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Wednesdav. September 5, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Kansas Senate Committee Drafts Bill for Tenants' Legal Protection
By LARRY FISH
Kansan Staff Reporter
TOPEKA - a committee of the Kansas Senate led by a University of Kansas law student has recently completed formation of a coalition that would change in landlord-tenant relationships.
the special legislative committee on consumer protection, headed by Sen. Paul Hess, R-Wichita and third-year KU law professor, R-Wichita will increase the legal rights of tenants.
Hess said yesterday that the bill would deal with three issues between landlords and tenants.
—Prohibit landlords from requiring a security deposit more than the equivalent of one month's rent, make it necessary for landlords to refund the deposit within 30 days after the tenant moves out and clearly itemize any deductions.
—Prohibit the landlord from cutting services to or evicting any tenant who registers a complaint with the local board of health.
Hess said that the idea of such a bill had been around for several years and that his committee had drafted the bill from a national model.
-Allow any tenant to deduct up to $100 a month from his rent to make repairs that are needed
-Require that all tenant
"I think that it's long overdue," Hess said in an interview. We need to balance the pressure of teaching with the responsibility.
He said that the common law in this area had been traditionally weighted in favor of the landlord, and that the bill was an attempt to give tenants more legal rights.
Fourteen witnesses have testified about the bill, with almost as many opposing the bill as favoring it. One of those appearing in court was Mike Davis, professor of law at KU
"I think the bill has a real bearing for KU students. Lawrence was a real focal point in our work."
Parts of the bills were opposed by apartment owners' associations from Johnson and Douglas counties. Hess said the proposed provision would allow tenants to deduct up to $100 a month from the rent to cover the cost of repairs the landlord has paid.
If his bill is passed, Hess said the landlord will have 30 days in which to make the payment.
Nearly one-third of the students working as security monitors in the four KU coed residence halls this semester are women, according to the University housing
repairs.
Janet Mulin, personnel officer for the housing department, said that of the 32 student monitors hired for Eilworth, Haskins, McCollum and Oliver Halls, 11
After that time the tenant could have the repair done and abstract the repairs from repairs.
The bill would also give local boards of health responsibility for setting standards for apartment housing and for enforcing the standards.
Daumier, a French caricaturist and painter who lived from 1880 to 1879, trained at the Academy of Boudin where he studied lithography, a method of printmaking.
Arlene Cook, Kansas City, Kan., junior, who is employed as a security monitor at McColm, said, "It is a good job if you can condition yourself to stay an all night."
The housing department wanted to maintain a balance of men and women employees in the coed residence halls, Mullin said. She said the department didn't confer that a move toward women's liberation but simply a move toward practicality.
Security monitors are responsible for checking people at the door and registering guests during security hours at the halls. They make regular rounds to residents, renters, and employees in the residence rules. They also report on needed repairs on equipment such as fire extinguishers.
Tenants could complain to local boards about unfit conditions and provide the landlord with a chance to appeal the complaint. Hess said. If the board found the complaint valid, the landlord would be given 80 days to make the necessary
Hess said he expected the bill to be presented to the legislature when the committee concludes.
A showing of Honore Daumier's lithographs from the University of Kansas Museum of Art collection opened yesterday in the Kansas Union Gallery.
All security guards apply for positions through their individual residence halls and are chosen by interview. Monitors work an 8-hour shift about every three days about 16 hours each week. Men and women monitors receive equal pay for their work.
If the repairs were not made, the bill would allow tenants to suspend rent payment to the landlord and pay it into an escrow account set up by the local health officials. The landlord could then make repairs from the escrow account within 90 days. If the repairs were made, the tenant could then move and keep the money he had paid into escrow.
A popular cartoonist for "Le Chariervi, a French daily journal, Daumier is known for his satirical depictions of the hypocrisy of the rich, the bourgeoisie and the government. The show includes many of his cartoons.
Women Hired for Hall Security Jobs
The show will run until Sept. 18. Gallery hours are 8:30 to 4 p.m.
At McCollum, men and women menus work as a team on their shifts. Cook said she thought this was good because it made the woman feel a little less conscious.
French Lithographs Featuring Cartoons On Display at Union
The responsibilities of men and women monitors are similar. Women, however, often work on women's floors where they monitor students' privacy and security problems as unregistered guests.
he thought they could do the job as well as men.
Cook said women could do the job as well as men, but added that she didn't consider a man being able to cook.
"I don't like the term 'women's lib,' she
said. "I'm not ever felt like I want liberated.
I just applaud."
McCollium Hall employs seven security monitors, three of them women. Malcolm Robinson, assistant resident director at McCollium, said women were hired because
Interviews for chairmen and cochairmen positions in the Quarterback Club (SUA replays of football films), the Table Tennis Club, the Chess Club and the Bridge Club will be Monday in the SUA office in the Kansas Union.
SUA Interviews Set for Monday
Club chairmen should have a wide knowledge of the area of interest and be willing to devote time to the promotion of the club.
Interested persons should sign up for an interview by Friday afternoon in the SUA office. Questions about the chairmanships can be directed to Rich Lindman, Salina junior and SUA board member in charge of recreation.
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