Bill
Number: S.B. 1376
Griffin
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Grant Hanna
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1.
Conforms
holding, storage and disposal requirements for a landlord who retakes
possession of a rental unit for noncompliance with a rental agreement with
holding, storage and disposal requirements for a landlord who retakes
possession of a rental unit for abandonment.
2.
Restores
the requirement that a landlord must prepare an inventory of a tenant's
personal property and notify the tenant of the location of the property and the
cost of storage.
3.
Restores
the right of the tenant to recover possessions or compensation if a landlord
disposes of the tenant's possessions before the end of the holding period.
Fifty-third Legislature Griffin
Second
Regular Session S.B. 1376
GRIFFIN FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1376
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 3, line 35, strike "subsection
e" insert "subsections d, e, f, g, h and I"
Page 4, line
32, after "shall" insert "prepare
an inventory and"; after "location"
insert "and cost of storage"
Page 5, line
9, strike "or" insert "and"
Page 6, line
1, strike "cost of" insert "costs associated with"
Line 3,
after the period insert "EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS
E OR I of this section FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM STORAGE REQUIREMENTS,
within five days after a written offer by the tenant to pay the applicable
storage or removal costs the landlord must surrender possession of the personal
property in the landlord's possession to the tenant upon the tenant's tender of
payment. If the landlord fails to surrender possession of the personal property
to the tenant, the tenant may recover the possessions or an amount equal to the
damages determined by the court if the landlord has destroyed or disposed of
the possessions before the fourteen days specified in this section or after the
tenant's offer to pay."
Amend title to conform