HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 116

AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 116, as amended, on line 70 by deleting “ 3 ” as it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “ 2 ”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 116, as amended, on line 71 by deleting “ 24 months ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ 18 months ”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 116, as amended, by deleting “ 24 months ” as it appears on line 12 of Senate Amendment No. 1 and inserting in lieu thereof “ 18 months ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment restricts the right of redemption so that a tenant who has 2 judgments of possession for failure to pay rent in the past 18 months is not eligible. Without the amendment, the limitation was 3 judgments of possession in a 24-month period.