A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the definition of "bed and breakfast home" and "bed and breakfast inn" to allow optional meals for bed and breakfast guests.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑247(5a) reads as rewritten:
"(5a)	"Bed and breakfast home" means a business in a private home of not more than eight guest rooms that offers bed and breakfast accommodations for a period of less than one week and that meets all of the following criteria:
a.	Does not serve food or drink to the general public for pay.
b.	Serves the breakfast meal, the lunch meal, the dinner meal, or a combination of all or some of these three meals, only to overnight guests of the home.
c.	Includes in the room rate the price of any breakfast meals served.
d.	Is the permanent residence of the owner or the manager of the business."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 130A‑247(6) reads as rewritten:
"(6)	"Bed and breakfast inn" means a business of at least nine, but 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 meets all of the following criteria:
a.	Does not serve food or drink to the general public for pay.
b.	Serves the breakfast meal, the lunch meal, the dinner meal, or a combination of all or some of these three meals only to overnight guests of the business.
c.	Includes in the room rate the price of any breakfast meals served.
d.	Is the permanent residence of the owner or the manager of the business."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2017.