Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2232

E Recodifying the landlord and tenant law ARTICLE 1 - LANDLORD AND
TENANTDefining certain termsLEASING AND RENTRecodifying certain provisions
relating to lease requirements, restrictions and enforcement, rent liability and
tenancy termination OBLIGATIONS AND COVENANTSRecodifying certain provisions
relating to covenant requirements and restrictions, security deposits and
certain notice or disclosure requirements BUILDING INSPECTION REPORTS; BUILDING
CODE VIOLATIONS; CONDEMNED BUILDINGSRecodifying certain provisions relating to
building inspection, notice and disclosure requirements, building code
violations and condemned buildings TENANTS RIGHTSRecodifying certain provisions
relating to tenant rights to seek police and emergency assistance and to
privacyUTILITIES INTERRUPTIONS; UNLAWFUL OUSTERRecodifying certain provisions
relating to loss of essential services, unlawful termination or interruption of
utilities and intentional ouster RESIDENTIAL TENANT REPORTSDefining certain
terms; recodifying certain provisions regulating residential tenant reports by
screening services MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTSRecodifying certain provisions relating
to lease termination or cancellation, pets in subsidized handicapped accessible
rental housing units, tenant abandoned property and the legal rights and
obligations statement of the attorney general EVICTION ACTIONSRecodifying
certain provisions prohibiting forcible entry and unlawful detainer and
regulating eviction actions, specifying certain duties of the court and
providing for appeal RESIDENTIAL TENANT ACTIONSRecodifying certain provisions
providing for tenant actions for unlawful exclusion or removal, for loss of
essential services or facilities and for building violations and for the
imposition of fines against landlords for noncompliance with building repair
orders TENANT REMEDIES ACTION Recodifying certain provisions providing for
certain tenant remedy actions by residential tenants, housing related
neighborhood organizations or state, county or local departments or authorities
and for the appointment of administrators; specifying certain codification
instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the previous law providing
for the recodification of landlord and tenant provisions ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING
CHANGESMaking conforming amendments to certain statutory provisions relating to
unfair or deceptive automobile insurance practices, the real estate research and
recovery fund, the relocation of residents for lead hazard reduction purposes,
nursing home residents rights, housing with services establishments, property
manager background checks, manufactured home park rental agreements, accessible
rental units, housing finance agency (HFA) residential housing rehabilitation
grants, multifamily housing development revenue agreements, municipal industrial
development projects, water or wastewater treatment privatization, the
unauthorized practice of law, the district court housing calendar program,
forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions court jurisdiction and liens,
common interest community (CIC) conversion property, foreclosed property
receivers, the crime of owning or leasing a disorderly house and seizure of
contraband or controlled substances on rental property; specifying certain
reference change instructions to the revisor of statutes (ra, ja)