House Bill hb0399c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              CS/HB 399

        By the Committee on Agriculture & Consumer Affairs and
    Representatives Bennett, Bowen, Spratt, Flanagan and Dockery





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Mobile Home Act;

  3         amending s. 723.037, F.S.; providing for a

  4         meeting between the park owner and a committee

  5         of affected mobile home owners with respect to

  6         certain lot rental amount increases; amending

  7         s. 723.06116, F.S.; correcting cross

  8         references; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section

13  723.037, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         723.037  Lot rental increases; reduction in services or

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

16         (4)

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

18  rental amount increase based upon comparable mobile home

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

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

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

22  services, and amenities, concerning the comparable mobile home

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

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

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

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

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

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

29  disclosure provided by the committee.

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

31  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              CS/HB 399

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  1         723.06116  Payments to the Florida Mobile Home

  2  Relocation Trust Fund.--

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

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

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

  6  when:

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

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

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

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

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

12  change in use notice has been given; or

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

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

15         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

16  law.

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