NY State Senate Bill 2011-S130

Senate Bill S130

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires manufacturers and sellers of manufactured homes to provide customers with notice that owners of manufactured home parks may change the use of land comprisin

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Mar 12, 2012	committee discharged and committed to rules
Mar 08, 2012	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 04, 2012	referred to consumer protection
Jan 05, 2011	referred to consumer protection

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2011-S130 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-nn, Gen Bus L; amd §233, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1935, S7781
2013-2014: S82
2015-2016: S1267
2017-2018: S586

2011-S130 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires manufacturers and sellers of manufactured homes to provide customers with notice that owners of manufactured home parks may change the use of land comprising manufactured home parks requiring a customer to relocate the home at the customer's expense.

2011-S130 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S130                 REVISED 01/09/12

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general business law and
the real property law,
in relation to requiring manufactured home park owners or operators
to provide customers with notice that such
owners or operators
of manufactured home parks may change the use of land comprising
manufactured home parks

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that customers who are
considering purchasing a manufactured home are aware of the fact that
manufactured home park owners may propose a change in the use of the
land comprising a manufactured home park and that such change may
require home owners to relocate.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 399-nn to the general business law which
specifies that a contract between a seller of manufactured homes and
a consumer must contain the street address of the seller and the
consumer, be dated and signed by both parties, and contain the
following statement in no less than twelve-point bold face type:

"A manufactured home park owner or operator may propose a change in
the use of the land comprising a manufactured home park, or a portion
thereof, on which manufactured homes may be located. Such a proposed
use change may require the home owner to relocate the manufactured
home and secure other accommodations at the home owner's expense."

Violations may be punishable by an injunction from the Attorney
General and a civil penalty not to exceed $500 per violation.

Section 2 amends paragraph 2 of subdivision g of section 233 of the
real property law which governs disclosures that must be given to
manufactured home tenants prior to occupancy by manufactured home
park owners or operators. Such disclosures would be required to
include notice that the owner or operator may propose a change in the
use of the land comprising the manufactured home park, or a portion
thereof, that may require the tenant to relocate the manufactured
home and secure other accommodations at the tenant's expense.

JUSTIFICATION:
In 2007, tenants of a mobile home park in Duanesburg, New York,
received an eviction notice.
Tenants were not aware that section 233 of the real property law,
gives the owner of the land the right to change the use of land. In
many cases there is not another place to move the manufactured home

and tenant is forced to either abandoned their home or lose the value
of the home while still owing a mortgage on the home.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010:    S.7781/A.4892-A
2007-08: A.10340-A (Previously Luis Diaz, Reported to Rules)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 1 after becoming law.

2011-S130 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   130

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. PERALTA, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
  Protection

AN  ACT  to amend the general business law and the real property law, in
  relation to requiring manufactured home park owners  or  operators  to
  provide  customers  with notice that such owners or operators of manu-
  factured home parks may change the use of land comprising manufactured
  home parks

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
399-nn to read as follows:
  S  399-NN.  MANUFACTURED HOME CONTRACTS.   1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, "MANUFACTURED HOME" MEANS A STRUCTURE, TRANSPORTABLE IN ONE  OR
MORE  SECTIONS, WHICH, IN THE TRAVELING MODE, IS EIGHT BODY FEET OR MORE
IN WIDTH OR FORTY BODY FEET OR MORE IN LENGTH, OR, WHEN ERECTED ON SITE,
IS THREE HUNDRED TWENTY OR MORE SQUARE FEET, AND WHICH  IS  BUILT  ON  A
PERMANENT  CHASSIS AND DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A DWELLING WITH OR WITHOUT
A PERMANENT FOUNDATION WHEN CONNECTED TO  THE  REQUIRED  UTILITIES,  AND
INCLUDES  THE PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR-CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
CONTAINED THEREIN. THE TERM SHALL INCLUDE ANY STRUCTURE THAT  MEETS  ALL
OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION EXCEPT THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS AND
WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE MANUFACTURER VOLUNTARILY FILES A CERTIFICATION
REQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AND COMPLIES WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE 42 OF THE UNITED
STATES  CODE;  AND EXCEPT THAT SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SELF-PRO-
PELLED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
  2. EVERY CONTRACT BETWEEN A CONSUMER AND A SELLER  OF  A  MANUFACTURED
HOME  SHALL  BE  IN  WRITING,  SHALL  BE DATED, SHALL CONTAIN THE STREET
ADDRESS OF THE SELLER AND THE CONSUMER,  AND  SHALL  BE  SIGNED  BY  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD01755-01-1

S. 130                              2

CONSUMER AND SELLER. EACH CONTRACT SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
IN NOT LESS THAN TWELVE-POINT BOLD FACE TYPE:
  "A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR MAY PROPOSE A CHANGE IN
THE USE OF THE LAND COMPRISING A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK,  OR  A  PORTION
THEREOF, ON WHICH MANUFACTURED HOMES MAY BE LOCATED. SUCH A PROPOSED USE
CHANGE  MAY REQUIRE THE HOME OWNER TO RELOCATE THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND
SECURE OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE HOME OWNER'S EXPENSE."
  3. A COPY OF THE FULLY  COMPLETED  CONTRACT  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  TO  THE
CONSUMER AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED.
  4. WHENEVER THERE SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, AN APPLICATION
MAY  BE  MADE  BY  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK TO A COURT OR JUSTICE HAVING JURISDICTION BY A SPECIAL
PROCEEDING TO ISSUE AN INJUNCTION, AND UPON NOTICE TO THE  DEFENDANT  OF
NOT  LESS THAN FIVE DAYS, TO ENJOIN AND RESTRAIN THE CONTINUANCE OF SUCH
VIOLATION; AND IF IT SHALL APPEAR TO THE SATISFACTION OF  THE  COURT  OR
JUSTICE  THAT  THE  DEFENDANT  HAS,  IN  FACT, VIOLATED THIS SECTION, AN
INJUNCTION MAY  BE  ISSUED  BY  THE  COURT  OR  JUSTICE,  ENJOINING  AND
RESTRAINING  ANY  FURTHER  VIOLATIONS,  WITHOUT REQUIRING PROOF THAT ANY
PERSON HAS, IN FACT, BEEN INJURED OR DAMAGED THEREBY. IF  THE  COURT  IN
SUCH  A  SPECIAL  PROCEEDING DETERMINES THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION
HAS OCCURRED, THE COURT MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH PROPOSED
APPLICATION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE PROOF AND MAKE A
DETERMINATION OF THE RELEVANT FACTS AND TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
  S 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision g of section 233 of the real  property
law,  as  amended by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
as follows:
  2. A manufactured home park owner or operator  shall  be  required  to
fully  disclose  in  writing  all  fees, charges, assessments, including
rental fees, rules and regulations prior to a manufactured  home  tenant
assuming  occupancy  in the manufactured home park.  A MANUFACTURED HOME
PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO FULLY DISCLOSE IN WRIT-
ING THE FACT THAT SUCH MANUFACTURED HOME  PARK  OWNER  OR  OPERATOR  MAY
PROPOSE A CHANGE IN THE USE OF THE LAND COMPRISING THE MANUFACTURED HOME
PARK,  OR  A  PORTION  THEREOF,  ON WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS TO BE
LOCATED, AND THAT SUCH PROPOSED USE CHANGE MAY  REQUIRE  THE  TENANT  TO
RELOCATE  THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME AND SECURE OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE
TENANT'S EXPENSE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however that
effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive  date  are  authorized  and directed to be made and completed on or
before such effective date.

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