CHAPTER 253
HB 472 –FINAL VERSION
05/23/13 1714s
26June2013… 2110CofC
2013 SESSION
05/01
HOUSE BILL 472
AN ACT relative to residential units in rooming houses.
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill clarifies that the exclusion of rooming houses from the definition of tenancy cannot be extended by directing the occupant to move from one room to another, or from one house to another, within the 90-day exemption period.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/23/13 1714s
26June2013… 2110CofC
13-0825
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to residential units in rooming houses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
253:1 Actions Against Tenants; Rooming House Exemption from Definition of Tenancy. Amend RSA?540:1-a, IV(a) to read as follows:
(a) Rooms in rooming or boarding houses which are rented to transient guests for fewer than 90 consecutive days. For purposes of this subparagraph, if the owner of the facility directs the occupant to move from one room to another in the same rooming or boarding house, or directs the occupant to move from one of the owner’s rooming or boarding houses to another, the 90-day period for computing consecutive days of occupancy shall not be broken. Consecutive days of occupancy shall not include a voluntary move from one room to another if the move was made at the request of the occupant after the occupant has been notified of the exemption from tenancy under this subparagraph. Such request shall be in writing and shall include the following statement:
“I request a move from ________________ to ______________. I have received a copy of RSA?540:1-a, IV(a) and understand that any time I spent in the first room shall not apply toward the 90 consecutive days of occupancy required for tenancy under RSA 540.”
253:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 24, 2013
Effective Date: July 24, 2013