SB 5049 - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Supports providing tenants and landlords with information designed to minimize the public's exposure to mold.

Requires landlords to provide tenants with information provided or approved by the department of health about the health hazards associated with exposure to indoor mold. Information may be provided in written format individually to each tenant, or may be posted in a visible, public location at the dwelling unit property. The information must detail how tenants can control mold growth in their dwelling units to minimize the health risks associated with indoor mold.

Requires the information to be provided by the landlord to new tenants at the time the lease or rental agreement is signed, and must be provided to current tenants no later than January 1, 2006, or must be posted in a visible, public location at the dwelling unit property beginning the effective date of this act.

Provides that the landlord and his or her agents and employees are immune from civil liability for failure to comply with this act except where the landlord and his or her agents and employees knowingly and intentionally do not comply with this act.