Show Vol 72 No 42 Utah State University Logan Utah Monday February 3 1975 bill Students' landlord-tenan- t termed controversial by critics fiV- ' by Kent Perry Staff Writer - A bill presently before the Business and Consumer Affairs Committee of the Utah Legislature could greatly change the landlord-tenan- t relationships the state throughout The bill the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (House Bill 72) is being debated in committee today and could be presented before the full house within the week It would define more specifically security deposits health standards and y in all the landlord’s rental agreements If passed the legislation will be bill the first landlord-tenan- t 1953 since in the state enacted The act is being supported by the Utah Intercollegiate Housing Assembly (UIHA) ASUSU and the Utah Tenant Association but has drawn criticism from the Utah Board of Realtors right-of-wa- ' - - bill this the Utah Legislature passes the Landlord-Tenan- t will both landlord and the rentor the benefit proponenyear Both critics and supporters have called the legislation one of Photo by Ron Rico the more controversial acts Money biggest setback USU studies cloud seeding by Cheri Powers Staff Reporter Local famers are hoping for being done on a limited basis by USU Hill E Geoffrey Water Utah the at meteorologist Dr Research Laboratory on the USU campus has been doing experiments during the last year to predict whichT incoming storms Valley how It’s generally accepted that a are the best for seeding and weather modification project much precipitation might be would be beneficial to Cache expected more storms we examine Valley But one main problem is the“The easier it will become to get funding Hill said Aj3esLtLmated $200000 is needed' the results we want” that discovered So far Hill has to put the program on its feet has cloud of the the temperature said Marion Olsen Cache County to “In seed when a lot to do with Commissioner cold too are clouds A bill before the Utah the winter the seeding won’t produce a positive Legislature would appropriate result In the summertime $200000 to areas interested in seeding depends on the temexperimenting and investigating perature of the cloud and its the effect of implanting silver stage of development The oxides into clouds for increased lifetime of a summer cloud is precipitation about an hour so their harder to If the bill passes 5 northern Utah counties and one southern seed” Hill said The main emphasis of our Idaho county would receive a winter program is to determine portion of the money of precipitation that amount the “The county will match any mountains in the the in falls funds received through state of absence seeding under certain legislation” Olsen said Hill said “The conditions” Dunford Weston a local farmer is expected is that precipitation said “A cloud seeding program then compared to the amount is the best thing that could not would actually meashred when the happen to everyone It is carried out Then the only help the farmers but the seeding meteorological conditions under community as a whole They’ve which increased precipitation done cloud seeding in the midoccur are established” ten the for past west successfully “Storm to storm there is a done be could I it think and years variation in the amount ot successfully here too Another local farmer Brookes precipitation due only to natural causes We have to take this into Roundy said “Cloud seeding would be very useful in the consideration” Hill said Precipitation is minimum in summer to control hail storms summer and the amount is the that destroy our crops” unreliable for year to year In the While the county is looking we can winter usually count on is funding cloud seeding already increased crop production through the starting of a weather modification program in Cache one-thir- vacating deductions between 20 to 30 inches of precipitation Hill said Water is stored in the mountains in the form of snowpack and is the most reliable reservoir for water that we have Hill said Seeding in the wintertime could increase snowpack in the mountains and when the snow melted in the sforiVig and summer there would be more water available for irrigation and other uses he added Seeding can be done successfully in the summer to suppress hail storms In some areas there is the danger of All would for damages the premises have to itemized Landlords would be required to maintain ‘‘minimum health standards” and to keep all heating plumbing electrical and sanitary services in good repair If the landlord failed to do so in 30 days the tenant could have the repairs made and deduct the cost from his rent payments Right of entry would be denied the landlord without a 24 notice emergency except in cas£ of Stronger Contracts Controversial Bill If ts of the bill say before the legislature this term and because of its controversial nature the bill may be pulled to the head of the calendar ahead of the 30 to 40 bills already on the legislative docket According to the bill landlords could not require security deposits over the cost of one ard d month’s rent and would require refunds within 30 days of Provisions would also be given the landlord which would enable him to strengthen the housing contract to prohibit tenants from accepting housing and then fail to move into it first vice Mike Sibbett president of the UIHA said the housing act is a “start” and would only hurt the dishonest tenants and dishonest landlords “Landlords are ripped off as much as tenants” he said ’’this will help them both” Sibbett said that in order for the bill to pass a great deal of student input is needed He said that personal letters written to to the state representatives housing problems would be most effective in influencing the legislators “The only ones who are scared of the bill are those who don’t understand it” Sibbett said Sibbett said the bill would also affect university dorms Cache County Representative Todd G Weston a member of the Business and Consumer Affairs Committee which is considering the bill said he was undecided on how he will vote on the matter and will wait until committee debate to decide Keep Mind Open “I want to keep an open mind on the issue” Weston said “I want to take more time to listen to (the issues involved in) it” Weston said he expected a lot of debate onthe4ssue and because of the controversy involved the bill to be moved to the head of the docket Weston said he welcomed personal letters from students on the matter because they represented ‘‘someone’s real interest” Sibbett said he would be happy get the main points of the bill through the legislature He said he knew of some prominent USU students who had gotten local housing but found no seat on the toilet in the premises Despite numerous protests the landlord did not install a toilet seat until the father of one of the students received a high governmental position “The legislators need this kind of feedback from the common if he could student” he said flooding Three cloud seeders are set on Cache Peak Willard Peak and Pisgah Peak ‘‘These locations are good because the seeding is done as the storms move in from the west and northwest Hill said The seeders are operated automatically from an electronic control panel in the lab “Radar tracted instrumented balloons enable us to measure the temperature ofthe clouds” Hill said Hill feels weather modification is still in the experimental stages be ‘‘The may public disillusioned if its expectations for increased precipitation are over optimistic” Hill said ‘‘Many advocates of cloud seeding claim they can increase the amount of precipitation by 10 to 50 per cent I feel 10 to 20 per cent increase would be more realistic” Hill said E Hill of the Utah Water Research Lab in Logan Dr ‘‘After one year of ex- is Geoffrey one of the major researchers of cloud seeding perimenting we’re finding only a Photo by Ron Rico hint of an increase” Hill said ' tomorrow and 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