BILL NUMBER: AB 2583	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to add Section  1950.9 to the Civil Code, relating to
tenancy.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2583, as amended, Lieber.  Tenancy:  personal information.
   Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential
tenancies. Existing law requires a tenant who receives a notice of
any proceeding to recover the property that he or she is occupying,
to inform his or her landlord, as specified.  Existing law prohibits
a landlord engaging in certain unlawful acts for the purpose of
influencing a tenant to vacate a dwelling.
   This bill would provide that a tenant's refusal to provide
personal, private, or financial information to a landlord does not
constitute a breach of a lease or rental agreement, with specified
exceptions.  The bill would except from this prohibition information
required to be provided during the initial application process and
information that federal, state, or local law requires a landlord to
collect.  The bill would specify that its provisions do not enlarge
or diminish the ability of local government to regulate or enforce
any right of tenants.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1950.9 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   1950.9.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a tenant's
refusal to provide personal, private, or financial information to a
landlord does not constitute a breach of a lease or rental agreement,
whether written or oral.
   (b)  The prohibition described in subdivision 
 Subdivision  (a) does not apply to the following:
   (1) Information required to be provided during the initial
application process.
   (2) Information that federal, state, or local law requires a
landlord to collect.
   (c)  For purposes of this section, "personal, private, or
financial information" does not include a contact phone number for
the unit, if one exists, or the current names of the individuals
residing in the unit.  A landlord may not abuse the right to obtain
information under this subdivision or use information to harass the
tenant.
   (d)  This section does not enlarge or diminish any ability of
local government to regulate or enforce any right of tenants,
including, but not limited to, the right to privacy or the grounds
for eviction.