| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 62 0098 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 779 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Neal of the 79 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Bell of the 75 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Douglas of the 78 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Flournoy of the |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Scott of the 76 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | relating to landlord and tenant in general, so as to require landlords and managers of2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | apartment buildings or complexes to provide local police and fire departments certain3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | information; to provide for a penalty; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | landlord and tenant in general, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | "44-7-14.2. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) The landlord or manager of any apartment building or complex shall provide local11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | police and fire departments with current and up to date:12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) After hours maintenance telephone numbers; and13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) After hours management telephone numbers.14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) Any landlord or manager found to be in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall be fined $2,000.00 per violation.16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) Any landlord or manager found to be in continuing violation of subsection (a) of this17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Code section shall be fined every five days they remain in violation.18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) Any landlord or manager who receives a communication from local police and fire19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | departments shall respond to such communication within one hour. If the landlord or20 |
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| 41 | 41 | | manager does not respond, they shall be fined $5,000.00.21 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (e) All fines collected pursuant to this Code section shall be paid into Clayton County22 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Public Schools Homeless Education Department."23 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2.24 |
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| 45 | 45 | | This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025, and shall apply to all violations occurring25 |
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| 46 | 46 | | on or after such date.26 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3.27 |
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| 48 | 48 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.28 |
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| 49 | 49 | | H. B. 779 |
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