GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 727

Short Title:  Bed and Breakfast Inns.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Perdue; and Carpenter.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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April 22, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF BED AND BREAKFAST INNS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Effective January 1, 1992, G.S. 130A-247 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-247. Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply throughout this Part:
(1)	‘Permanent house guest' means a person who receives room or board for periods of a week or longer. The term includes visitors of the permanent house guest.
(2)	‘Private club' means an establishment which maintains selective members, is operated by the membership, does not provide food or lodging for pay to anyone who is not a member or a member's guest, and is not profit oriented.
(3)	‘Regular boarder' means a person who receives food for periods of a week or longer.
(4)	‘Where drink is prepared or served' means a place where drink is put together, portioned, set out or handed out in unpackaged portions using containers which are reused on the premises rather than single-service containers.
(5)	‘Where food is prepared or served' means a place where food is cooked, put together, portioned, set out or handed out in unpackaged portions for human consumption.
(6)	‘Bed and breakfast inn' means a business establishment of not more than 12 guest rooms that offers bed and breakfast accommodations to at least nine but not more than 23 persons per night for a period of less than one week, and that:
a.	Does not serve food or drink to the general public for pay;
b.	Serves only the breakfast meal, and that meal is served only to overnight guests of the establishment;
c.	Includes the price of breakfast in the room rate; and
d.	Is the permanent residence of the owner or the manager of the establishment."
Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1992, G.S. 130A-248(a2) reads as rewritten:
"(a2)	For the protection of the public health, the Commission shall adopt rules governing the sanitation of private homes offering bed and breakfast accommodations to eight or less persons per night, and rules governing the sanitation of bed and breakfast inns as defined in G.S. 130A-247; provided that rules governing bed and breakfast inns shall not require any of the following:
(1)	Commercial grade, stainless steel NSF-approved kitchen equipment;
(2)	Private toilet and lavatory facilities in each guest room;
(3)	Kitchen used exclusively for the preparation of food served to guests; or
(4)	Separate rest rooms for employees."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.