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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 507 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHROER. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1721S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To repeal section 441.043, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to local |
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| 9 | 9 | | government ordinances for rental property. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Section 441 .043, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 441.043, 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 441.043. 1. No county or city, or county or city with 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | a charter form of government may enact, maintain, or enforce 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | rent to be charged for privately -owned, single-family, or 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | multiple-unit residential or commercial rental property. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2. No county or city, or county or city with a charter 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | form of government, shall ena ct, maintain, or enforce any 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ordinance or resolution that: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) Prohibits landlords from refusing to lease or rent 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | a privately owned, single -family, or multiple-unit 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | residential or commercial rental property to a person 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | because the person's lawful source of income to pay rent 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | includes funding from a federal housing assistance program; 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) Prohibits landlords from using income -qualifying 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | methods, credit scores, credit reports, eviction or property 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | damage history, or prohibits landlords from requesting such 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | information, to determine whether to rent or lease a 17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | property to a prospective tenant; 18 SB 507 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) Prohibits landlords from requesting criminal 19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | records from a prospective tenant; 20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (4) Limits the amount of security deposit a landlord 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | may require from a prospective tenant; or 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (5) Requires tenants to automatically receive the 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | right of first refusal. 24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3. This section shall not be construed as prohibiting 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | any county or city, or any authority created by a county or 26 |
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| 41 | 41 | | city for that purpose, from: 27 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) Regulating in any way property belonging to that 28 |
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| 43 | 43 | | city, county, or authority; 29 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) Entering into agreements with private persons 30 |
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| 45 | 45 | | which regulate the amount of rent charged for subsidized 31 |
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| 46 | 46 | | rental properties; or 32 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) Enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting 33 |
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| 48 | 48 | | rent for properties assisted with community development 34 |
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| 49 | 49 | | block grant funds. 35 |
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