Senate Bill sb2176

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2176

    By Senator Latvala





    19-1708-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to mobile home communities;

  3         amending s. 420.507, F.S.; authorizing the

  4         Florida Housing Finance Corporation to

  5         establish a loan program for mobile home

  6         residents to purchase mobile home parks;

  7         amending s. 420.9071, F.S.; redefining the term

  8         "eligible housing"; amending s. 723.037, F.S.;

  9         requiring a park owner to meet with a mobile

10         home residents committee within a specified

11         time; amending s. 723.06116, F.S.; conforming

12         statutory cross-references; providing an

13         effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (23)

18  of section 420.507, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         420.507  Powers of the corporation.--The corporation

20  shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out

21  and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part,

22  including the following powers which are in addition to all

23  other powers granted by other provisions of this part:

24         (23)  To develop and administer the Florida

25  Homeownership Assistance Program.  In developing and

26  administering the program, the corporation may:

27         (i)  Establish a program to provide permanent loans for

28  residents of a mobile home park established under chapter 723

29  at the time that residents elect to purchase the mobile home

30  park from the park owner and become owners of the property

31  either in fee simple or in a cooperative ownership.

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  1         Section 2.  Subsection (8) of section 420.9071, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         420.9071  Definitions.--As used in ss.

  4  420.907-420.9079, the term:

  5         (8)  "Eligible housing" means any real and personal

  6  property located within the county or the eligible

  7  municipality which is designed and intended for the primary

  8  purpose of providing decent, safe, and sanitary residential

  9  units, including mobile homes located in a mobile home park

10  created under chapter 723 and being purchased by or owned by

11  the residents of the park in fee simple or in a cooperative

12  form of ownership, which that are designed to meet the

13  standards of chapter 553 for home ownership or rental for

14  eligible persons as designated by each county or eligible

15  municipality participating in the State Housing Initiatives

16  Partnership Program.

17         Section 3.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section

18  723.037, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         723.037  Lot rental increases; reduction in services or

20  utilities; change in rules and regulations; mediation.--

21         (4)

22         (c)  If the committee disagrees with a park owner's lot

23  rental amount increase based upon comparable mobile home

24  parks, the committee shall disclose to the park owner the

25  name, address, lot rental amount, and any other relevant

26  factors relied upon by the committee, such as facilities,

27  services, and amenities, concerning the comparable mobile home

28  parks.  The committee shall provide to the park owner the

29  disclosure, in writing, within 15 days after the meeting with

30  the park owner, together with a request for a second meeting.

31  The park owner shall meet with the committee at a mutually

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  1  convenient time and place within 30 days after receipt by the

  2  park owner of the request from the committee to discuss the

  3  disclosure provided by the committee.

  4         Section 4.  Subsection (2) of section 723.06116,

  5  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  6         723.06116  Payments to the Florida Mobile Home

  7  Relocation Trust Fund.--

  8         (2)  A mobile home park owner is not required to make

  9  the payment prescribed in subsection (1), nor is the mobile

10  home owner entitled to compensation under s. 723.0612(1) s.

11  723.0612, when:

12         (a)  The mobile home park owner moves a mobile home

13  owner to another space in the mobile home park or to another

14  mobile home park at the park owner's expense;

15         (b)  A mobile home owner is vacating the premises and

16  has informed the mobile home park owner or manager before the

17  change in use notice has been given; or

18         (c)  A mobile home owner abandons the mobile home as

19  set forth in s. 723.0612(7) s. 723.0612(8).

20         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

21  law.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Authorizes the use of a loan program for mobile home
      resident communities to assist in purchasing mobile home
26    parks.

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