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House Study Bill 714

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 384.84, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code
  1  2 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    d.  Residential rental property where a charge for water
  1  4 service is separately metered and paid directly to the city
  1  5 utility or enterprise by the tenant is exempt from a lien for
  1  6 delinquent rates or charges associated with such water service
  1  7 a city utility or enterprise service if the landlord gives
  1  8 written notice to the city utility or enterprise that the
  1  9 property is residential rental property and that the tenant is
  1 10 liable for the rates or charges.  A city utility or enterprise
  1 11 may require a deposit not exceeding the usual cost of ninety
  1 12 days of water such utility or enterprise service to be paid to
  1 13 the utility or enterprise.  Upon receipt, the utility or
  1 14 enterprise shall acknowledge the notice and deposit.  A
  1 15 written notice shall contain the name of the tenant
  1 16 responsible for charges, address of the residential rental
  1 17 property that the tenant is to occupy, and the date that the
  1 18 occupancy begins.  A change in tenant shall require a new
  1 19 written notice to be given to the city utility or enterprise
  1 20 within ten business days of the change in tenant.  When the
  1 21 tenant moves from the rental property, the city utility or
  1 22 enterprise shall return the deposit if the water utility or
  1 23 enterprise service charges are paid in full.  A change in the
  1 24 ownership of the residential rental property shall require
  1 25 written notice of such change to be given to the city utility
  1 26 or enterprise within ten business days of the completion of
  1 27 the change of ownership.  The lien exemption for rental
  1 28 property does not apply to charges for repairs to a water
  1 29 utility or enterprise service if the repair charges become
  1 30 delinquent, provided that the damages resulting in such
  1 31 repairs were not the fault of the landlord.  
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill provides that the lien exemption on residential
  1 34 property for unpaid rates or charges associated with water
  1 35 service is expanded to include all utility or enterprise
  2  1 services.  The landlord must give written notice to the city
  2  2 utility or enterprise service that the property is residential
  2  3 rental property and that the tenant is liable for such rates
  2  4 or charges.  The bill also provides that the lien exemption
  2  5 applies with respect to charges for repairs to a utility or
  2  6 enterprise service if the repair charges become delinquent,
  2  7 provided that the damages resulting in such repairs were not
  2  8 the fault of the landlord.  
  2  9 LSB 6311HC 78
  2 10 mj/as/5
     

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