CHAPTER 48
HB 1523 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1523
AN ACT relative to landlord-tenant obligations.
SPONSORS: Rep. Craig, Hills 38
This bill extends payments on behalf of tenants to include payments by voucher from the state, a county, or any organization that disburses state or federal funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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00-2548
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to landlord-tenant obligations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
48:1 Entities Paying Rent on Behalf of a Tenant. Amend RSA 540:9-a to read as follows:
540:9-a Payment by Voucher and Application of Rents Paid by [the] a Municipality. Any rental payment or partial rental payment tendered by the tenant in the form of a written promise to pay on behalf of the tenant by the state, a county or a municipality of this state, or a payment by any organization which disburses federal or state funds, and any application by [the] a municipality of amounts owed to it by a landlord pursuant to RSA 165:4-a, shall constitute payment by the tenant of the amount represented in the voucher, and of any amount applied by [the] a municipality to delinquent balances of the landlord; provided, that this section shall not be construed to obligate a landlord to accept partial rental payments or payments tendered after the expiration of the notice to quit.
48:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 7, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 6, 2000)