Relating to utilities at rental properties, including landlord notification of delinquency notices sent by utilities, landlord notification requirements to utilities, and permitting landlords to use security deposits to satisfy delinquent utility accounts

Under current law, for a residential or commercial rental property to be exempt from a lien for delinquent rates or charges imposed by a city utility or enterprise, a landlord must provide the name of a tenant who is responsible for charges to the city utility or enterprise when the tenant is delinquent in paying rates or charges. A landlord must provide a new notice if a tenant that is responsible for a delinquency moves out. This bill removes the requirement that a landlord provide the name of a tenant that is responsible for a delinquency in a notice to a city utility or enterprise. The bill removes the requirement that a landlord provide a new notice to a city utility or enterprise if the tenant responsible for a delinquency moves out. The bill provides that the landlord may withhold from a tenant’s security deposit amounts as reasonably necessary to pay for delinquent utility accounts the tenant was responsible to pay during the tenancy.