This Amendment clarifies the connection point at which the landlord's responsibility ends.

Plain English Breakdown

The provided official bill text excerpt ends abruptly with 'the physical', making it impossible to confirm the exact wording for situations where a lease does not define the point.

Amendment Clarifying Landlord Responsibility End Point

This amendment changes House Bill No. 39 to state that a landlord's responsibility ends at the connection point defined in the lease or, if not defined there, at the physical location.

What This Bill Does

• Deletes line 36 of House Bill No. 39 entirely.
• Inserts new text stating responsibility ends up to the connection point as defined in the lease.

Who It Names or Affects

• Landlords
• Tenants with leases

Terms To Know

Connection point

The spot where a landlord's responsibility ends, as defined in the lease or by physical location.

Lease

An agreement that may define the connection point for landlord responsibilities.

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text does not state when this law will take effect.
• The source material cuts off before fully describing what happens if a lease is absent, leaving the exact physical location rule incomplete in the provided excerpt.

Official Summary Text

This Amendment clarifies the connection point at which the landlord's responsibility ends.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Gray

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 39

AMEND House Bill No. 39 by deleting line 36 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“the landlord

up to the connection point as defined in the lease or, in the absence of such, the physical

”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment clarifies the connection point at which the landlord's responsibility ends.