House Amendment 8050


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 445, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  4 clause and inserting the following:
     1  5    <Section 1.  Section 562A.12, subsection 7, Code
     1  6 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1  7    7.  The bad faith retention of a deposit by a
     1  8 landlord, or any portion of the rental deposit, in
     1  9 violation of this section shall may subject the
     1 10 landlord to punitive damages not to exceed two hundred
     1 11 dollars two and one=half times the amount of the
     1 12 rental deposit wrongfully retained in addition to
     1 13 actual damages.
     1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 562B.13, subsection 8, Code 2007,
     1 15 is amended to read as follows:
     1 16    8.  The bad faith retention of a deposit by a
     1 17 landlord, or any portion of the rental deposit, in
     1 18 violation of this section shall may subject the
     1 19 landlord to punitive damages not to exceed two hundred
     1 20 dollars two and one=half times the amount of the
     1 21 rental deposit wrongfully retained in addition to
     1 22 actual damages.>
     1 23 #2.  Title page, line 2, by striking the word
     1 24 <wrongful> and inserting the following:  <the bad
     1 25 faith>.
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     1 29 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY,
     1 30 SWAIM of Davis, Chairperson
     1 31 SF 445.204 82
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