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Senate Study Bill 14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 384.84, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code
  1  2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    d.  For a residential rental property where a charge for
  1  4 water service is separately metered and paid directly by the
  1  5 tenant, the rental property is exempt from a lien for those
  1  6 delinquent charges incurred after the landlord gives written
  1  7 notice to the city utility or enterprise that the tenant is
  1  8 liable for the charges and a deposit not exceeding the usual
  1  9 cost of ninety days of water service is paid to the utility or
  1 10 enterprise.  Upon receipt, the utility or enterprise shall
  1 11 acknowledge the notice and deposit.  A written notice shall
  1 12 contain the name of the tenant responsible for charges,
  1 13 address of the property that the tenant is to occupy, and the
  1 14 date that the occupancy begins.  A change in tenant shall
  1 15 require a new written notice and deposit.  When the tenant
  1 16 moves from the rental property, the city utility or enterprise
  1 17 shall return the deposit if the water service charges are paid
  1 18 in full and the lien exemption shall be lifted from the rental
  1 19 property.  The lien exemption for rental property does not
  1 20 apply to charges for repairs to a water service if the repair
  1 21 charges become delinquent.  
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill eliminates the restriction that limits the kinds
  1 24 of separately metered rental properties to residential rental
  1 25 properties, for which water services charges can be paid
  1 26 directly by a tenant and which are exempt from a lien for
  1 27 delinquent charges incurred after the landlord gives written
  1 28 notice to the utility or enterprise that the tenant is liable
  1 29 for the charges.  The bill continues the requirement that a
  1 30 deposit not exceeding the usual cost of 90 days of water
  1 31 service be paid to the utility or enterprise and that the
  1 32 landlord's written notice contain the name of the tenant, the
  1 33 address of the property that the tenant is to occupy, and the
  1 34 date that the occupancy is to begin.  New notices and deposits
  1 35 are required when there is a change in tenants.  
  2  1 LSB 1302DP 77
  2  2 lh/sc/14
     
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