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1 Shared Facility. Amend RSA 540-B:1 to read as follows:
540-B:1 Definition; Shared Facility.
I. A "shared facility" means real property rented for residential purposes which has separate sleeping areas for each occupant and in which each occupant has access to and shares with the owner of the facility one or more significant portions of the facility in common, such as kitchen, dining area, bathroom, or bathing area, for which the occupant has no rented right of sole personal use.
II. A shared facility shall not include:
(a) Facilities rented to transient guests intended for use of less than 90 days.
(b) Rooms in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes, and other dwellings rented for recreational or vacationing use.
(c) Rooms provided ancillary to other primary purposes such as jails, student dormitories, nursing homes, hospitals, group homes, and emergency shelters.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 Shared Facility. Amend RSA 540-B:1 to read as follows:
540-B:1 Definition; Shared Facility. In this chapter:
I. A "shared facility" means real property rented for residential purposes which has separate sleeping areas for each occupant and in which each occupant has access to and shares with the owner or lessee of the facility one or more significant portions of the facility in common, such as kitchen, dining area, bathroom, or bathing area, for which the occupant has no rented right of sole personal use. The designation of a shared facility shall be documented in a written statement between the parties, specifying that the facility is a shared facility and referencing this chapter.
II. A shared facility shall not include:
(a) Facilities rented to transient guests intended for use of less than 90 days.
(b) Rooms in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes, and other dwellings rented for recreational or vacationing use.
(c) Rooms provided ancillary to other primary purposes such as jails, student dormitories, nursing homes, hospitals, group homes, and emergency shelters.
III. "Owner" means the owner or lessee of shared facilities.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.