Senate File 2074

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM and CONNOLLY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to landlord disclosure requirements regarding the
  2    environmental status of rental property.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5754SS 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 562A.13, Code 2003, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The landlord or a person authorized to
  1  4 enter into a rental agreement on behalf of the landlord shall
  1  5 disclose to each tenant in writing at or before the
  1  6 commencement of the tenancy if any of the following situations
  1  7 exists:
  1  8    a.  The property is listed in the comprehensive
  1  9 environmental response compensation and liability information
  1 10 system maintained by the federal environmental protection
  1 11 agency.
  1 12    b.  The property is listed on the registry of hazardous
  1 13 waste or hazardous substance disposal sites provided for in
  1 14 section 455B.426.
  1 15    c.  The property is enrolled in the land recycling program
  1 16 pursuant to section 455H.107.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 562B.14, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1 18 the following new subsection:
  1 19    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  The landlord or a person authorized to
  1 20 enter into a rental agreement on behalf of the landlord shall
  1 21 disclose to each tenant in writing at or before the
  1 22 commencement of the tenancy if any of the following situations
  1 23 exists:
  1 24    a.  The property is listed in the comprehensive
  1 25 environmental response compensation and liability information
  1 26 system maintained by the federal environmental protection
  1 27 agency.
  1 28    b.  The property is listed on the registry of hazardous
  1 29 waste or hazardous substance disposal sites provided for in
  1 30 section 455B.426.
  1 31    c.  The property is enrolled in the land recycling program
  1 32 pursuant to section 455H.107.
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill relates to landlord disclosure requirements
  1 35 regarding the environmental status of rental property.  The
  2  1 bill relates to residential leases and manufactured home
  2  2 communities or mobile home parks.
  2  3    The bill provides that the landlord or a person authorized
  2  4 to enter into a rental agreement on behalf of the landlord
  2  5 shall disclose to each tenant in writing at or before the
  2  6 commencement of the tenancy if the property is listed in the
  2  7 comprehensive environmental response compensation and
  2  8 liability information system maintained by the federal
  2  9 environmental protection agency, the property is listed on the
  2 10 registry of hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal
  2 11 sites, or the property is enrolled in the land recycling
  2 12 program.
  2 13 LSB 5754SS 80
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