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2001 SESSION
SB 1229 Landlord and tenant provisions in Northern Virginia.
Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Landlord and tenant. Extends from 30 to 45, the number of days a landlord has to notify a tenant of any deduction in the tenant’s security deposit; provides that if a landlord willfully fails to comply with the provisions relating to security deposits, the court shall order return of the deposit and any accrued interest to the tenant, together with reasonable attorney’s fees; clarifies the notice to be given by the landlord for the entry into a tenant’s unit for routine maintenance; provides that the tenant, upon termination of occupancy, is responsible for payment to the landlord for the reasonable costs incurred in removing burglary prevention and fire detection devices installed by the tenant and for any repairs for damage to the unit because of the removal of the devices; allows a tenant to use the rent escrow provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act regardless of the number of notices to pay or quit he has received from the landlord; and limits the amount of post-possession damages a landlord can recover under a rental agreement. The bill also incorporates into other Virginia law governing landlord and tenant issues provisions of the VRLTA relating to the maintenance of residential rental units and imposes obligations on both the landlord and tenant to maintain the dwelling unit. This bill is a recommendation of the Housing Study Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 019527500 pdf
- 01/22/01 Senate: Printed as engrossed 019527500-E pdf
- 02/15/01 House: Committee substitute printed 011175608-H1 pdf
- 02/28/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1229ER) pdf
- 03/27/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 019527500
- 01/10/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/01 Senate: Reported from General Laws with amds (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 Senate: Read second time
- 01/22/01 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/22/01 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/22/01 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/22/01 Senate: Printed as engrossed 019527500-E
- 01/23/01 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/07/01 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/01 House: Read first time
- 02/07/01 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/12/01 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 1
- 02/14/01 House: Reported from General Laws with sub (23-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/01 House: Committee substitute printed 011175608-H1
- 02/16/01 House: Read second time
- 02/19/01 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/01 House: Read third time
- 02/20/01 House: Committee substitute agreed to 011175608-H1
- 02/20/01 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 011175608-H1
- 02/20/01 House: Passed House with substitute (91-Y 5-N)
- 02/20/01 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 5-N)
- 02/22/01 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/01 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1229ER)
- 03/02/01 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/23/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/27/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)