Text: SSB03169 Text: SSB03171 Text: SSB03100 - SSB03199 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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 propertywhere a charge for water1 4service is separately metered and paid directly to the city1 5utility or enterprise by the tenantis exempt from a lien for 1 6 delinquent rates or charges associated withsuch water service1 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 ofwatersuch 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 thewaterutility 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 awater1 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 6311SC 78 2 10 mj/as/5
Text: SSB03169 Text: SSB03171 Text: SSB03100 - SSB03199 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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