Bill Text: DE HB57 | 2021-2022 | 151st General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rules And Regulations Relating To Certain Buildings Single Room Lease.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-17 - Signed by Governor [HB57 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2021-HB57-Engrossed.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Smyk & Rep. Carson & Rep. Cooke & Sen. Ennis |
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Reps. Brady, Gray, Ramone; Sens. Gay, Lawson, Wilson |
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 57
AS AMENDED BY
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS SINGLE ROOM LEASE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend § 5106, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 5106. Rental agreement; term and termination of rental agreement.
(c) Subject to the provisions of § 5512 of this title, The the landlord may terminate any rental agreement, other than month-to-month agreements, by giving a minimum of 60 days’ written notice to the tenant prior to the expiration of the term of the rental agreement. The notice shall indicate that the agreement shall terminate upon its expiration date. A tenant may terminate a rental agreement by giving a minimum of 60 days’ written notice prior to the expiration of the term of the rental agreement that the agreement shall terminate upon its expiration date.
Section 2. Amend § 5512, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 5512. Rules and regulations relating to certain buildings; landlord remedies.
Any provision of the Landlord-Tenant Code [Chapters 51 through 59 of this title] to the contrary notwithstanding, written rental agreements for the rental of single rooms in certain buildings may be terminated immediately upon notice to the tenant for a tenant’s material violation of a regulation which has been given to a tenant at the time of contract or lease, and in cases where there is no written lease, either 15 days after written notice to the tenant of a breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment of similar conduct, or 30 days after written notice for any other reason, and the landlord shall be entitled to bring a proceeding for possession where:
