Bill 220 — Second Session, 21St Legislature, 36 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 220 An Act To Amend the Landlord and Tenant Act (No. 2) Tun (Legislature 21, Session 2)

L21 S2 3127

Alberta — Bills

1987 BILL Second Session, 21st Legislature, 36 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (NO. 2) tun First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr. Gogo BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (NO. 2) (Assented to , 1987) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section is amended by adding the following after sub section (2):

(2.1) A tenant commencing an action pursuant to sub section (2) may commence the action against the landlord, against all or any of the owners of the building in which the residential premises are located and against all or any of the directors of the landlord where the landlord is a corporation and each one of such persons are jointiy and severally liable to the tenant for the amount of the security deposit that the tenant is entitled to receive. Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter L-6 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Section 39(2) reads as follows:

(2) If a landlord fails to return all or part of a security deposit to a tenant in accordance with subsection (1), then, whether or not a statement of account was delivered to the tenant, the tenant may commence an action in a court to recover the whole of the deposit or that part of the deposit to which the tenant claims to be entitled. This amendment would make the owner and the directors of a corporate owner joindy and severally liable for the return of a security deposit. Title: 1987 (21st, 2nd) Bill 220,

An Act to Amend the Landlord and Tenant Act (No. 2)

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Citation	L21 S2 3127
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