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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 441.21, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 12. Beginning with valuations established 1 4 on or after January 1, 1999, as used in this section, 1 5 "residential property" includes bed and breakfast inns and bed 1 6 and breakfast homes. "Bed and breakfast inn" means a hotel, 1 7 as defined in section 137C.2, with eleven or fewer guest 1 8 rooms. "Bed and breakfast home" means a private residence 1 9 which provides lodging and meals for guests, in which the host 1 10 or hostess resides and which has eleven or fewer guest rooms 1 11 and which does not hold itself out to the public to be a 1 12 restaurant, hotel, or motel, does not require reservations, 1 13 and serves food only to overnight guests. 1 14 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies retroactively to 1 15 January 1, 1999, for assessment years beginning on or after 1 16 that date. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 The bill provides that bed and breakfast inns and homes are 1 19 classified as residential property for property tax purposes. 1 20 A bed and breakfast inn is a hotel with 11 or fewer guest 1 21 rooms. A bed and breakfast home is a private residence where 1 22 the host or hostess resides, which has 11 or fewer guest 1 23 rooms, and which does not hold itself out to be a restaurant, 1 24 hotel, or motel, does not require reservations, and serves 1 25 food only to overnight guests. 1 26 The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 1999, for 1 27 assessment years beginning on or after that date. 1 28 LSB 2839HH 78 1 29 mg/sc/14
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