Senate Amendment 3283


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 783, as passed by the House, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  By striking page 3, line 34, through page 4,
     1  4 line 6, and inserting the following:
     1  5    <e.  Residential rental property where a charge for
     1  6 any of the services of sewer systems, storm water
     1  7 drainage systems, sewage treatment, solid waste
     1  8 collection, and solid waste disposal is paid directly
     1  9 to the city utility or enterprise by the tenant is
     1 10 exempt from a lien for delinquent rates or charges
     1 11 associated with such services if the landlord gives
     1 12 written notice to the city utility or enterprise that
     1 13 the property is residential rental property and that
     1 14 the tenant is liable for the rates or charges.  A city
     1 15 utility or enterprise may require a deposit not
     1 16 exceeding the usual cost of ninety days of the
     1 17 services of sewer systems, storm water drainage
     1 18 systems, sewage treatment, solid waste collection, and
     1 19 solid waste disposal to be paid to the utility or
     1 20 enterprise.  Upon receipt, the utility or enterprise
     1 21 shall acknowledge the notice and deposit.  A written
     1 22 notice shall contain the address of the residential
     1 23 rental property that the tenant is to occupy and the
     1 24 date that the occupancy begins.  When the tenant moves
     1 25 from the rental property, the city utility or
     1 26 enterprise shall return the deposit if the charges for
     1 27 the services of sewer systems, storm water drainage
     1 28 systems, sewage treatment, solid waste collection, and
     1 29 solid waste disposal are paid in full.  A change in
     1 30 the ownership of the residential rental property shall
     1 31 require written notice of such change to be given to
     1 32 the city utility or enterprise within ten business
     1 33 days of the completion of the change of ownership.
     1 34 The lien exemption for rental property does not apply
     1 35 to charges for repairs related to a service of sewer
     1 36 systems, storm water drainage systems, sewage
     1 37 treatment, solid waste collection, and solid waste
     1 38 disposal if the repair charges become delinquent.>
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     1 42 COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
     1 43 STEVE WARNSTADT, CHAIRPERSON
     1 44 HF 783.701 82
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