AB 709

This bill prohibits a person from conducting, maintaining, managing, or

operating a tourist rooming house for more than 90 days in a year.

Under current law, no person may conduct, maintain, or operate a tourist

rooming house if the person has not been issued an annual license by the Department

of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection or a local health department acting

for the department. A “tourist rooming house” is defined as any lodging place or

tourist cabin or cottage where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to

tourists or transients. The definition does not include hotels or bed and breakfast

establishments.

Also under current law, a political subdivision may limit the total number of

days within any consecutive 365-day period that a residential dwelling may be

rented to no fewer than 180 days. This bill prohibits political subdivisions from

limiting the total number days that a residential dwelling may be rented to no more

than 90 days.