BILL NUMBER: SB 775	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Allen

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to tenancy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 775, as introduced, Allen. Tenancy: deposits.
   Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential
tenancies. Existing law requires a landlord or his or her agent to
allow a tenant to pay rent or a security deposit by at least one form
of payment that is neither cash nor electronic funds transfer,
except as specified.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would clarify when a landlord or his or her agent
agrees that a tenant's payment for rent or deposit for security is
accepted or rejected.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would clarify when a landlord or his or her agent
agrees that a tenant's payment for rent or deposit for security is
accepted or rejected.