SB 743 - Curls, Shalonn
Provides that a landlord must keep security deposits in a depository institution and changes the amount a tenant can recover when the security deposit is wrongfully withheld
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
4426S.01I
Title
SB 743
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
N/A
Effective Date
August 28, 2016
Current Status
SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (4426S.02C)
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SCS/SB 743 - This act states that landlords must keep all security deposits in a trust account and in a depository institution insured by an agency of the federal government, and shall not commingle the security deposits with personal funds. Any interest earned on a security deposit belongs to the landlord. These requirements shall not apply to public housing authorities or government entities acting as landlords.
Currently, if a landlord wrongfully withholds any portion of the security deposit then the tenant can recover as damages not more than twice the amount withheld. This act provides that a tenant shall recover as damages twice the amount wrongfully withheld by the landlord.
This act is identical to provisions in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1862 (2016) and SB 717 (2016) and similar to SB 309 (2015), SB 182 (2015), HB 2283 (2014), and HB 884 (2013).
JESSI BAKER