| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to housing; repealing the exception to the rent control prohibition; amending |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9996, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes 2024, section 471.9996, subdivision 2. |
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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. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9996, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.In general Prohibition.No statutory or home rule charter city, county, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8or town may adopt or renew by ordinance or otherwise any law to control rents on private |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9residential property except as provided in subdivision 2. This section does not impair the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10right of any statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (1) to manage or control property in which it has a financial interest through a housing |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12authority or similar agency; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) to contract with a property owner; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (3) to act as required or authorized by laws or regulations of the United States government |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or this state; or |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (4) to mediate between property owners and tenants for the purpose of negotiating rents. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 Sec. 2. REPEALER. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9996, subdivision 2, is repealed. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 20 | 20 | | REVISOR MS/BM 25-0288401/28/25 |
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| 21 | 21 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 23 | 23 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 25 | 25 | | H. F. No. 3245 |
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| 26 | 26 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | Authored by Igo04/25/2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy 471.9996 RENT CONTROL PROHIBITED. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Subd. 2.Exception.Subdivision 1 does not preclude a statutory or home rule charter city, |
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| 30 | 30 | | county, or town from controlling rents on private residential property to the extent that the city, |
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| 31 | 31 | | county, or town has the power to adopt an ordinance, charter amendment, or law to control these |
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| 32 | 32 | | rents if the ordinance, charter amendment, or law that controls rents is approved in a general election. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Subdivision 1 does not limit any power or authority of the voters of a statutory or home rule charter |
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| 34 | 34 | | city, county, or town to petition for an ordinance or charter amendment to control rents on private |
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| 35 | 35 | | residential property to the extent that the power or authority is otherwise provided for by law, and |
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| 36 | 36 | | if the ordinance or charter amendment is approved in a general election. This subdivision does not |
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| 37 | 37 | | grant any additional power or authority to the citizens of a statutory or home rule charter city, |
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| 38 | 38 | | county, or town to vote on any question beyond that contained in other law. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Subdivision 1 does not apply to any statutory city unless the citizens of the statutory city have |
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| 40 | 40 | | the authority to vote on the issue of rent control granted by other law. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 1R |
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| 42 | 42 | | APPENDIX |
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| 43 | 43 | | Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-02884 |
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