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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

     Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard

     Date Introduced: January 21, 2020

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

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

     34-18-37. Termination of periodic tenancy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

87-1 or elderly as defined in § 42-66-4.1, the written notice shall be delivered at least sixty (60)

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

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

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

in § 42-66-4.1 unless the tenant is in violation of §§ 34-18-35 or 34-18-36.

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

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

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

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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 for

elderly or disabled tenants from December 1 to February 1 and would require sixty (60) days

written notice to the elderly or disabled.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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