Missouri SB 507: Provides that counties and cities shall not enact, maintain, or enforce certain ordinances relating to landlords and tenants

Bill Text

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 507
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHROER.
1721S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 441.043, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to local
government ordinances for rental property.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 441.043, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 441.043, 2
to read as follows:3
441.043. 1. No county or city, or county or city with 1
a charter form of government may enact, maintain, or enforce 2
any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of 3
rent to be charged for privately-owned, single-family, or 4
multiple-unit residential or commercial rental property. 5
2. No county or city, or county or city with a charter 6
form of government, shall enact, maintain, or enforce any 7
ordinance or resolution that: 8
(1) Prohibits landlords from refusing to lease or rent 9
a privately owned, single-family, or multiple-unit 10
residential or commercial rental property to a person 11
because the person's lawful source of income to pay rent 12
includes funding from a federal housing assistance program; 13
(2) Prohibits landlords from using income-qualifying 14
methods, credit scores, credit reports, eviction or property 15
damage history, or prohibits landlords from requesting such 16
information, to determine whether to rent or lease a 17
property to a prospective tenant; 18

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(3) Prohibits landlords from requesting criminal 19
records from a prospective tenant; 20
(4) Limits the amount of security deposit a landlord 21
may require from a prospective tenant; or 22
(5) Requires tenants to automatically receive the 23
right of first refusal. 24
3. This section shall not be construed as prohibiting 25
any county or city, or any authority created by a county or 26
city for that purpose, from: 27
(1) Regulating in any way property belonging to that 28
city, county, or authority; 29
(2) Entering into agreements with private persons 30
which regulate the amount of rent charged for subsidized 31
rental properties; or 32
(3) Enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting 33
rent for properties assisted with community development 34
block grant funds. 35
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