Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1398 by West (Relating to the requirement by a municipality of a license or permit to occupy or lease a dwelling unit.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would prohibit a municipality from requiring a tenant to acquire a license or permit issued by the municipality as a condition for occupying or leasing an individual dwelling unit in a single-family, duplex, or multifamily structure.
Local Government Impact
There would be no fiscal impact to a municipality unless a municipality has such a policy in place, in which case the municipality would experience a revenue loss. The amount of loss would depend on the number of licenses or permits that otherwise would have been issued, but is not expected to be significant.