| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to housing; requiring the Housing Finance Agency to require reasonable |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 pet policies in buildings financed by the agency; proposing coding for new law in |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. [462A.41] REASONABLE PET POLICY REQUIREMENT . |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Requirement.The agency shall require each housing development that |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8is financed, on or after January 1, 2024, by a grant, by a loan, or by any other money |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9administered or otherwise provided by the agency to authorize a resident of the housing |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10development to own or otherwise maintain one or more common household pets within the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11resident's dwelling unit, subject to applicable state laws and local government ordinances |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12related to public health, animal control, and animal anticruelty, and subject to other reasonable |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13conditions. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 Subd. 2.Reasonable conditions allowed.Reasonable conditions on pet maintenance |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or ownership include but are not limited to policies on nuisance behaviors, leashing |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16requirements, requirements to carry liability insurance coverage, limitations on the number |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17of animals in a unit based on the unit's size, and prohibitions on dangerous or potentially |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18dangerous dogs, as defined by section 347.50, subdivisions 2 and 3. A prohibition on a |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19breed of common household pets or a limitation on the weight of a pet is not a reasonable |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20condition. A onetime nonrefundable or monthly fee for the ownership or maintenance of |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21common household pets is not a reasonable condition. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22 Subd. 3.Defense to eviction action.Tenants may use the protections afforded in this |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23section as an affirmative defense in an eviction action. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 23-01392 as introduced12/22/22 REVISOR MS/RC |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 28 | 28 | | S.F. No. 371NINETY-THIRD SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: PHA, Dibble, Port, Mohamed and Draheim) |
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| 30 | 30 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 31 | 31 | | Introduction and first reading01/17/2023 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention 2.1 Subd. 4.Common household pet.For the purposes of this section, "common household |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2pet" means a domesticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, or turtle, that is |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3traditionally kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4 Subd. 5.Limitations.(a) This section does not alter or affect the rights and duties of a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.5landlord with respect to preventing harm to third parties caused by a resident's pet. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.6 (b) This section shall not be construed to limit or otherwise affect applicable state laws |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.7and local government ordinances related to public health, animal control, and animal |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.8anticruelty, or other statutes or laws that require reasonable accommodations to be made |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.9for an individual with a disability who maintains an animal to provide assistance, service, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.10or support. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23-01392 as introduced12/22/22 REVISOR MS/RC |
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