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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1672 By: Brooks
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Residential Landlord a nd
66	66	Tenant Act; amending 41 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 121, which
67	67	relates to deductions from rent fo r repairs;
68	68	increasing reimbursable amount for repairs under
69	69	certain circumstances; authorizing deductions from
70	70	rental payments; updating stat utory references;
71	71	making language gender neutral; and providing an
72	72	effective date.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 41 O.S. 2021, Section 121, is
79	79	amended to read as follows:
80	80	Section 121. A. Except as otherwise provided in this act the
81	81	Residential Landlord and Tenant Act , if there is a material
82	82	noncompliance by the landlord with the terms of the rental agreement
83	83	or a noncompliance with any of the provisions of Section 18 118 of
84	84	this act title which noncompliance mat erially affects health or
85	85	safety, the tenant may deliver to the lan dlord a written notice
86	86	specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that
87	87	the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty
88	88	(30) days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied
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140	140	within fourteen (14) days, an d thereafter the rental agreement s hall
141	141	so terminate as provided in the notice unless the landlord
142	142	adequately remedies the breach within the time specified.
143	143	B. Except as otherwise provided in this act the Residential
144	144	Landlord and Tenant Act , if there is a material noncompliance by the
145	145	landlord with any of the terms of the rental agreement or any of the
146	146	provisions of Section 18 118 of this act title which noncompliance
147	147	materially affects health and the breach is rem ediable by repairs,
148	148	the reasonable cost of which is less than One Hundred Dollars
149	149	($100.00) does not exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) , the
150	150	tenant may notify the landlord in writing of his the tenant’s
151	151	intention to correct the condition at the landlo rd’s expense after
152	152	the expiration of fourt een (14) days. If the landlord fails to
153	153	comply within said fourteen (14) days, or as promptly as conditions
154	154	require in the case of an emergency, t he tenant may thereafter cause
155	155	the work to be done in a workmanlike manner and, after submitting to
156	156	the landlord an itemized statement, deduct from his or her rent in
157	157	an amount not to exceed fifty pe rcent (50%) of the rental payment,
158	158	the actual and reasonable cost or the fair and reasonable value of
159	159	the work, not exceeding the amount specified in this subsection, in
160	160	which event the rental agreement shall not terminate by reason of
161	161	that breach. If the actual and reasonable cost of the repair
162	162	exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the rental payment, the tenant may
163	163	deduct an additional amount in a subsequent rental payment or
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215	215	payments, not to exceed fifty percent ( 50%) of each payment, until
216	216	the cost of the repair is fully reimbursed.
217	217	C. Except as otherwise provided in this act the Residential
218	218	Landlord and Tenant Act , if, contrary to the rental agreement or
219	219	Section 18 118 of this act title, the landlord willfull y or
220	220	negligently fails to supply heat, running water, hot water,
221	221	electric, gas or other essential service, the tenant may give
222	222	written notice to the landlord specifying the b reach and thereafter
223	223	may:
224	224	1. Upon written notice, immediately terminate the renta l
225	225	agreement; or
226	226	2. Procure reasonable amounts of heat, hot water, running
227	227	water, electric, gas or other essential service during t he period of
228	228	the landlord’s noncompliance and deduct their actual and reasonable
229	229	cost from the rent; or
230	230	3. Recover damages b ased upon the diminution of the fair rental
231	231	value of the dwelling unit; or
232	232	4. Upon written notice, procure reasonable substitute h ousing
233	233	during the period of the landlord ’s noncompliance, in which case the
234	234	tenant is excused from paying rent for the period of the landlord’s
235	235	noncompliance.
236	236	D. Except as otherwise provided in this act the Residential
237	237	Landlord and Tenant Act, if there is a noncompliance by the landlord
238	238	with the terms of the rental agreement or Section 18 118 of this act
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290	290	title, which noncompliance renders the dwelling unit uninhabitable
291	291	or poses an imminent threat to the health and safety of any occupant
292	292	of the dwelling unit and which noncompliance is not remedied as
293	293	promptly as conditions require, the t enant may immediately terminate
294	294	the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord which
295	295	notice specifies the noncompliance.
296	296	E. All rights of the tenant under this section do not arise
297	297	until he the tenant has given written notice to the landlord or if
298	298	the condition complained of was caused by the deliberate or
299	299	negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of his the family
300	300	of the tenant, his the tenant’s animal or pet or other person or
301	301	animal on the premis es with his consent of the tenant.
302	302	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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