Bill Text: CA AB331 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hiring of real property.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-07-01 - In committee: Set, final hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB331 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB331-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 331 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 4, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hall (Coauthors: Assembly Members Brownley, Carter, De Leon, Fuentes, Gilmore, Monning, Nielsen, and Portantino) FEBRUARY 18, 2009 An act to add Section 1940.95 to the Civil Code, relating to real property. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 331, as amended, Hall. Hiring of real property. Existing law contains various provisions regulating the hiring of real property, as specified. This bill would require the landlord, at the time of the execution of the rental agreement of a single-family or multifamily dwelling unit, not to exceed 4 units, to disclose in writing if the property is subject to any outstanding notice of default, pending suit to foreclose a mortgage, pending declaration of forfeiture, or any pending proceeding to foreclose a tax lien, as specified. This bill would allow the tenant to recover twice the actual damages or twice the monthly rent, whichever is greater, and all prepaid rent, if the tenancy terminates, as provided. The provisions of this bill would not apply to premises managed by acourt appointedcourt-appointed receiver. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1940.95 is added to the Civil Code, to read: 1940.95. (a) If at the time of the execution of a rental agreement of a single-familydwelling unitor multifamily dwelling unit, not to exceed four units, the premises are subject to any of the following circumstances, and the landlord has received written notice regarding the existence of any of those circumstances, the landlord shall disclose those facts to the tenant in writing before the execution of the rental agreement: (1) Any outstanding notice of default under a trust deed, mortgage, or contract of sale, or notice of trustee's sale under a trust deed. (2) Any pending suit to foreclose a mortgage, trust deed, or vendor's lien under a contract of sale. (3) Any pending declaration of forfeiture or suit for specific performance of a contract of sale. (4) Any pending proceeding to foreclose a tax lien. (b) If the tenancy terminates as a result of a circumstance that the landlord failed to disclose as required by subdivision (a), the tenant may recover from the landlord twice the actual damages or twice the monthly rent, whichever is greater, and all prepaid rent, in addition to any other remedy that the law may provide. (c) This section shall not apply to premises managed by a court appointed receiver.