STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2412

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator CRYAN)

ADOPTED: JUNE 29, 2020

      These Senate floor amendments clarify that provisions of the bill apply only if the timeframe of the use of the transient accommodation or private short-term rental housing accommodation:

      (a)  occurred between March 9, 2020 and September 30, 2020;

      (b)  commenced before March 9, 2020 and concluded on or after March 9, 2020; or

      (c)  commenced on or before September 30, 2020 and concluded after September 30, 2020.

      The amendments provide that a refund or credit would not be provided pursuant to the bill with respect to any transaction made by a guest, where such transaction was executed on or after July 1, 2020, for a reservation or booking of a transient accommodation or private short-term rental housing accommodation located in this State.

      The amendments would also provide that when a reservation or booking transaction is executed on or after March 9, 2020 and before July 1, 2020, a guest is required to provide a cancellation notice of no less than 30 days prior to the reservation or booking to receive a refund, or credit, under the provisions of the bill.  As introduced, the bill provided that this cancellation notice requirement would have been applicable to a reservation or booking transaction executed on or after June 1, 2020.

      The amendments would also make the bill retroactive to March 9, 2020 and expire on October 1, 2020.