| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.343 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEKEATHLEY. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1207H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection441.043,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | localgovernmentordinancesforrentalproperty. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section441.043,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection441.043,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 441.043.1.Nocountyorcity,orcountyorcitywithacharterformofgovernment |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2mayenact,maintain,orenforceanyordinanceorresolutionwhichregulatestheamountof |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3renttobechargedforprivately-owned,single-family,ormultiple-unitresidentialor |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4commercialrentalproperty.Nocountyorcity,orcountyorcitywithacharterformof |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5government,shallenact,maintain,orenforceanyordinanceorresolutionthat: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (1)Prohibitslandlordsfromrefusingtoleaseorrentaprivatelyowned,single- |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7family,ormultiple-unitresidentialorcommercialrentalpropertytoapersonbecause |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8theperson'slawfulsourceofincometopayrentincludesfundingfromafederalhousing |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9assistanceprogram; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (2)Prohibitslandlordsfromusingincome-qualifyingmethods,creditscores, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11creditreports,evictionorpropertydamagehistory,orprohibitslandlordsfrom |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12requestingsuchinformation,todeterminewhethertorentorleaseapropertytoa |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13prospectivetenant; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (3)Prohibitslandlordsfromrequestingcriminalrecordsfromaprospective |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15tenant; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (4)Limitstheamountofsecuritydepositalandlordmayrequirefroma |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17prospectivetenant;or |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (5)Requirestenantstoautomaticallyreceivetherightoffirstrefusal. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 2.Thissectionshallnotbeconstruedasprohibitinganycountyorcity,orany |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20authoritycreatedbyacountyorcityforthatpurpose,from: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 (1)Regulatinginanywaypropertybelongingtothatcity,county,orauthority; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 (2)Enteringintoagreementswithprivatepersonswhichregulatetheamountofrent |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23chargedforsubsidizedrentalproperties;or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 (3)Enactingordinancesorresolutionsrestrictingrentforpropertiesassistedwith |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25communitydevelopmentblockgrantfunds. |
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| 38 | 38 | | âś” |
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| 39 | 39 | | HB343 2 |
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