1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to  real property; landlord and tenant; providing for termination of a 
1.3 	residential lease upon the tenant's admission to a nursing home; proposing 
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [504B.263] TERMINATION OF LEASE UPON TENANT ADMISSION 
1.7 	TO NURSING HOME.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Right of termination.  A tenant may terminate a lease of residential 
1.9 	premises, other than a lease at will, before its expiration date in the manner provided in 
1.10 	subdivision 2 upon the admission of the tenant to a nursing home. For purposes of this 
1.11 	section "nursing home" has the meaning given in section 144A.01, subdivision 5.   
1.12 		Subd. 2. Notice.   The tenant may terminate the lease upon at least two months' 
1.13 	written notice, to be effective on the last day of a calendar month, and hand delivered or 
1.14 	mailed by first class mail to the landlord.  Termination of the lease under this section 
1.15 	does not relieve the tenant from liability either for the payment of rent or other sums 
1.16 	owed before or during the notice period, or for the payment of amounts necessary to 
1.17 	restore the premises to their condition at the commencement of the tenancy, ordinary 
1.18 	wear and tear excepted.
1.19 		Subd. 3. Waiver prohibited.  Any attempted waiver by a tenant of the right of 
1.20 	termination provided by this section, and any lease provision or agreement requiring a 
1.21 	longer notice period than that provided by this section, is void and unenforceable, but the 
1.22 	landlord and tenant may agree to otherwise modify the provisions of this section.

1.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. The provisions of this section are effective August 1, 2006, 
1.24 	and apply to leases entered into before, on, or after that date.