HB849 (2007)
Relative to rent payments by voucher issued by a state or municipal agency.
Status: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR (Details)
Length: 232 words.
Revisions of this bill in our system:
| House | Senate | |
|---|---|---|
| Public hearing: | 2007-03-08 11:00:00 LOB 208 | 2007-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Executive session: | 2007-03-19 10:00:00 | (unscheduled) |
| Floor vote: | 2007-04-04 00:00:00 | 2007-05-24 00:00:00 |
CHAPTER 153
HB 849 – FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
05/01
HOUSE BILL 849
This bill establishes an affirmative defense to an eviction action if the landlord refused payment by voucher or if the tenant could have paid the rent if the landlord had provided certain information to the agency issuing the voucher.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-1115
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to rent payments by voucher issued by a state or municipal agency.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
153:1 Payment by Voucher and Application of Rents Paid by a Municipality. Amend RSA 540:9-a to read as follows:
540:9-a Payment by Voucher and Application of Rents Paid by a Municipality.
I. 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 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 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 eviction notice.
II. In any eviction based on non-payment of rent, it shall be an affirmative defense that:
(a) The tenant tendered timely payment pursuant to paragraph I, and such payment was refused; or
(b) The tenant could have tendered timely payment pursuant to paragraph I had the landlord provided ordinary and reasonable verification of rental information requested by the agency.
153:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days from its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: August 17, 2007