Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1994 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly A Bill 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1994 3
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7	7	By: Representative A. Collins 5
8	8	By: Senator M. McKee 6
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10	10	For An Act To Be Entitled 8
11	11	AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SELF-SERVICE 9
12	12	STORAGE FACILITIES; TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION BY A 10
13	13	SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY TO AN OCCUPANT WHEN THE 11
14	14	OCCUPANT'S LEASED SPACE IS COMPROMISED; AND FOR OTHER 12
15	15	PURPOSES. 13
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18	18	Subtitle 16
19	19	TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SELF -SERVICE 17
20	20	STORAGE FACILITIES; AND TO REQUIRE 18
21	21	NOTIFICATION BY A SELF -SERVICE STORAGE 19
22	22	FACILITY TO AN OCCUPANT WHEN THE 20
23	23	OCCUPANT'S LEASED SPACE IS COMPROMISED. 21
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25	25	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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27	27	SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 18, Chapter 16, Subchapter 4, is 25
28	28	amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 26
29	29	18-16-416. Compromised leased space — Notification required — 27
30	30	Definitions. 28
31	31	(a) As used in this section: 29
32	32	(1) "Compromised" means that an operator has actual knowledge 30
33	33	that: 31
34	34	(A) A leased space has been forcibly accessed by an 32
35	35	individual other than the occupant, the operator, or an individual authorized 33
36	36	by the occupant or the operator; 34
37	37	(B) Property has been taken from a leased space by an 35
38	38	individual other than the occupant, the operator, or an individual authorized 36 HB1994
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41	41	by the occupant or the operator; or 1
42	42	(C) A leased space has been damaged to the extent that 2
43	43	property within the leased space is accessible by an individual other than 3
44	44	the occupant, the operator, or an individual authorized by the occupant or 4
45	45	operator; and 5
46	46	(2) "Individual authorized by the occupant or operator" means an 6
47	47	individual listed on the rental agreement or an individual who has the 7
48	48	applicable key or code to access the leased space. 8
49	49	(b) An operator shall contact an occupant who has a compromised lease 9
50	50	space by telephone, email, or regular mail within five (5) business days of 10
51	51	the operator's actual knowledge that the occupant's leased space has been 11
52	52	compromised. 12
53	53	(c)(1) This section does not impose any responsibility on the operator 13
54	54	for the care, custody, or control of the occupant’s personal property. 14
55	55	(2) The operator does not have a duty or obligation to determine 15
56	56	whether a leased space has been compromised. 16
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