Bill Text: HI SB2980 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Rent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-26 - Referred to PSM, CPH. [SB2980 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2980-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to rent.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 521-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§521-21 Rent. (a) The landlord and tenant may agree to any consideration, not otherwise prohibited by law, as rent. In the absence of such agreement, and subject to section 521-71(e) in the case of holdover tenants, the tenant shall pay to the landlord the fair rental value for the dwelling unit.
(b) Rents shall be payable at the time and place agreed to by the parties. Unless otherwise agreed, the entire rent shall be payable at the beginning of any term for one month or less, and for longer terms in equal monthly installments payable at the beginning of each month. When a rental agreement with a public assistance recipient requires that the rent be paid on or before the third day after the day on which the public assistance check is usually received, the tenant shall have the option of establishing a new due date by making a one-time payment to cover the period between the original due date and the newly established date. The new date shall not exceed by more than three days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the date on which checks are mailed. The one-time payment shall be established by dividing the monthly rental by thirty and multiplying the result by the number of days between the original and the new due dates.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day to day.
(d) When the tenancy is from month to month, the amount of rent for such tenancy shall not be increased by the landlord without written notice given forty-five consecutive days prior to the effective date of the increase.
(e) When the tenancy is less than month to month, the amount of rent for such tenancy shall not be increased by the landlord without written notice given fifteen consecutive days prior to the effective date of the increase.
(f) Where the rental agreement provides for a late charge payable to the landlord for rent not paid when due, the late charge shall not exceed eight per cent of the amount of rent due.
(g) Effective January 1, 2019, rent for all
residential dwelling units shall be established at an amount equal to the
amount of rent charged for the same dwelling unit in 2015 and shall not be
increased more than three per cent annually or three per cent per lease term;
provided that each county may adjust rents to a fair rental value for specific
areas in each county as the county deems appropriate. For any residential dwelling unit for which
rent was not collected in 2015, the county shall determine the effective base
rent for the dwelling unit.
(h) Each county shall establish a process for granting exemptions from the requirements under subsection (g) for those property owners who have invested $ or more to improve or upgrade a residential dwelling unit to meet codes as may be required by law; provided that the limits on increases to rent under subsection (g) shall still apply."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Rent; Dwelling Units; Base Rate
Description:
Establishes
that effective January 1, 2019, rent for all residential dwelling units shall
be established at an amount equal to the amount of rent charged for the same
dwelling unit in 2015 and shall not be increased more than three per cent
annually or three per cent per lease term.
Establishes that each county may adjust rents to a fair rental value for
specific areas in each county.
Establishes that for any residential dwelling unit for which rent was
not collected in 2015, the county shall determine the effective base rent for
the dwelling unit. Requires each county
to establish a process for granting exemptions from the rent control requirements
for those property owners who have invested an unspecified amount to improve or
upgrade a residential dwelling unit to meets codes.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
