67-4-1401 - Part definitions.
67-4-1401. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Consideration means the consideration charged, whether or not received, for the occupancy in a hotel valued in money, whether to be received in money, goods, labor or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits, property and services of any kind or nature without any deduction therefrom whatsoever. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to imply that consideration is charged when the space provided to the person is complimentary from the operator and no consideration is charged to or received from any person;
(2) Hotel means any structure or space, or any portion thereof, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist camp, tourist court, tourist cabin, motel or any place in which rooms, lodgings or accommodations are furnished to transients for consideration;
(3) Municipality means an incorporated city that has adopted home rule in accordance with the Constitution of Tennessee, article XI, § 9;
(4) Occupancy means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room, lodgings or accommodations in any hotel;
(5) Operator means the person operating the hotel, whether as owner, lessee or otherwise;
(6) Person means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit; and
(7) Transient means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy of any rooms, lodgings or accommodations in a hotel for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days.
[Acts 1988, ch. 982, § 2.]