1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to housing; requiring manufactured housing park owners to provide an
1.3 alternative method of payment in addition to digital payment platforms; proposing
1.4 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 327C.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [327C.065] PAYMENT OF RENT; DIGITAL PAYMENT PLATFORMS.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Application.This section applies to park owners who require or permit
1.8residents to use a digital payment platform to pay rent, fees, and other charges.
1.9 Subd. 2.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
1.10meanings given.
1.11 (b) "Alternative means of payment" means a method of payment other than the use of
1.12a digital payment platform, and includes payment by check or cash.
1.13 (c) "Digital payment platform" means an electronic application or system that permits
1.14a user to conduct financial transactions. Digital payment platform includes electronic funds
1.15transfers.
1.16 (d) "Electronic funds transfers" means a transfer of funds, other than a transaction
1.17originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic
1.18terminal, telephone, computer, or magnetic tape for the purpose of ordering, instructing, or
1.19authorizing a financial institution to debit or credit a consumer's account through the use of
1.20an automated clearing house system or alternative payment system.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1208NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: PUTNAM)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/10/2025
Referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention 2.1 Subd. 3.Form of payment.A park owner must offer each resident an alternative to
2.2using a digital payment platform to pay rent, fees, or other charges. No fee may be charged
2.3to a resident to use the digital payment platform or any alternative means of payment.
2.4 Subd. 4.Digital payment platform.(a) The park owner must ensure that the following
2.5information is readily viewable and accessible to the resident on the digital payment platform
2.6or through a means that does not rely on the use of the digital payment platform:
2.7 (1) an itemized listing of all current information on the rent, fees, or other charges
2.8assessed that correspond to the charges for which the resident is responsible, and all payment
2.9received; and
2.10 (2) communications to date between the resident and the park owner related to the
2.11payment of rent, fees, or other charges.
2.12 (b) A park owner must provide the resident with a telephone number to call if, for any
2.13reason, the digital payment platform or a system used by the park owner to collect an
2.14alternative means of payment is unavailable for use by the resident.
2.15 Subd. 5.Adverse action prohibited.(a) A park owner is prohibited from taking any
2.16adverse action, including filing an eviction action or assessing any late fees, when payment
2.17of rent, fees, or other charges is not timely because the digital payment platform is out of
2.18service or a system used by the park owner to collect an alternative means of payment is
2.19unavailable.
2.20 (b) It is an affirmative defense to an eviction action brought based on nonpayment that
2.21the park owner violated this section. Upon a showing that the park owner violated this
2.22section, the court must dismiss the eviction action and award the resident reasonable attorney
2.23fees and any other equitable relief the court deems appropriate.
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