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H. 4937

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Rice
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Introduced in the House on April 4, 2006
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Noncompliance with rental agreement

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    4/4/2006  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-4
    4/4/2006  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-4

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/4/2006

TO AMEND SECTION 27-40-710, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NONCOMPLIANCE WITH A RENTAL AGREEMENT BY A TENANT, SO AS TO SPECIFY A WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIREMENT OF FIVE DAYS BEFORE TERMINATION OF A RENTAL AGREEMENT BY A TENANT IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 27-40-540.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 27-40-710 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 59 of 1999, is further amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

"( )    If a tenant is in violation of Section 27-40-540, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement if the landlord gives the tenant written notice of the landlord's intent to terminate the agreement five days before the termination."

SECTION    2.    Section 27-40-710(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 382 of 1998, is further amended to read:

"(B)    If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within five days from the date due or the tenant is in violation of Section 27-40-540, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement provided if the landlord has given the tenant written notice of nonpayment and his intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that period. The landlord's obligation to provide notice under pursuant to this subsection is satisfied for any lease term after the landlord has given gives one such notice to the tenant or if the notice is contained in conspicuous language in a written rental agreement. The written notice requirement upon the landlord under pursuant to this subsection shall be is considered to have been complied with satisfied if the rental agreement contains the following or a substantially equivalent provision."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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