F. In multi-unit housing, if there is separate utility metering for each unit, the
resident shall receive a copy of the utility bill for his unit upon request made to the
owner or his agent. If the unit is submetered, the resident shall then be entitled to
receive a copy of the apartment's utility bill. When utility bills for common areas are
separately apportioned between units and the costs are passed on to the residents of
each unit, each resident may, upon request, receive a copy of all utility bills being
apportioned. The calculations used as the basis for apportioning the cost of utilities for
common areas and submetered apartments shall be made available to any resident
upon request. The portion of the common area cost that would be allocated to an empty
unit if it were occupied shall not be allocated to the remaining residents. It is solely the
owner's responsibility to supply the items and information in this subsection to the
resident upon request. The owner may charge an administrative fee not to exceed five
dollars ($5.00) for each monthly request of the items in this subsection.
G. The owner shall provide a written rental agreement to each resident prior to the
beginning of occupancy.
History: 1953 Comp., § 70-7-20, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, § 20; 1987, ch. 297, §
1; 1989, ch. 340, § 3; 1999, ch. 91, § 2.
ANNOTATIONS
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, in Subsection F substituted "resident"
for "tenant" in the next-to-last sentence and "five dollars ($5.00)" for "two dollars
($2.00)" in the last sentence; and substituted "resident" for "tenant" in Subsection G.
The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, added Subsection G.