1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to manufactured housing; creating additional requirements for contents
1.3 of notice letters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 327C.095, subdivision
1.4 12.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 327C.095, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 12.Payment to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund.(a)
1.8If a manufactured home owner is required to move due to the conversion of all or a portion
1.9of a manufactured home park to another use, the closure of a park, or cessation of use of
1.10the land as a manufactured home park, the manufactured park owner shall, upon the change
1.11in use, pay to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for deposit in the Minnesota
1.12manufactured home relocation trust fund under section 462A.35, the lesser amount of the
1.13actual costs of moving or purchasing the manufactured home approved by the neutral third
1.14party and paid by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency under subdivision 13, paragraph
1.15(a) or (e), or $3,250 for each single section manufactured home, and $6,000 for each
1.16multisection manufactured home, for which a manufactured home owner has made
1.17application for payment of relocation costs under subdivision 13, paragraph (c). The
1.18manufactured home park owner shall make payments required under this section to the
1.19Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund within 60 days of receipt of invoice
1.20from the neutral third party.
1.21 (b) A manufactured home park owner is not required to make the payment prescribed
1.22under paragraph (a), nor is a manufactured home owner entitled to compensation under
1.23subdivision 13, paragraph (a) or (e), if:
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State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2965
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Norris and Myers04/01/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy 2.1 (1) the manufactured home park owner relocates the manufactured home owner to
2.2another space in the manufactured home park or to another manufactured home park at the
2.3park owner's expense;
2.4 (2) the manufactured home owner is vacating the premises and has informed the
2.5manufactured home park owner or manager of this prior to the mailing date of the closure
2.6statement under subdivision 1;
2.7 (3) a manufactured home owner has abandoned the manufactured home, or the
2.8manufactured home owner is not current on the monthly lot rental, personal property taxes;
2.9 (4) the manufactured home owner has a pending eviction action for nonpayment of lot
2.10rental amount under section 327C.09, which was filed against the manufactured home owner
2.11prior to the mailing date of the closure statement under subdivision 1, and the writ of recovery
2.12has been ordered by the district court;
2.13 (5) the conversion of all or a portion of a manufactured home park to another use, the
2.14closure of a park, or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured home park is the result
2.15of a taking or exercise of the power of eminent domain by a governmental entity or public
2.16utility; or
2.17 (6) the owner of the manufactured home is not a resident of the manufactured home
2.18park, as defined in section 327C.015, subdivision 14; the owner of the manufactured home
2.19is a resident, but came to reside in the manufactured home park after the mailing date of
2.20the closure statement under subdivision 1; or the owner of the manufactured home has not
2.21paid the $15 assessment when due under paragraph (c).
2.22 (c) If the unencumbered fund balance in the manufactured home relocation trust fund
2.23is less than $2,000,000 as of June 30 of each year, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
2.24shall assess each manufactured home park owner by mail the total amount of $15 for each
2.25licensed lot in their park, payable on or before December 15 of that year. Failure to notify
2.26and timely assess the manufactured home park owner by July 31 of any year shall waive
2.27the assessment and payment obligations of the manufactured home park owner for that year.
2.28Together with said assessment notice, each year the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
2.29shall prepare and distribute to park owners a letter explaining whether funds are being
2.30collected for that year, information about the collection, an invoice for all licensed lots, a
2.31notice for distribution to the residents, and a sample form for the park owners to collect
2.32information on which park residents and lots have been accounted for. The agency must
2.33also include information in the letter about the tax credit available for sales of manufactured
2.34home parks to cooperatives in section 290.0694 and about notice requirements for unsolicited
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REVISOR MS/LJ 25-0483803/17/25 3.1sales in section 327C.097. The agency may include additional information in the letter about
3.2programs and resources available to manufactured home park residents and owners. In a
3.3font no smaller than 14-point, the notice provided by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
3.4for distribution to residents by the park owner will include the payment deadline of October
3.531 and the following language: "THIS IS NOT AN OPTIONAL FEE. IF YOU OWN A
3.6MANUFACTURED HOME ON A LOT YOU RENT IN A MANUFACTURED HOME
3.7PARK, AND YOU RESIDE IN THAT HOME, YOU MUST PAY WHEN PROVIDED
3.8NOTICE." If assessed under this paragraph, the park owner may recoup the cost of the $15
3.9assessment as a lump sum or as a monthly fee of no more than $1.25 collected from park
3.10residents together with monthly lot rent as provided in section 327C.03, subdivision 6. If,
3.11by September 15, a park owner provides the notice to residents for the $15 lump sum, a
3.12park owner may adjust payment for lots in their park that are vacant or otherwise not eligible
3.13for contribution to the trust fund under section 327C.095, subdivision 12, paragraph (b),
3.14and for park residents who have not paid the $15 assessment when due to the park owner
3.15by October 31, and deduct from the assessment accordingly. The Minnesota Housing Finance
3.16Agency shall deposit any payments in the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust
3.17fund and maintain an annual record for each manufactured home park of the amount received
3.18for that park and the number of deductions made for each of the following reasons: vacant
3.19lots, ineligible lots, and uncollected fees.
3.20 (d) This subdivision and subdivision 13, paragraph (c), clause (5), are enforceable by
3.21the neutral third party, on behalf of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, or by action
3.22in a court of appropriate jurisdiction. The court may award a prevailing party reasonable
3.23attorney fees, court costs, and disbursements.
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