§ 67-4-1401 — Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Consideration" means the consideration charged, whether or not received, for the occupancy in a hotel valued in money, whether to be received in money, goods, labor or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits, property and services of any kind or nature without any deduction therefrom whatsoever. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to imply that consideration is charged when the space provided to the person is complimentary from the operator and no consideration is charged to or received from any person; (2) "Hotel" means any structure or space, or any portion thereof, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes privately, publicly, or government-owned hotels, inns, tourist camps, tourist courts, tourist cabins, motels, short-term rental units, primitive and recreational vehicle campsites and campgrounds, or any place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for consideration; (3) "Municipality" means an incorporated city or town or a county, but does not include a county with a metropolitan form of government; (4) "Occupancy" means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room, lodgings or accommodations in any hotel; (5) "Operator" means the person operating the hotel, whether as owner, lessee or otherwise; (6) "Person" means any individual, or group of individuals, that occupies the same room; (7) "Residential dwelling" means a cabin, house, or structure used or designed to be used as an abode or home of a person, family, or household, and includes a single-family dwelling, a portion of a single-family dwelling, or an individual residential dwelling in a multi-dwelling building, such as an apartment building, condominium, cooperative, or timeshare; (8) "Short-term rental unit" means a residential dwelling that is rented wholly or partially for a fee for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days and does not include a hotel as defined in § 68-14-302 or a bed and breakfast establishment or a bed and breakfast homestay as those terms are defined in § 68-14-502 ; (9) "Short-term rental unit marketplace" means a person or entity, excluding a vacation lodging service, that provides a platform for compensation, through which a third party offers to rent a short-term rental unit to an occupant; (10) "Tourism" means attracting nonresidents to visit a particular municipality and encouraging those nonresidents to spend money in the municipality, which includes travel related to both leisure and business activities; (11) "Tourism development" means the acquisition and construction of, and financing and retirement of debt for, facilities related to tourism; (12) "Transient" means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy of any rooms, lodgings or accommodations in a hotel for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days; and (13) "Vacation lodging service" means a person or entity that is engaged in the business of providing the services of management, marketing, booking, and rental of short-term rental units.

Legislative History

Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 496, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 496, s 2, eff. 7/1/2021. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 334, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 264, Secs.s3, s4 eff. 4/30/2021. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 787, s 7, eff. 1/1/2021. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 787, s 6, eff. 1/1/2021. Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 395, s 1, eff. 5/8/2015. Acts 1988, ch. 982, § 2.