2018 -- S 2795

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

     

     Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard

     Date Introduced: April 05, 2018

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (by request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 34-18-37 of the General Laws in Chapter 34-18 entitled

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"Residential Landlord and Tenant Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     34-18-37. Termination of periodic tenancy.

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     (a) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week tenancy by a written notice,

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in a form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(c), delivered to the other at least ten

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(10) days before the termination date specified in the notice.

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     (b) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy or any periodic

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tenancy for more than a month or less than a year by a written notice, in a form substantially

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similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(c), delivered to the other at least thirty (30) days before the

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date specified in the notice; provided, if the tenant is either disabled as defined in § 42-87-1 or

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elderly as defined in § 42-66-4.1, the written notice shall be delivered at least sixty (60) days

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before the date specified in the notice. No landlord may terminate a month-to-month tenancy or

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any periodic tenancy for more than a month or less than a year during the period from December

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1 until February 1 if the tenant is disabled as defined in § 42-87-1 or elderly as defined in § 42-

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66-4.1 unless the tenant is in violation of § 34-18-35 or § 34-18-36.

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     (c) The landlord or tenant may terminate a year-to-year tenancy by written notice, in a

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form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(c), delivered to the other at least three

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(3) months prior to the expiration of the occupation year.

 

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

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     This act would prohibit residential landlords from terminating period tenancies from

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December 1 to February 1 and would require sixty (60) days written notice to the elderly or

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disabled.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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