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Committee backs bill creating misdemeanor for certain rental holdovers to aid equipment owners
Summary
House Bill 201, as amended, would add a theft‑of‑services option addressing short‑term rental holdovers where equipment is returned after an extended period; the committee adopted a substitute and reported the bill favorably 17‑0 (with one pass explained).
Representative Matt Lockett introduced House Bill 201, a measure sponsored with input from rental business owners and county attorneys, to address situations where rented equipment is kept beyond the rental term and then returned without payment for the extended period.
Ian Goff, a rental business owner, described typical incidents: a customer rents equipment for a day, the item is not returned on schedule, and the store later receives the item back with no payment for the extended use. "We run their credit card or whatever their payment is. End of the next day, no piece of…
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