Renters' Right to Know Act, 2010 Colle, Mike — Bill 94 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 94, 39-2

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Bill 94, Renters' Right to Know Act, 2010

Colle, Mike

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Bill 94 2010

An Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 with

respect to reporting bed bug information

Note:

This Act amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006. For the legislative

history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed

Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Residential

Tenancies Act, 2006 is amended by adding the following section:

Bed bug information report

10.1

(1) Before

entering into a tenancy agreement, the landlord shall provide to the

prospective tenant a report stating,

(

a) whether

any information has come to the landlord's attention during the previous

five-year period with respect to bed bugs in the rental unit or in any other

rental unit in the residential complex; and

(

b) if

any information has come to the landlord's attention, details with respect to

the information.

Form

(2) The bed bug information report referred to in

subsection (1) shall be in a form provided by the Board.

Section 234 of the Act is amended by

adding the following clause:

(0.

a) fails

to provide a prospective tenant with a report required under

section 10.1 or

gives false information in the report;

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force on the day it

receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Renters' Right to Know Act, 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 to

require landlords, before a tenancy agreement is entered into, to disclose

information that has come to the landlord's attention during the previous

five-year period with respect to bed bugs in a rental unit or any other rental

unit in a residential complex.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 3, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 3, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 94

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 94, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 94 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	e3c54e08978383534c816674220283200fb419c8

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