Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 70

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 161

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NOS. 1 AND 2

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 51, PART III, TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LANDLORD—TENANT CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE CODE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend 0102, Chapter 51, Part III, Title 25 of Delaware Code by adding thereto a new subsection, designated as subsection (13), which new subsection shall read as follows:

"(13) 'Transient lodgings' shall mean any rental unit which is leased or rented by a tenant for a period of 120 days or less in any calendar year under the terms of a non—renewable lease."

Section 2. Amend §5111, Chapter 51, Part III, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by adding thereto a new subsection, designated as subsection (4), which new subsection shall read as follows:

"(4) Transient lodgings located within the boundaries of Broadkill Hundred,

Lewes—Rehoboth Hundred, Indian River Hundred, and Baltimore Hundred."

Section 3. Amend §5111, Chapter 51, Part III, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by striking the word "transient" as the same appears in subsection (3), and substituting the word "similar" in lieu thereof.

Approved June 29, 1987.