1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 500 - 515B Property Interests and Liens
Chapter 504A Landlords and Tenants
Section 504A.131 Single-meter utility service payments.

504A.131 Single-meter utility service payments.

(a) For the purposes of this section, "single-metered residential building" means a multiunit residential building with one or more separate residential living units where the utility service measured through a single meter provides service to an individual unit and to all or parts of common areas or other units.

(b) In a residential lease entered into or renewed on or after August 1, 1995, the owner of a single-metered residential building shall be the bill payer responsible, and shall be the customer of record contracting with the utility for utility services. The owner must advise the utility provider that the utility services apply to a single-metered residential building. A failure by the owner to comply with this section is a violation of sections 504A.125, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), and 504A.253. This section may not be waived by contract or otherwise. This section does not require an owner to contract and pay for utility service provided to each residential unit through a separate meter which accurately measures that unit's use only.

HIST: 1998 c 253 s 7