Bill > SF3221

This bill modifies existing Minnesota statutes to require landlords to provide more time and transparency for utility billing to residential tenants. Specifically, the bill mandates that when landlords bill tenants for submetered utility services or apportion natural gas service, the payment due date must be at least 31 days from the date the bill is issued. The bill also reinforces existing requirements for detailed billing, including providing submeter readings, utility rates, taxes, surcharges, and any bill credits. Landlords must now clearly disclose when utility bills will be issued, either in the lease or through a separate written statement. The legislation aims to give tenants more time to pay utility bills and ensure greater transparency in how these bills are calculated. For submetered utilities and apportioned natural gas services, landlords are prohibited from billing tenants more frequently than they themselves are billed by the utility provider, and they must provide utility bill documentation upon tenant request for the past two years or since the current landlord acquired the building.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3221&ssn=0&y=2025