(1) An innkeeper may not be required to provide accommodations, facilities, or privileges of a hotel, as defined in 50-51-102, to a person who:
- (a) is unwilling or unable to pay for the accommodations and services of the hotel. An innkeeper may require a prospective guest to demonstrate the ability to pay for the accommodations and services by paying a damage deposit in cash or with an accepted credit card.
- (b) the innkeeper reasonably believes to be under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or another intoxicating substance or who acts in a disorderly fashion so as to disturb the peace of other guests;
(c) the innkeeper reasonably believes seeks to bring into the hotel :
- (i) an unlawfully possessed firearm; or
- (ii) something, including an explosive or a hazardous or toxic substance, that it is unlawful to possess and that may be dangerous to other persons;
- (d) destroys, damages, defaces, or threatens harm to hotel property or guests;
- (e) refuses to abide by reasonable standards or policies established by the innkeeper for operation and management of the hotel; or
- (f) causes or permits persons to exceed the maximum allowable occupancy of a hotel room as established by the innkeeper.
- (2) This section does not relieve an innkeeper from the responsibility to not engage in unlawful discriminatory practices as defined in 49-2-304 and other provisions of Title 49, chapter 2.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 335, L. 1995.