Senate File 323

                                   SENATE FILE       
                                   BY  BEALL, WARNSTADT, RAGAN, BOLKCOM,
                                       BLACK, KIBBIE, HORN, CONNOLLY,
                                       DVORSKY, HATCH, FRAISE, DOTZLER,
                                       COURTNEY, QUIRMBACH, KREIMAN,
                                       STEWART, HOLVECK, GRONSTAL, SENG,
                                       and DEARDEN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the termination of a lease or rental agreement
  2    for a premises used as a dwelling by an Iowa national guard
  3    service member during state military service.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2149XS 80
  6 rh/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  29A.101A  TERMINATION OF LEASE OR
  1  2 RENTAL AGREEMENT BY SERVICE MEMBER.
  1  3    1.  A service member may terminate the lease or rental
  1  4 agreement for any premises used as a dwelling by the service
  1  5 member or the service member's dependents at any time during
  1  6 the service member's period of military service if the rent on
  1  7 the premises occupied by the service member or the service
  1  8 member's dependents is less than one thousand two hundred
  1  9 dollars per month.
  1 10    2.  Any provisions in chapter 562A not in conflict with
  1 11 this section shall apply.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill allows an Iowa national guard service member or a
  1 14 service member's dependents to terminate a lease or rental
  1 15 agreement for any premises used as a dwelling by the service
  1 16 member or the service member's dependents at any time during
  1 17 the service member's period of military service if the rent on
  1 18 the premises is less than $1,200 per month.
  1 19    "Service member" means a member of the military forces of
  1 20 the state performing military service.  "Military service"
  1 21 means full=time active state service or state active duty,
  1 22 authorized by the governor, for a period of at least 90 days
  1 23 beginning on or after April 22, 2002.
  1 24 LSB 2149XS 80
  1 25 rh/pj/5
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