HB 1317 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1317
AN ACT relative to rights of rental applicants.
SPONSORS: Rep. Salatiello, Belk 2
This bill requires lessors denying rental applications based on negative credit reports to adhere to the notification requirements of RSA 359-B.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2479
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to rights of rental applicants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Requirements of Users of Consumer Credit Reports; Lessor Duty to Rental Applicants. Amend RSA 359-B:15 to read as follows:
I. Whenever credit, rental housing, or insurance for personal, family, or household purposes, or employment involving a consumer, is denied or the charge for such credit or insurance is increased either wholly or partly because of information contained in a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency, the user of the consumer report shall so advise the consumer against whom such adverse action has been taken and supply the name and address of the consumer reporting agency making the report.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.