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2013 SESSION
HB 1734 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; technical amendments.
Introduced by: G. Manoli Loupassi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that where there is more than one tenant subject to a rental agreement, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by each of the tenants, disposition of the security deposit shall be made with one check being payable to all such tenants and sent to the forwarding address provided by the tenants. If the tenants do not provide the landlord a forwarding address to enable the landlord to make a refund of the security deposit, upon the expiration of one year from the date of the end of the 45-day statutory period, the balance of the tenants' security deposit shall escheat to the Commonwealth and shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund. Upon payment to the Commonwealth, the landlord shall have no further liability to the tenant relative to the security deposit and is deemed in compliance with real estate licensing laws and corresponding regulations of the Real Estate Board. The bill also allows a landlord to proceed to obtain possession of the premises when rent is unpaid within five days after the landlord's pay or quit notice because an electronic fund transfer has been rejected due to insufficient funds or a bad faith stop order on an electronic payment by the tenant. In addition, the bill provides in the case of a month-to-month tenancy for a single family residence the lease may provide for a notice of termination period other than 30 days. Under current law such tenancy may be terminated by either party giving 30 days' notice in writing, prior to the next rent due date, of his intention to terminate. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103362D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104417D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13105066D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1734ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103362D
- 01/08/13 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/18/13 House: Assigned GL sub: #1 Housing
- 01/23/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/13 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104417D-H1
- 01/28/13 House: Read first time
- 01/29/13 House: Read second time
- 01/29/13 House: Committee substitute agreed to 13104417D-H1
- 01/29/13 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1734H1
- 01/30/13 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/11/13 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13105066D-S1
- 02/13/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/13 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/13 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 13105066D-S1
- 02/14/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1734S1
- 02/14/13 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/13 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 13105066D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/13 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/13 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1734ER)
- 02/21/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 563 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)