The limit is "$600 or more" and not "more than."

You might be thinking of the law that was repealed in April 2011 (10 years ago) just as it was taking effect:

"Another law under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 added recipients of rental income from real estate to the list of taxpayers subject to the same information reporting requirements as taxpayers engaged in a trade or business. This law was effective for payments made after December 31, 2010. Rental income recipients making payments of $600 or more to service providers in the course of earning rental income were required to issue a 1099-MISC to the service provider. For payments made after December 31, 2011, the same expanded reporting requirements that applied for business taxpayers (issuing 1099s to stores for the purchase of supplies) would also apply to rental activities."