Introduced
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To prohibit the owner of a mobile home park from raising lot rental rates without the agreement of a park “homeowners association,” or if no agreement is possible, the ruling of an arbitrator after the matter has been submitted to binding arbitration, even if the market rate is higher and potential renters are willing to pay more. The bill would also prohibit mobile home park owners from establishing a variety of rules, practices, or charges on those who rent lots within the park. Among these are regulations against erecting a “trailer for sale” sign or other type of sign, including political signs (subject to reasonable rules on size, etc.), regulations against parking a small commercial vehicle on a renter’s lot, levying surcharges on the placement of utility meters, threatening a lot renter with unlawful eviction, raising any fee or charge without 90 days notice, and more. The bill would also prohibit park owners from selling new or used manufactured homes. See House Bill 4869.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce
Reported without amendment
Recommended that the bill be referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-5) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not contain the price controls of the original bill, and changes many other details based on committee testimony and deliberation. See House-passed bill for details.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out a provision that prohibits a park owner from charging to install a utility meter on a resident's manufactured home, or levies a surcharge for the purpose of billing for utility service.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To replace a provision that prohibits a park owner from adopting political sign regulations more restrictive that those of the local government, and instead allows the owner to prohibit more than two such signs per site, limit their size to 22 by 28 inches, and limit the time they may be diplayed to a period starting four weeks before and one week after it, unless a longer or shorter time period is allowed by the local government.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out the provision that prohibits a park owner from not allowing a resident to sell his or her home within the park, requiring a resident to remove the home on the basis of its sale or proposed sale, or requiring a resident to remove a home for the purpose of renovating or modernizing the park.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out the tie-bar of the bill to House Bill 4869, which would allow this bill to become law even if that one does not. House Bill 4869 prohibits certain actions by the owner of a mobile home park related to a lot renters homeowners association.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To allow a park owner to evict a resident on the basis of the resident's attempt to seek enforcement of the prohibitions contained in this bill if that is one of the reasons for eviction, but not the sole reason. Without the amendment, a park owner cannot evict a resident on this basis at all.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out the criminal penalties for a park owner who threatens a resident with an unlawful eviction, and instead limit the penalty to a civil fine of up to $500.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 90 to 13 (details)
To prohibit the owner of the mobile home park from establishing a variety of rules, practices, or charges on those who rent lots within the park. Among these are regulations against erecting a "for sale" sign or other type of sign, including political signs (subject to reasonable rules on size, etc.), regulations against parking a commercial pickup truck on a renter’s lot, threatening a lot renter with unlawful eviction, raising any fee or charge without 90 days notice, and more. See also House Bill 4869.
Referred to the Committee on Local, Urban, and State Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises some of the details, and which reduces from 90 days to 30 days the amount of advance notice a park owner would be required to give tenants before before raising any fee or charge.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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The amendment passed 24 to 13 (details)
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To prohibit the owner of the mobile home park from establishing a variety of rules, practices, or charges on those who rent lots within the park. Among these are regulations against erecting a "for sale" sign or other type of sign, including political signs (subject to reasonable rules on size, etc.), regulations against parking a commercial pickup truck on a renter’s lot, threatening a lot renter with unlawful eviction, raising any fee or charge without 30 days notice, and more.
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4880 and Senate Bill 478, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. Those bills address property taxes on mobile homes.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 93 to 15 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, after amending it by linking it to mobile home tax legislation.
