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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)

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Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
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Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2005-08-05

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¶ 22. The legislative debate on the habitability sections in the RRAA supports our assessment that the Legislature’s focus was on patent habitability defects. After its introduction in the Vermont House of Representatives, the RRAA bill, H.339, was ultimately referred to the House Judiciary Committee. H. Jour. 208,1985-1986 Gen. Assem., Adj. Sess. (Vt. Feb. 26, 1986). The Judiciary Committee struck all the original provisions of the bill, except for the enacting clause, and substituted its own amended version of the bill. Id. The section of the committee’s amended bill dealing with tenant remedies in the event of habitability breaches is identical to the final version of the RRAA. Compare id. at 210 with 9 V.S.A. § 4458. The following exchange is a representative sample of the committee’s discussion: