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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 573 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 340 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tackey Chan |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to clarifying the self-storage law for consumers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/10/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 573 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 340 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 340) of Tackey |
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| 19 | 19 | | Chan for legislation to clarify self-storage laws. Consumer Protection and Professional |
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| 20 | 20 | | Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4504 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to clarifying the self-storage law for consumers. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 105A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition, “Abandoned lease space” and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3inserting in place thereof the following definition:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 “Abandoned leased space”, (i) a leased space that the operator finds unlocked and empty |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5or unlocked and containing personal property with a value less than $300, in the operator's |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6opinion, (ii) a leased space, which possession, all rights to and any personal property within has |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7been affirmatively surrendered to the operator by the occupant; or (iii) a leased space containing |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8personal property upon the end of the rental agreement. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 105A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10hereby further amended by inserting at the end of the definition of “Rental agreement”, the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11following new sentence:- A rental agreement may be delivered and accepted electronically. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 SECTION 3. Section 2 of chapter 105A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence:- The occupant shall be |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14bound by the rental agreement, even if unsigned, if the occupant uses the leased space more than |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1530 days after delivery of the written notice of the rental agreement to the occupant. |
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