| 1 | 1 | | Session of 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE BILL No. 2099 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Committee on Local Government |
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| 4 | 4 | | Requested by Whitney Damron on behalf of the City of Topeka |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT concerning private rental housing; requiring landlords of |
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| 7 | 7 | | government-subsidized housing to submit to code inspection by cities |
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| 8 | 8 | | or counties; amending K.S.A. 12-16,138 and repealing the existing |
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| 9 | 9 | | section. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Section 1. K.S.A. 12-16,138 is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 12-16,138. (a) Subject to subsection (c), no city or county shall adopt, |
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| 13 | 13 | | enforce or maintain a residential property licensing ordinance or resolution |
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| 14 | 14 | | which that includes a requirement for periodic interior inspections of |
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| 15 | 15 | | privately owned residential property for city or county code violations |
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| 16 | 16 | | unless the lawful occupant has consented to such interior inspections. This |
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| 17 | 17 | | subsection shall not apply to inspections of mixed-use residential and |
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| 18 | 18 | | commercial property. This subsection shall not prohibit a city or county |
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| 19 | 19 | | from conducting plan reviews, periodic construction inspections or final |
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| 20 | 20 | | occupancy inspections as required by building permits. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) Any lawful occupant residing in privately owned residential |
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| 22 | 22 | | housing located within the corporate limits of a city may request an |
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| 23 | 23 | | inspection at any time by the city or, if the property is located in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | unincorporated area of the county, by the county to determine code |
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| 25 | 25 | | violations. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) A city or county may require periodic property inspections of |
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| 27 | 27 | | privately owned residential housing property when the owner of such |
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| 28 | 28 | | property is receiving governmental rental subsidies. The city or county |
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| 29 | 29 | | shall provide reasonable notice to the tenants of the date and time of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | inspection. The landlord may be required to perform random inspections |
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| 31 | 31 | | at the request of the city or county in response to code violation |
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| 32 | 32 | | complaints. If a tenant objects to an inspection, a city or county shall |
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| 33 | 33 | | obtain an administrative search to facilitate the inspection. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 12-16,138 is hereby repealed. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its |
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| 36 | 36 | | publication in the statute book. |
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