Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 329-H.F.No. 1325 
           An act relating to housing; modifying the definition 
          of dwelling for smoke detection devices; regulating 
          claims; amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 
          299F.362, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 299F.362, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this 
section, the following definitions shall apply: 
    (a) "Apartment house" is any building, or portion thereof, 
which is designed, built, rented, leased, let, or hired out to 
be occupied, or which is occupied as the home or residence of 
three or more families living independently of each other and 
doing their own cooking in the building, and shall include 
buildings containing three or more flats or apartments. 
    (b) "Dwelling" is any building constructed, remodeled, 
rented, or offered for rent after January 1, 1980, or any 
portion thereof, which is not an apartment house, lodging house, 
or a hotel and which contains one or two "dwelling units" which 
are, or are intended or designed to be, occupied for living 
purposes. 
    (c) "Dwelling unit" is a single unit providing complete, 
independent living facilities for one or more persons including 
permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and 
sanitation, or a single unit used by one or more persons for 
sleeping and sanitation pursuant to a work practice or labor 
agreement. 
    (d) "Hotel" is any building, or portion thereof, containing 
six or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or 
which are used, rented, or hired out to be occupied, or which 
are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests. 
    (e) "Lodging house" is any building, or portion thereof, 
containing not more than five guest rooms which are used or are 
intended to be used for sleeping purposes by guests and where 
rent is paid in money, goods, labor, or otherwise. 
     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 299F.362, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 11.  [INSURANCE CLAIMS.] No insurer shall deny a 
claim for loss or damage by fire for failure of a person to 
comply with this section. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 and 2 are effective on August 1, 1993. 
    Presented to the governor May 17, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 20, 1993, 2:22 p.m.