Rudolph Cane Archives - Laws for Landlords

Medical Marijuana – Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission

Altering the purpose of the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission to include approval of physicians, development of a Web site, establishment of an application review process, and issuance of medical marijuana grower licenses; authorizing a medical marijuana grower to distribute marijuana at specified facilities; identifying patients and caregivers; requiring the Commission to report to the General Assembly on the level of competition in the market for medical marijuana on or before December 1, 2015; etc.

October 10, 2022

Home Act of 2013

Expanding the housing policy of the State regarding the provision of fair housing to include providing for fair housing regardless of source of income; prohibiting specified discriminatory acts based on a person’s source of income; establishing specified qualifications and limitations on the general prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.

July 27, 2022

Real Property – Residential Leases – Interest on Security Deposits

Altering the interest rate paid on a residential tenant’s security deposit to 1 percentage point below the Federal Reserve Board’s discount rate as of January 1 of each year; etc.

April 1, 2021

Residential Property – Prohibition on Nonjudicial Evictions

Prohibiting a party claiming the right to possession from taking possession or threatening to take possession of specified residential property from a specified protected resident by locking the resident out; requiring a party claiming the right to possession to provide a specified notice in a specified manner under specified circumstances; establishing that specified persons may take possession of residential property from a protected resident only under specified circumstances; providing specified remedies for a violation of the Act; etc.

April 1, 2021

Real Property – Residential Leases – Interest on Security Deposits

Changing the interest rate paid on a security deposit at the end of a tenancy under a residential lease when an evicted or ejected tenant makes a timely written demand for return of the security deposit; altering the annual interest rate paid by a mobile home park owner on a security deposit at the end of a tenancy; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to maintain on its Web site a specified list or calculator; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

April 1, 2021

Public Utilities – Consumer Relations – Tenant Payment of Landlord Utility Bills

Authorizing a specified tenant to prevent the termination of specified utility service by applying for a new utility service account; specifying that a specified tenant may not incur liability for specified charges; requiring a specified utility service provider to establish a new utility service account for a specified tenant under specified circumstances; etc.

April 1, 2021

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Medical Marijuana – Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission

Home Act of 2013

Real Property – Residential Leases – Interest on Security Deposits

Residential Property – Prohibition on Nonjudicial Evictions

Real Property – Residential Leases – Interest on Security Deposits

Public Utilities – Consumer Relations – Tenant Payment of Landlord Utility Bills