BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 1704: Public asst rental payments

Allowing landlords to receive direct payments of rent for people on public assistance.

Summary

Provides that the department shall direct the payment of the installments of public assistance to any reasonable person, social service agency, or corporation, if the person receiving public assistance has failed to pay rent by the due date provided for in the rental agreement two or more times in a twelve-month period, commencing with the date of the first violation, after service of a three-day notice to comply…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to rental payments to landlords from public assistance;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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