Rep. Annazette Collins
Filed: 3/24/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4650
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4650, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
4 | 1, by replacing lines 18 through 22 on page 1 and lines 1 | ||||||
5 | through 5 on page 2 with the following:
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6 | " (a-5) A landlord, or his or her agent, commits the offense | ||||||
7 | of criminal housing management when, under any agreement, | ||||||
8 | whether written or verbal, the landlord or agent charges a | ||||||
9 | tenant for gas, water, or electrical utility service and: | ||||||
10 | (1) the landlord or agent fails to pay the utility | ||||||
11 | company for the service, resulting in termination of that | ||||||
12 | utility service to the tenant's residence; and | ||||||
13 | (2) the termination of utility service is not corrected | ||||||
14 | within 24 hours after it was terminated, unless the delay | ||||||
15 | is caused by an act of God or other occurrence through no | ||||||
16 | fault of the landlord or agent; and | ||||||
17 | (3) the termination of utility service endangers the | ||||||
18 | health or safety of the tenant or a member of the tenant's | ||||||
19 | household. "; and | ||||||
20 | on page 2, lines 10 and 11, by replacing " building " each time | ||||||
21 | it appears with " building containing 3 or more residential | ||||||
22 | units "; and | ||||||
23 | on page 2, by replacing lines 20 through 22 with the following: |
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1 | " A first conviction for a violation of subsection (a)
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2 | Criminal housing management is a Class A misdemeanor. A | ||||||
3 | subsequent conviction for a violation of subsection (a) is a | ||||||
4 | Class 4 felony. | ||||||
5 | A first conviction for a violation of subsection (a-5) is a | ||||||
6 | petty offense. A second conviction for a violation of | ||||||
7 | subsection (a-5) is a business offense subject to a fine not to | ||||||
8 | exceed $1,500. A third or subsequent conviction for a violation | ||||||
9 | of subsection (a-5) is a Class A misdemeanor. ".
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