Bill Text: HI SB421 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB421 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB421-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 521, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§521- Application
screening fee. (a) When a landlord or the landlord's agent
receives a request from an applicant to rent residential property, the landlord
or the landlord's agent may charge the applicant an application screening fee
at the time the application is processed for the residential property to cover
the costs of obtaining information about the applicant. Information sought by the landlord or the
landlord's agent charging the fee may include personal reference checks, tenant
reports, and credit reports produced by any consumer credit reporting agency.
(b) The amount of the application screening fee
shall not exceed $25. A landlord or the
landlord's agent may charge only one application screening fee per application
and shall not charge an application screening fee for each member of a
household.
(c) Within ten days of a request by the
applicant, the landlord or the landlord's agent shall provide to the applicant
a receipt for payment of the application screening fee and a copy of any report
obtained by the landlord or landlord's agent as a result of the applicant
paying the screening fee.
(d) The landlord or the landlord's agent shall
return to the applicant any amount of the application screening fee that is not
used for the purposes authorized by this section.
(e) For the purposes of this section:
"Consumer credit reporting
agency" has the same meaning as in section 489P-2.
"Credit report" has the same meaning as in section 489P-2."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
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Report Title:
Residential Landlord-tenant Code; Application Screening Fee; Tenant Report; Credit Report
Description:
Allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee as part of the applicant screening process for renting residential property. Limits the amount that may be charged for an application screening fee. Requires the landlord or agent to return any unauthorized fee amounts to the applicant.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
