BILL NUMBER: AB 2263	CHAPTERED  07/21/00

	CHAPTER   156
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 21, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 21, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 10, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Correa

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2000

   An act to amend Section 21702 of, and to add Section 21713.5 to,
the Business and Professions Code, relating to self-service storage
facilities.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2263, Correa.  Self-service storage facilities.
   The California Self-Service Storage Facility Act defines
self-service storage facilities, regulates rental agreements for
these facilities, and authorizes the imposition of liens on personal
property located at a self-service storage facility for the payment
of rent, charges, and other costs.
   This bill would authorize the owner of a self-storage facility to
assess occupants a late payment fee for delinquent rental fee
payments, as specified, and would provide that liens imposed pursuant
to this act include late payment fees.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 21702 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   21702.  The owner of a self-service storage facility and his or
her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns have a
lien upon all personal property located at a self-service storage
facility for rent, labor, late payment fees, or other charges,
present or future, incurred pursuant to the rental agreement and for
expenses necessary for preservation, sale, or disposition of personal
property subject to the provisions of this chapter.  The lien may be
enforced consistent with the provisions in this chapter.
  SEC. 2.  Section 21713.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   21713.5.  (a) The owner of a self-service storage facility may
assess a reasonable late payment fee if an occupant does not pay the
entire amount of the rental fee specified in the rental agreement,
subject to the following requirements:
   (1) No late payment fee shall be assessed unless the rental fee
remains unpaid for at least 10 days after the date specified in the
rental agreement for payment of the rental fee.
   (2) The amount of the late payment fee shall be specified in the
occupant's rental agreement.
   (3) Only one late payment fee shall be assessed for each rental
fee payment that is not paid on the date specified in the rental
agreement.
   (b) For purposes of this section, a "reasonable late payment fee"
is one that does not exceed the following:
   (1) Ten dollars ($10), if the rental agreement provides for
monthly rent of sixty dollars ($60) or less.
   (2) Fifteen dollars ($15), if the rental agreement provides for
monthly rent greater than sixty dollars ($60), but less than one
hundred dollars ($100).
   (3) Twenty dollars ($20) or 15 percent of the monthly rental fee,
whichever is greater, if the rental agreement provides for monthly
rent of one hundred dollars ($100) or more.