2019 -- S 0071 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT | |
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Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard | |
Date Introduced: January 16, 2019 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 34-18-37 of the General Laws in Chapter 34-18 entitled |
2 | "Residential Landlord and Tenant Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 34-18-37. Termination of periodic tenancy. |
4 | (a) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week tenancy by a written notice, |
5 | in a form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(c), delivered to the other at least ten |
6 | (10) days before the termination date specified in the notice. |
7 | (b) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy or any periodic |
8 | tenancy for more than a month or less than a year by a written notice, in a form substantially |
9 | similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(c), delivered to the other at least thirty (30) days before the |
10 | date specified in the notice; provided, however, if the tenant is either disabled as defined in § 42- |
11 | 87-1 or elderly as defined in § 42-66-4.1, the written notice shall be delivered at least sixty (60) |
12 | days before the date specified in the notice. No landlord may terminate a month-to-month tenancy |
13 | or any periodic tenancy for more than a month or less than a year during the period from |
14 | December 1 until February 1 if the tenant is disabled as defined in § 42-87-1 or elderly as defined |
15 | in § 42-66-4.1 unless the tenant is in violation of §§ 34-18-35 or 34-18-36. |
16 | (c) The landlord or tenant may terminate a year-to-year tenancy by written notice, in a |
17 | form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(c), delivered to the other at least three |
18 | (3) months prior to the expiration of the occupation year. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT | |
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1 | This act would prohibit residential landlords from terminating period tenancies from |
2 | December 1 to February 1 and would require sixty (60) days written notice to the elderly or |
3 | disabled. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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