Senate Study Bill 1152 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HOGG) A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting certain agreements for the apportionment 1 of water utility or enterprise charges under the uniform 2 residential landlord and tenant Act and including 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1454XC (1) 85 aw/sc

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 562A.11, subsection 1, Code 2013, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. Agrees to the apportionment of water 3 utility or enterprise charges that are separately billed 4 to a tenant of a building where the dwelling units are not 5 separately metered by the utility or enterprise. 6 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to residential 7 lease agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2013. 8 EXPLANATION 9 This bill prohibits residential lease agreements from 10 incorporating provisions for the apportionment of water utility 11 or enterprise charges that are separately billed to a tenant of 12 buildings where the dwelling units are not separately metered. 13 Under current law, if a landlord willfully uses a rental 14 agreement containing prohibited provisions, which are known 15 by the landlord to be prohibited, a tenant may recover actual 16 damages sustained by the tenant and not more than three months’ 17 periodic rent and reasonable attorney fees. The bill applies 18 to residential lease agreements entered into on or after July 19 1, 2013. 20 -1- LSB 1454XC (1) 85 aw/sc 1/ 1