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Aug. 6
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JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
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A major reason to veto this legislation lies in the
requirement, even in existing law, for the landlord merely
to serve a certain number of summonses on the tenant in
order to foreclose the tenant's right of redemption. The
Governor's Landlord-Tenant Laws Study Commission has
recommended that the landlord be required to obtain a
certain number of judgments before the right of redemption
is foreclosed so that the tenant will be assured an
opportunity to assert any available defenses in the prior
actions for summary ejectment before the right to redeem is
lost. Senate Bill 921 contains no such assurance that the
defenses can be raised. Moreover, at least one of the
District Courts has questioned the propriety of the
requirement that the mere filing of three ejectment suits
serves to deprive a tenant of the right of redemption.
I believe that the Commission should examine this issue
once again and should strive to formulate a legislative
proposal which is both fair to low-income tenants and
adequately protects landlords against tenants who refuse to
pay rent when due for no adequate reason.
For these reasons, I have decided to veto Senate Bill
921.
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Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor
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Senate Bill No. 921
AN ACT concerning
Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Pay Rent
- Summary Ejectment
FOR the purpose of providing that when a complaint is filed
judgment is made; and summons is issued in a court
action by a landlord to collect past due rent from a
tenant, the total amount of rent due includes the
amount of each periodic rent payment as it accrues
together with the determination of the amount of all
late fees and court costs; requiring that an express
statement of the effect of these provisions be printed
on the complaint issued to the tenant; requiring that a
tendered redemption payment by a tenant include all
amounts stated in the judgment; clarifying language;
and generally relating to an action by a landlord for a
tenant's failure to pay rent. FOR the purpose of
providing that a certain provision relating to a
tenant's right to redeem leased premises does not apply
to certain tenants under certain circumstances.
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