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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 384.84, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 d. Residential rental property where a charge for water, 1 4 sewer systems, storm water drainage systems, sewage treatment, 1 5 solid waste collection, or solid waste disposal service is 1 6 separately metered or billed and paid directly to the city 1 7 utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined 1 8 city enterprise by the tenant is exempt from a lien for 1 9 delinquent rates or charges associated with such water, sewer 1 10 systems, storm water drainage systems, sewage treatment, solid 1 11 waste collection, or solid waste disposal service if the 1 12 landlord gives written notice to the city utility, combined 1 13 utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise 1 14 that the property is residential rental property and that the 1 15 tenant is liable for the rates or charges. A city utility, 1 16 combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city 1 17 enterprise may require a deposit not exceeding the usual cost 1 18 of ninety days ofwatercity utility, combined utility system, 1 19 city enterprise, or combined city enterprise service to be 1 20 paid to the city utility, combined utility system, city 1 21 enterprise, or combined city enterprise. Upon receipt, the 1 22 city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or 1 23 combined city enterprise shall acknowledge the notice and 1 24 deposit. A written notice shall contain the name of the 1 25 tenant responsible for charges, address of the residential 1 26 rental property that the tenant is to occupy, and the date 1 27 that the occupancy begins. A change in tenant shall require a 1 28 new written notice to be given to the city utility, combined 1 29 utility system, city enterprise, or combined utility 1 30 enterprise within ten business days of the change in tenant. 1 31 When the tenant moves from the rental property, the city 1 32 utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined 1 33 city enterprise shall return the deposit if thewatercity 1 34 utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined 1 35 utility enterprise service charges are paid in full. A change 2 1 in the ownership of the residential rental property shall 2 2 require written notice of such change to be given to the city 2 3 utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined 2 4 utility enterprise within ten business days of the completion 2 5 of the change of ownership. The lien exemption for rental 2 6 property does not apply to charges for repairs to awatercity 2 7 utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined 2 8 utility enterprise service if the repair charges become 2 9 delinquent. 2 10 EXPLANATION 2 11 This bill amends Code section 384.84 to exempt residential 2 12 rental property from liens for other delinquent service 2 13 charges besides water, including sewer systems, storm water 2 14 drainage systems, sewage treatment, solid waste collection, 2 15 and solid waste disposal, from a city utility, combined 2 16 utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise 2 17 if the landlord gives written notice that the tenant is 2 18 responsible for the charges and makes a deposit. 2 19 LSB 2027HC 79 2 20 av/gg/8
Text: HSB00140 Text: HSB00142 Text: HSB00100 - HSB00199 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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