Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to city inspections of rental properties, and providing penalties
Topics:Cities & counties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 22, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to city inspections of rental properties. Under current law, a city with a population of 15,000 or more is required to adopt an approved housing code and enforcement procedures, which must include a program for regular rental inspections, rental inspections upon receipt of complaints, and certification of inspected rental housing. Current law authorizes a city that has adopted an approved housing code to issue orders requiring violations to be corrected within a reasonable time and issue citations upon the failure to satisfactorily remedy a violation.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires a city rental inspection program to require that an inspector inspect for the presence of mold. Under the bill, a rental property owner who has been ordered to mitigate mold discovered during a rental inspection who has failed to correct the violation within a reasonable time commits a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 22, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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