall such liability exceed the sum of $250, unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing with such guest to assume a greater liability.
Credit Surcharge
No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card or debit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means.
Landlord Tenant
Excludes transient occupancy in a hotel or motel from landlord tenant law.
Sick Leave PTO
Prohibits any state legislation or local ordinance from mandating a minimum number of vacation or sick leave days.
Housekeeping
Requires bathrooms to be kept clean and stocked with towels, soap, and toilet paper
Requires hotels to have waste containers that are emptied at least weekly and that exterior waste containers to be kept clean and covered.
Requires guest rooms found to have evidence of rodents or other pests in a number to cause a public health nuisance to be closed to the public until the infestation has been eliminated.
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Innkeeper Laws
Nothing in this chapter prohibits an innkeeper from denying accommodations to a guest or ejecting a guest for any valid nondiscriminatory reason not otherwise provided in this chapter.
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Sick Leave PTO
Details how earned sick time can be used, including seeking care if an employee is sick or injured, obtaining preventative care, caring for sick or injured family member, or arranging social or legal services or obtaining medical care of counseling for being the victim of domestic violence.
Exempts new employers from sick leave requirements for one year after they hire their first employee.
Grants employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid parental or family leave following the birth of a child, adoption of a child that is 16 years old or younger, or for the serious illness of the employee or a member of the employees family.
Sick Leave PTO
Details when sick leave can be used, including to care for an employee or family members physical or mental illness.
Housekeeping
Requires hotel facilities to be kept in clean conditions and in good repair.
Requires hotel units, hallways, and store rooms used by guests to be clean and in good repair.
Requires walls and ceilings of lodging units, hallways, bathrooms, and store rooms used by guests to be clean and in good repair in a manner that minimizes dust.
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Innkeeper Laws
No hotel, apartment hotel, or innkeeper shall be responsible in an amount in excess of $1,000.00 for the loss or theft of any valuables, including cash, jewelry, etc., which are contained in a package, box, bag, or other container left with the hotel proprietor or innkeeper to be placed in the safe or other depository of the hotel or inn, provided that the liability of the hotel or innkeeper may be increased to an amount in excess of $1,000.00 by a written contract entered into between the parties providing a greater liability; provided, further, that the contract shall not call for any additional cost to the guest.
A notice containing these provisions shall be posted in a conspicuous place in all rooms of the hotel occupied by guests.
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Guest Privacy
Every hotel and multiple dwelling containing rooming units shall maintain at all times a registry identifying the name of each occupant of each rooming unit, together with the principal residence address of each such occupant and the date upon which his occupancy of such rooming unit commenced, which registry shall be signed by the person renting the rooming unit.
Landlord Tenant
Excludes hotels and motels from eviction measures in state landlord tenant law.
Excludes hotels and motels from eviction and foreclosure proceedings during public health or state of emergency declarations.
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There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.