| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.253 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBOSLEY. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 0700H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter441,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtothehabitability |
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| 8 | 8 | | ofthepremisesofatenant. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter441,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection441.237,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 441.237.1.Asusedinthissection,theword"pests"meansanyunwanted: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)MemberoftheclassInsectaincluding,butnotlimitedto,houseflies,bees, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3cockroaches,moths,silverfish,beetles,bedbugs,ants,termites,hornets,mosquitoes,and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4wasps; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (2)MemberofthephylumArthropodaincluding,butnotlimitedto,spiders, |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6mites,ticks,centipedes,andwoodlice;and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (3)MemberoftheorderRodentiaincluding,butnotlimitedto,miceand |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8Norwayrats. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 2.(1)Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,alandlordofapremisesshall |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10beliablefordamagestoatenantofsuchpremisesif,throughnofaultofthetenant,the |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11premisescontainconditionsthatwouldmateriallyaffectthehealthandsafetyofthe |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12tenantandthelandlordfailstobeginremediationofsuchconditionswithinthirtydays |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13afterthetenantnotifiesthelandlordinwritingofsuchconditions.Conditionsthat |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14wouldmateriallyaffectthehealthandsafetyofthetenantinclude,butarenotlimited |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15to,hazardousmold,rottingordeterioratingfloors,sewagebackup,roofleaks,or |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16infestationofpests. |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (2)Damagesundersubdivision(1)ofthissubsectionshallinclude,butarenot |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18limitedto,anyhealthcarecostsassociatedwiththefailuretoremedyaconditionthat |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19wouldmateriallyaffectthehealthandsafetyofthetenant. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 3.Afterthelandlordcompletestheremediationrequiredundersubsection2of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21thissection,thelandlordshallhavethepremisesinspectedbyalicensedinspector,and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22theinspectorshalldeterminewhethertheconditionsthatmateriallyaffectedthehealth |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23andsafetyofthetenanthavebeencorrected. |
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| 36 | 36 | | âś” |
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| 37 | 37 | | HB253 2 |
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