Act No. 125

Public Acts of 2001

Approved by the Governor

October 11, 2001

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 15, 2001

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2001

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

Introduced by Reps. Allen, Julian, Birkholz, Drolet, Lockwood, Neumann and Shackleton

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4627

AN ACT to define the rights and responsibilities of hotels and bed and breakfasts with respect to renting or leasing hotel or bed and breakfast rooms to minors.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. As used in this act:

(a) "Bed and breakfast" means that term as defined in section 4b of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504b.

(b) "Emancipated minor" means a minor who is emancipated under section 4 of 1968 PA 293, MCL 722.4.

(c) "Hotel" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1913 PA 188, MCL 427.1.

(d) "Minor" means an individual under 18 years of age.

Sec. 2. A hotel or bed and breakfast may refuse to rent or lease a hotel room or a bed and breakfast room to a minor other than an emancipated minor.

Sec. 3. A hotel or bed and breakfast shall comply with section 146 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.146.

Sec. 4. A hotel or bed and breakfast may require that an individual provide documentary evidence confirming the age of an individual renting or leasing a hotel room or bed and breakfast room or documentary evidence of the emancipation of a minor, including a motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license, a registration certificate issued by the federal selective service, a marriage license, or other bona fide documentary evidence of the age and identity of the individual or emancipation of the minor.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.