Text: HSB00193 Text: HSB00195 Text: HSB00100 - HSB00199 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 384.84, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. Except as provided in paragraph "d", all rates or 1 4 charges for the services of sewer systems, storm water 1 5 drainage systems, sewage treatment, solid waste collection, 1 6 water, solid waste disposal, or any of these services, if not 1 7 paid as provided by ordinance of the council or resolution of 1 8 the trustees, are a lien upon the property or premises served 1 9 by any of these services upon certification to the county 1 10 treasurer that the rates or charges are due. Unpaid rates or 1 11 charges for gas or electric service provided by a city utility 1 12 or enterprise are not a lien upon the property or premises 1 13 served by these services unless the owner or landlord of the 1 14 property is also the account holder. 1 15 Sec. 2. Section 384.84, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 1 16 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 17 d.Residential rentalRental property where a charge for 1 18 water service is separately metered and paid directly to the 1 19 city utility or enterprise by the tenant is exempt from a lien 1 20 for delinquent rates or charges associated with such water 1 21 service if the landlord gives written notice to the city 1 22 utility or enterprise that the property isresidentialrental 1 23 property and that the tenant is liable for the rates or 1 24 charges. A city utility or enterprise may require a deposit 1 25 not exceeding the usual cost of ninety days of water service 1 26 to be paid to the utility or enterprise. Upon receipt, the 1 27 utility or enterprise shall acknowledge the notice and 1 28 deposit. A written notice shall contain the name of the 1 29 tenant responsible for charges, address of theresidential1 30 rental property that the tenant is to occupy, and the date 1 31 that the occupancy begins. A change in tenant shall require a 1 32 new written notice to be given to the city utility or 1 33 enterprise within ten business days of the change in tenant. 1 34 When the tenant moves from the rental property, the city 1 35 utility or enterprise shall return the deposit if the water 2 1 service charges are paid in full. A change in the ownership 2 2 of theresidentialrental property shall require written 2 3 notice of such change to be given to the city utility or 2 4 enterprise within ten business days of the completion of the 2 5 change of ownership. The lien exemption for rental property 2 6 does not apply to charges for repairs to a water service if 2 7 the repair charges become delinquent. 2 8 EXPLANATION 2 9 This bill relates to utilities provided by a city utility 2 10 or city enterprise. 2 11 The bill provides that unpaid rates or charges for gas or 2 12 electric service provided by a city utility or enterprise 2 13 shall not become a lien upon the property served by these 2 14 services unless the gas or electric service account holder is 2 15 the owner or landlord of the property. 2 16 The bill also provides that all rental property is subject 2 17 to the water service lien exemption provided to a landlord 2 18 when the tenant is the account holder. Current law applies 2 19 the lien exemption only when the property is residential 2 20 rental property and the tenant is the account holder. 2 21 LSB 2532HC 80 2 22 sc/pj/5
Text: HSB00193 Text: HSB00195 Text: HSB00100 - HSB00199 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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