Rescinded Rental Rights Resale Ban Act

[Dogen851]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

BAN THE RESALE OF RENTAL RIGHTS AND PROTECT NEW PLAYERS




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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Rental Rights Resale Ban Act'.

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by President Antonfr, building on the Rental Rights Removal Act by EmeraldGuuy and Vennefly.

(4) This Act has been sponsored by Representative Dogen851, and co-sponsored by Deputy President of the Senate _GreyMC.

(5) This Act amends the following Acts:

(a) Redmont Civil Code Act
(b) Property Standards Act
(c) Executive Standards Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) Some players rent government leasehold regions and then sell the right to rent them to other players, most often new players who see listings in #realestate and do not know the region could be rented from the Government directly.

(2) The purpose of this Act is to ban the sale of rental rights while making sure that the penalty falls on the seller, not on the new player who was taken advantage of.

(3) This Act also introduces fines for exceeding plot limits while giving people a fair chance to correct honest mistakes, sets one standard definition of an eviction report, and clarifies which plots the Realtor exemption applies to.

3. Definitions

(1) The definitions of Eviction Report, Leasehold Region, and Rental Rights are set out in §3 of the Property Standards Act, as amended by this Act.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

4. Amendments to the Redmont Civil Code Act

(1) Section 8 of Part VII of the Redmont Civil Code Act is amended as follows:

"8. Plot Limitations
Violation Type: Administrative
Remedy: Eviction; Administrative action
(a) First violation: Up to 20 civil penalty units; Eviction of excess plots
(b) Second violation: Up to 40 civil penalty units; Eviction of excess plots
(c) Subsequent violations: Up to 80 civil penalty units; Eviction of excess plots
A person commits a violation if the person:
(a) owns or rents more properties than allowed under plot limitations §17 of the Property Standards Act, without a valid Realtor exemption; and
(b) fails to divest themselves of or unrent excess plots within 7 days of:
(i) exceeding the applicable plot limitation; or
(ii) losing eligibility for a Realtor exemption, including by failing to resell excess plots within the time limit required by the law.
the resolve time set by DCT policy after an eviction report is filed against the excess plots.
Eviction may proceed in accordance with DCT policy, but civil penalty units shall not be incurred where:
(c) the person divested or unrented the excess plots within 48 hours of being given written notice of the eviction report; or
(d) the excess arose because another person transferred ownership or tenancy to them without their consent.
Relevant Law: Act of Congress - Property Standards Act"

(2) The following Section is appended to Part VII of the Redmont Civil Code Act:

"19. Sale of Rental Rights
Violation Type: Administrative
Remedy:
(a) First violation: Up to 40 civil penalty units; Restitution to the buyer
(b) Second violation: Up to 80 civil penalty units; Restitution to the buyer; Eviction from any Leasehold Region held by the seller
(c) Subsequent violations: Up to 120 civil penalty units; Restitution to the buyer; Eviction from any Leasehold Region held by the seller
A person commits a violation if the person:
(a) offers or attempts to sell Rental Rights to a Leasehold Region through any form of communication; or
(b) sells, or receives any payment, item, or other consideration in exchange for, Rental Rights to a Leasehold Region, including by vacating or transferring a Leasehold Region in return for payment.
This violation shall not occur where:
(c) the consideration is only for items or builds belonging to the person, at no more than their fair market value; or
(d) the transfer was approved by the Department of Construction and Transportation.
An offer and a completed sale of the same Rental Rights shall count as a single violation.
The buyer of Rental Rights does not commit a violation under this Section and shall not be evicted solely because they bought Rental Rights, unless they knowingly acted on behalf of the seller.
Relevant Law: Act of Congress - Property Standards Act"

5. Amendments to the Property Standards Act

(1) Section 3 of Part I of the Property Standards Act is amended by appending the following:

"(h) Eviction Report. A report, also referred to as a compliance report, filed by the Department of Construction and Transportation or a building inspector stating that a region does not comply with law or DCT policy, which may lead to the eviction of that region.

(i) Leasehold Region. Any region owned by the Government and made available for rent, including Government Subsidized Commercial Spaces.

(j) Rental Rights. The right or ability to rent a Leasehold Region.

(2) The definitions in subsections (1)(h), (1)(i), and (1)(j) shall apply to all Acts of Congress and department regulations, and any reference in law to a compliance report shall be read as a reference to an eviction report."

(2) Section 17 of Part III of the Property Standards Act is amended as follows:

"17. Plot Limitations

(8) Government Subsidized Commercial Spaces. A citizen may not own rent more than 2 of each type of Government Subsidized Commercial Space.

(9) Realtors. Any citizen with a Realtor job may exceed these limitations by 5 plots each:

(a) excluding BM plots, FR plots, and Government Subsidized Commercial Spaces Ranch plots, Farmland plots, Government Subsidized Commercial Spaces, and any other Leasehold Region; and

(b) provided the plots exceeding these limitations are for the purpose of reselling the plot within 30 days of purchasing the plot.

(3) Section 21(3)(a)(i) of Part IV of the Property Standards Act is amended as follows:

(i) a building inspector has filed a compliance report an eviction report against the region; or

(4) Section 22(2)(a) of Part IV of the Property Standards Act is amended as follows:

(a) This requirement does not apply where a building inspector has filed a compliance report an eviction report against the region."

6. Amendments to the Executive Standards Act

(1) Section 11(1) of the Executive Standards Act is amended by appending the following:

"(d) Filing eviction reports and evicting regions which do not comply with law or DCT policy."

PART III — MISCELLANEOUS

7. Transition

(1) No civil penalty units shall be incurred under §8 of Part VII of the Redmont Civil Code Act, as amended by this Act, for plots held in excess of plot limits at the time of this Act's signage, where the excess plots are divested or unrented within 7 days of this Act's signage.

 

[HatManMC]

Sorry, this slipped by me.

To the discontent of all, this bill is sadly out of order as it has not been 14 days nor has a Motion for Reconsideration been passed. This bill is Out of Order and shall be marked as rescinded.