§ 1748.80

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 718, Sec. 3. (SB 644) Effective January 1, 2024.

For purposes of this chapter:

(a)“Hosting platform” has the same meaning as defined in Section 22590 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b)(1) “Hotel” means a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other similar transient lodging establishment located in this state.
(2)“Hotel” does not include a residential hotel, as defined in Section 50519 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c)“Third-party booking service” means a person that facilitates the booking of a hotel room or short-term rental in this state.
(d)“Short-term rental” means a residential dwelling, or any portion of a residential dwelling, that is rented to a person or persons for 30 or fewer consecutive days and that is located in this state.

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