Fraudulent Utility Conversion; create crime when landlord fails to pay utilities and tenants' utilities are interrupted.

Summary

The bill makes it illegal for anyone who receives lease payments intended for utilities to deliberately fail to pay those bills or use deception to avoid payment. It targets landlords, property managers, agents or employees who control utility payments and aims to stop tenants from losing water, electricity, gas, heat, or sewer service. Penalties increase with the amount of money misappropriated, and offenders must also repay victims.

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