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SENATE BILL NO. 1442 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 8, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 55-248.51 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; penalties. ---------- Patron-- McPike ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 55-248.51 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 55-248.51. Penalties for violation of chapter.

If the landlord acts in willful violation of §§ § 55-248.43, 55-248.45, 55-248.47 or § 55-248.50 or if the landlord fails to provide a written, dated lease, the tenant is entitled to recover from the landlord an amount equal to the greater of either three times the tenant's monthly rental payment at the time of the violation, or actual damages and reasonable attorney's attorney fees.