Bill Text - HB1635 (2024)

Relative to the definition of short-term rental.


Revision: Dec. 15, 2023, 3:51 p.m.

HB 1635  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2799

10/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1635

 

AN ACT relative to the definition of short-term rental.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. D. Paige, Carr. 1; Rep. Read, Rock. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill applies the definition of "short-term rental" to certain statutes governing housing authorities, taxation of room rentals, and certain rental proceedings.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2799

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the definition of short-term rental.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Housing Standards; Definition of Short-term Rental.  RSA 48-A:1, V is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

V.  "Short-term rental" means any individually or collectively owned single-family house or dwelling unit or any unit or group of units in a condominium, cooperative, or timeshare, or owner occupied residential home, that is offered for a fee and for less than 30 consecutive days in a building that is otherwise used as a residence.  The term "vacation rental" shall have the same meaning as "short-term rental."  For purposes of this chapter, a short-term rental is a residential use of the property and does not include a unit that is used for any nonresidential use, including retail, restaurant, banquet space, event center, or another similar use.

2  Meal and Rooms Taxation; Definition of Short-term Rental.  RSA 78-A:3, XXIII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

XXIII.  "Short-term rental" means any individually or collectively owned single-family house or dwelling unit or any unit or group of units in a condominium, cooperative, or timeshare, or owner occupied residential home, that is offered for a fee and for less than 30 consecutive days in a building that is otherwise used as a residence.

3  Shared Facility Rental; Exclusion Clarified.  Amend RSA 540-B:1, II(b) to read as follows:

(b)  Rooms in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes, and other dwellings rented as short-term rentals as defined in RSA 78-A:3, XXIII for recreational or vacationing use.

4  Vacation or Recreational Rental Units.  Amend RSA 540-C:1, II to read as follows:

II.  Rented for residential purposes by persons who have no other residence, during part or all of the non-recreational or vacation period, but which are not "short-term rentals" as defined in RSA 78-A:3, XXIII.  

5  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.