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HB 913 Original 2024 Regular Session Selders
Abstract: Provides relative to transparency for utility bills.
Proposed law defines "housing provider"
Proposed law applies to housing providers that control utility accounts for residential properties
occupied by tenants.
Proposed law states that a housing provider shall provide to a tenant a copy of the original utility bill
for the residential property where they reside if all the following occur:
(1)A tenant requests, in writing, to the housing provider a copy of the original utility bill.
(2)A tenant provides identification that he is the current tenant in the residential property for
which information is being requested.
(3)A tenant states which method he would like to receive the bill, either by mail or email, and
the corresponding information needed to fulfill the request.
Proposed law states that if a tenant satisfies the requirements in proposed law, a housing provider
shall provide the information within 15 days of the request. After the initial request, a housing
provider shall provide to the tenant, the original utility bill monthly, before payments of those bills
are due.
(Adds R.S. 51:2621)