Bill Text: VA SB959 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Va Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord to inspect vacated dwelling for abandoned animals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Left in Courts of Justice [SB959 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-SB959-Comm_Sub.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 959
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
on January 30, 2017)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Spruill)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
55-248.16:1 relating to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;
responsibility of tenant; abandoned animals; penalty.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 55-248.16:1 as follows:
§55-248.16:1. Tenant responsibility; abandoned animal; penalty.
A. In addition to the obligations set out in §55-248.16, the tenant shall not abandon a companion animal either during the tenancy or after the tenant vacates the dwelling unit. The penalty for such abandonment shall be as set out in §3.2-6504.
B. As used in this section:
"Abandon" means the same as that term is defined in §3.2-6500.
"Companion animal" means the same as that term is defined in §3.2-6500.
