[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1583 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1583

 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable 
 debts for postpetition fees payable to a membership association with 
 respect to the debtor's interest in, and for the period during which 
     the debtor occupied, a dwelling unit that has condominium or 
                         cooperative ownership.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1993

   Mr. Hyde introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable 
 debts for postpetition fees payable to a membership association with 
 respect to the debtor's interest in, and for the period during which 
     the debtor occupied, a dwelling unit that has condominium or 
                         cooperative ownership.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness to Condominium and 
Cooperative Owners Amendment of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 523(a) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11) by striking ``or'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (12) by inserting ``or'' at the end, and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) for a fee that becomes payable after the order for 
        relief to a membership association with respect to the debtor's 
        interest in a dwelling unit that has condominium or cooperative 
        ownership, if such fee is payable for a period during which the 
        debtor occupied such dwelling.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by section 2 
shall not apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the 
United States Code before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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