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Senate Study Bill 130

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 562A.27A, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Notwithstanding section 562A.27 or 648.3, if a tenant
  1  4 has created or maintained a threat constituting a clear and
  1  5 present danger to the health or safety of other tenants, the
  1  6 landlord, or the landlord's employee or agent, or other
  1  7 persons within one thousand feet of the property occupied by
  1  8 the tenant, the landlord, after a single three days' written
  1  9 notice of termination and notice to quit, may file suit
  1 10 against the tenant for recovery of possession of the premises
  1 11 pursuant to chapter 648, except as otherwise provided in
  1 12 subsection 3.  The tenant shall be given the opportunity to
  1 13 contest the termination in the court proceedings by notice
  1 14 thereof at least five days prior to the hearing.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 562A.27A, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1 16 paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1 17    A clear and present danger to the health or safety of other
  1 18 tenants, the landlord, or the landlord's employees or agents,
  1 19 or other persons within one thousand feet of the property
  1 20 occupied by the tenant includes, but is not limited to, any of
  1 21 the following activities of the tenant or of any person on the
  1 22 premises with the consent of the tenant:
  1 23    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides that a tenant may be evicted from rental
  1 27 property for creating a clear and present danger to persons
  1 28 within 1,000 feet of the rental property.  Currently, the
  1 29 clear and present danger is limited to the tenants, the
  1 30 landlord, or the landlord's employees or agents.  The bill
  1 31 takes effect upon enactment.  
  1 32 LSB 2138SC 76
  1 33 mk/sc/14
     
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