(b) All submeters, regardless of when the submeter was installed, must accurately measure utility service. Landlords are prohibited from billing submetered tenants less frequently than the landlord is billed by the utility.
(c) A landlord who submeters water must:
(1) bill tenants according to section 216B.023, subdivision 1;
(2) charge tenants according to section 216B.023, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); and
(3) comply with sections 216B.022, subdivision 4, and 216B.023, subdivisions 5, 7, and 8.
(d) A landlord must not charge to or collect from tenants any administrative, capital, or any other expenses associated with the installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or reading of submeters, unless the expense is due to the tenant's willful, malicious, or negligent conduct. Nothing in this subdivision prevents the landlord from imposing a late payment charge, as provided under subdivision 9, or an administrative billing charge, as provided under subdivision 8.
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Subd. 5.Apportionment generally.
(a) Apportionment of electricity is prohibited.
(b) Landlords must not bill tenants for apportioned utility service under this section less frequently than the landlord is billed by the utility.
(c) A landlord who apportions utility service must, upon a tenant's request, provide:
(1) a copy of the current actual natural gas or water and sewer utility bill from the utility provider that is being apportioned; and
(2) a copy of past natural gas or water and sewer utility bills for which the tenant received an apportioned utility bill for the preceding two years or from the time the current landlord acquired the building, whichever is the most recent.