The Committee on Judiciary proposes the following amendment (SJ-3387.PB0002S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1.A., by striking Section 27-37-230(A)(7) and inserting:

  (7) the property has not been leased to any person for three consecutive months, and the unlawful occupant or occupants are not current or former tenants of the property pursuant to any agreement with the property owner;

Amend the bill further, SECTION 3, by striking Section 27-40-800(b) and inserting:

 (b) It is sufficient toNo court shall stay an execution of a judgment for ejectment. that Upon appeal to the circuit court, the tenant sign an undertaking that he willmay file an affidavit with the circuit court or the magistrate having jurisdiction, in which the tenant promises to pay to the landlord the amount of rent, determined by the magistrate in accordance with Section 27-40-780, as it becomes due periodically after the judgment was entered, in exchange for a stay of the execution of a judgment for ejectment. Once the affidavit is accepted by the court, Anyany magistrate, clerk, or circuit court judge shall order a stay of execution upon the undertaking.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.