Amends existing law to provide that a local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that would have the effect of regulating rent, fees, or deposits charged for leasing private residential property.

This Legislation amends Section 55-307 of Idaho Code to clarify that local governments may not control or regulate rent, fees, or deposits when leasing a private residential property. Currently, local governments are only prohibited from controlling rent. This legislation would add “fees and deposits” to the list of items local governments could not regulate or control. This language would also create uniformity across Idaho’s 201 incorporated cities and 44 counties from having different laws and ordinances regulating such matters in a contract between two parties.