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House Study Bill 82

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 562B.7, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  "Good cause" means the failure of a
  1  4 tenant to meet the obligations specified in section 562B.18,
  1  5 or adhere to the rules and regulations prescribed in section
  1  6 562B.19, subsections 1 and 2.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 562B.10, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
  1  8 amended to read as follows:
  1  9    4.  Rental agreements shall be for a term of one year
  1 10 unless otherwise specified in the rental agreement.  Rental
  1 11 agreements shall be canceled by at least sixty days' written
  1 12 notice given by either party, except as otherwise prescribed
  1 13 in sections 562B.25 and 562B.25A.  A sixty-day notice to
  1 14 cancel a rental agreement initiated by a landlord shall be for
  1 15 good cause.  A landlord shall not cancel a rental agreement
  1 16 solely for the purpose of making the tenant's mobile home
  1 17 space available for another mobile home.  
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill provides that a 60-day notice to cancel a rental
  1 20 agreement initiated by a landlord pursuant to Code section
  1 21 562B.10, subsection 4, shall be for good cause.  The bill
  1 22 defines good cause as the failure of a tenant to meet the
  1 23 tenant obligations specified in Code section 562B.18 relating
  1 24 to maintenance of mobile home space, or to adhere to the
  1 25 landlord rules and regulations prescribed in Code section
  1 26 562B.19, subsections 1 and 2.  The bill also provides that the
  1 27 60-day written notice provision shall not apply to
  1 28 circumstances involving a failure to pay rent or the creation
  1 29 of a clear and present danger pursuant to Code sections
  1 30 562B.25 and 562B.25A.  
  1 31 LSB 1710HC 77
  1 32 rn/jw/5
     

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