AB 551, as introduced, Nazarian. Rental property: bedbugs.
Existing law imposes various obligations on landlords who rent out residential dwelling units, including the general requirement that the building be in a fit condition for human occupation. Among other responsibilities, existing law requires a landlord of a residential dwelling unit to provide each new tenant who occupies the unit with a copy of the notice provided by a registered structural pest control company, as specified, if a contract for periodic pest control service has been executed.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would adopt statewide standards to govern the responsibility of landlords and tenants for the inspection and control of bedbugs in residential rental properties.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation that would adopt statewide standards to govern the
P2 1responsibility of landlords and tenants for the inspection and
2control of bedbugs in residential rental properties.
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