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SENATE BILL NO. 1385 – Tenants, vacate property, notice

SENATE BILL NO. 1385

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S1385................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
LANDLORD/TENANT - Amends existing law to provide that a tenant may give
notice in writing to a landlord that the tenant will vacate the premises.
                                                                        
02/07    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/26    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/27    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/28    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia,
      Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
      Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Davis
    Title apvd - to House
03/01    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/08    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12    3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
      AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
      Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark,
      Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood,
      Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz,
      Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Meyer,
      Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger,
      Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33),
      Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Wheeler, Wood, Young,
      Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Pischner, Trail
    Floor Sponsor - Aikele
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/13    To enrol
    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/14    Sp signed - to Governor
03/26    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 295
         Effective: 07/01/02

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1385
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO TENANCY AT WILL; AMENDING SECTION 55-208, IDAHO CODE,  TO  PROVIDE
  3        FOR A TENANT'S TERMINATION OF A TENANCY AT WILL AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL COR-
  4        RECTIONS.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section  55-208, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        55-208.  TERMINATION OF TENANCY AT WILL. A  tenancy  or  other  estate  at
  9    will, however created, may be terminated:
 10        (1)  Bby  the  landlord's  giving  notice in writing to the tenant, in the
 11    manner prescribed by the Ccode of Ccivil Pprocedure, to remove from the  prem-
 12    ises  within  a  period of not less than one (1) month, to be specified in the
 13    notice; or
 14        (2)  By the tenant giving notice in writing to the landlord that the  ten-
 15    ant  will  be vacating the premises, on a date as specified in the notice, but
 16    not less than one (1) month from the date of notice.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


	             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                          RS 11802

This bill would impose on the tenant the same legal duty of lease 
hold termination for month to month tenancy as exists for the
landlord.

                       FISCAL IMPACT

No fiscal impact for the State of Idaho is projected.






Contact
Name:	Bart M. Davis
Phone:	208/332-1307



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		S 1385