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Last action · February 14, 2025

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Introduced February 12, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB478

AN ACT relating to emergency response fees.

Amend KRS 65.111 to prohibit collection of an emergency response fee from a landlord if the response was not the result of the landlord's failure to maintain the building; specify authority to collect from the responsible party.

Emergency Medical Services Firefighters and Fire Departments Landlord and Tenant Local Government Police, City and County Special Districts

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This bill would change the rules about who can be charged a fee when emergency responders are called to a rental property. Under the proposed change, a landlord could not be billed for the emergency response if the situation was not caused by the landlord's failure to maintain the building. Instead, the fee could only be collected from the party responsible for the emergency. Who it may affect: landlords and renters in Kentucky.

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