Senate Amendment to House File 638 H-1317 Amend House File 638, as passed by the House, as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 562A.9, subsection 4, Code 2019, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 4. For rental agreements in which the rent does not exceed 6 seven hundred dollars per month, a rental agreement shall not 7 provide for a late fee that exceeds twelve dollars per day or a 8 total amount of sixty dollars per month. For rental agreements 9 in which the rent is greater than seven hundred dollars per 10 month but less than one thousand four hundred dollars per 11 month , a rental agreement shall not provide for a late fee that 12 exceeds twenty dollars per day or a total amount of one hundred 13 dollars per month. For rental agreements in which the rent is 14 at least one thousand four hundred dollars per month, a rental 15 agreement shall not provide for a late fee that exceeds two 16 percent of the rent per day or a total amount of ten percent of 17 the rent per month. 18 Sec. 2. Section 562B.10, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2019, are 19 amended to read as follows: 20 4. For rental agreements in which the rent does not exceed 21 seven hundred dollars per month, a rental agreement shall not 22 provide for a late fee that exceeds twelve dollars per day or a 23 total amount of sixty dollars per month. For rental agreements 24 in which the rent is greater than seven hundred dollars per 25 month but less than one thousand four hundred dollars per 26 month , a rental agreement shall not provide for a late fee that 27 exceeds twenty dollars per day or a total amount of one hundred 28 dollars per month. For rental agreements in which the rent is 29 at least one thousand four hundred dollars per month, a rental 30 agreement shall not provide for a late fee that exceeds two 31 percent of the rent per day or a total amount of ten percent of 32 the rent per month. 33 5. a. Rental agreements shall be for a term of one year 34 unless otherwise specified in the rental agreement. Rental 35 -1- HF638.2493.S (1) 88 jh 1/ 2 #1.
agreements shall be canceled by at least sixty days’ written 1 notice given by either party. A notice to cancel under this 2 subsection initiated by a landlord shall be for good cause. A 3 landlord shall not cancel a rental agreement solely for the 4 purpose of making the tenant’s mobile home space available for 5 another mobile home. 6 b. For purposes of this subsection, “good cause” means 7 violation of this chapter by the tenant, a material violation 8 of the manufactured home community or mobile home park rules 9 or regulations, a change in the use of the land on which the 10 mobile home park is located, or material noncompliance with the 11 rental agreement by the tenant. 12 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 562B.12A Increasing rent. 13 A landlord shall not increase the rent on any tenant in a 14 mobile home park unless the landlord has provided notice at 15 least one hundred eighty days in advance of the rent increase. 16 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 17 importance, takes effect upon enactment. > 18 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting 19 < An Act providing for remedies, procedures, and requirements 20 applicable to landlords under specified circumstances and 21 including effective date provisions. > 22 -2- HF638.2493.S (1) 88 jh 2/ 2