House Amendment 1282


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 359, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 11, the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 562A.27, Code 2003, is amended
     1  6 by adding the following new subsection:
     1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  Notwithstanding any other
     1  8 provisions of this chapter, a municipal housing agency
     1  9 established pursuant to chapter 403A may issue a
     1 10 thirty=day notice of lease termination for a violation
     1 11 of a rental agreement by the tenant when the violation
     1 12 is a violation of a federal regulation governing the
     1 13 tenant's eligibility for or continued participation in
     1 14 a public housing program.  The municipal housing
     1 15 agency shall not be required to provide the tenant
     1 16 with a right or opportunity to remedy the violation or
     1 17 to give any notice that the tenant has such a right or
     1 18 opportunity when the notice cites the federal
     1 19 regulation as authority.
     1 20    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  648.1A  NONPROFIT
     1 21 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING EXEMPTED.
     1 22    This chapter shall not apply to occupancy in
     1 23 housing owned by a nonprofit organization whose
     1 24 purpose is to provide transitional housing for persons
     1 25 released from drug or alcohol treatment facilities or
     1 26 to provide housing for homeless persons.  Absent an
     1 27 applicable provision in a lease, contract, or other
     1 28 agreement, a person who unlawfully remains on the
     1 29 premises of such housing may be subject to criminal
     1 30 trespass penalties pursuant to section 716.8.>
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     1 34 PAULSEN of Linn
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     1 38 STRUYK of Pottawattamie
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