Section 1301 - Definitions

48 PA Cons Stat § 1301 (2019) (N/A)
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The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Hotelkeeper." Except for a time-share arrangement, a person or entity providing lodging, accommodations, facilities or privileges or services at the following:

(1) a hotel, motel, inn, resort, guest house or bed and breakfast establishment;

(2) a building, other than one listed under paragraph (1), which is held out by any means, including advertising, license, registration with a hotelkeepers' group, convention listing association, travel publication or similar association or with a government agency, as being available to provide overnight lodging or use of facility space for consideration to persons seeking temporary accommodation;

(3) a place that advertises to the public that it will provide beds, sanitary facilities or other space for a temporary period to members of the public; or

(4) a place recognized as a hostelry, except for portions of a facility which are devoted to persons who have established permanent residence.

The term shall include the proprietor of a hotel, inn or boardinghouse.