FL H0249

Excludes apartment buildings inspected by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and designated primarily as housing for persons at least 62 years of age from the definition of public lodging establishments, with the division authorized to require written attestation of compliance.

Excludes roominghouses, boardinghouses, and other living or sleeping facilities that do not meet classifications as hotels, motels, vacation rentals, nontransient apartments, bed and breakfast inns, or transient apartments from public lodging establishment regulations.

Authorizes the Division of Hotels and Restaurants to adopt rules implementing requirements for apartment building operators to attest in writing that their buildings meet the criteria for senior housing exemptions.

Revises public lodging establishment classifications in section 509.242 to remove "roominghouse" from the transient apartment definition and creates a separate "roominghouse" classification for facilities not classifiable as other lodging types.

Takes effect October 1, 2012.