§ 31-44-3.2 Mobile home parks –Discontinuance. – (a) In any instance in which a mobile home park is to be sold or leased for anypurpose which would result in a discontinuance of the mobile home park, themobile home park owner shall give at least one year written notice by certifiedmail return receipt requested to each mobile home resident of the proposed saleor lease.
(2) The mobile home park owner shall pay to any resident whois entitled to receive notice pursuant to this section, relocation benefits ofup to four thousand dollars ($4,000) or the actual relocation expensesincurred, whichever is less. The relocation benefits shall be payable withinten (10) days of the departure of the resident and the removal of the mobilehome unit from the park. In the event that the resident fails to remove theunit from the park and the park owner is required to remove the unit, therelocation benefits shall be reduced by an amount equal to the documented outof pocket moving costs incurred by the park owner for the physical removal ofthe unit.
(3) Any mobile home park owner shall provide to each residentwho is entitled to receive relocation benefits pursuant to this section, arental agreement. The agreement shall begin on the date of the issuance of thenotice of discontinuance. The provisions of the rental agreement shall notalter in any manner the tenancy arrangement existing between the park owner andresident prior to issuance of the notice of discontinuance, except with respectto the amount of annual rent, which may be increased by an amount not to exceedthe increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers, published by theUnited States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, from thecalendar year immediately preceding the date upon which the rental agreement iscommenced plus the proportionate amount of any documented increase in realestate taxes or other municipal fee or charge; provided, that the total amountof the increase shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the annual rent chargedin the immediately preceding year. Once a resident has received a notice ofdiscontinuance, his or her rent, and fees, shall not be increased unless a yearhas passed from the date of the last increase imposed upon the resident.
(b) Any new resident taking up residence at the park, afterthe initial notice of discontinuance has been mailed, shall be given a copy ofthe notice in hand prior to his or her signing a lease and/or placing his orher unit in the park. The new resident shall be provided a form upon which heor she shall acknowledge in writing having received a copy of the notice.
(c) Any new resident taking up residence at the park afterthe initial notice of discontinuance has been mailed and who receives a copy ofthe notice of discontinuance provided for in the preceding paragraph shall notbe entitled to any relocation benefits as provided for in this section.
§ 31-44-3.2 Mobile home parks –Discontinuance. – (a) In any instance in which a mobile home park is to be sold or leased for anypurpose which would result in a discontinuance of the mobile home park, themobile home park owner shall give at least one year written notice by certifiedmail return receipt requested to each mobile home resident of the proposed saleor lease.
(2) The mobile home park owner shall pay to any resident whois entitled to receive notice pursuant to this section, relocation benefits ofup to four thousand dollars ($4,000) or the actual relocation expensesincurred, whichever is less. The relocation benefits shall be payable withinten (10) days of the departure of the resident and the removal of the mobilehome unit from the park. In the event that the resident fails to remove theunit from the park and the park owner is required to remove the unit, therelocation benefits shall be reduced by an amount equal to the documented outof pocket moving costs incurred by the park owner for the physical removal ofthe unit.
(3) Any mobile home park owner shall provide to each residentwho is entitled to receive relocation benefits pursuant to this section, arental agreement. The agreement shall begin on the date of the issuance of thenotice of discontinuance. The provisions of the rental agreement shall notalter in any manner the tenancy arrangement existing between the park owner andresident prior to issuance of the notice of discontinuance, except with respectto the amount of annual rent, which may be increased by an amount not to exceedthe increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers, published by theUnited States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, from thecalendar year immediately preceding the date upon which the rental agreement iscommenced plus the proportionate amount of any documented increase in realestate taxes or other municipal fee or charge; provided, that the total amountof the increase shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the annual rent chargedin the immediately preceding year. Once a resident has received a notice ofdiscontinuance, his or her rent, and fees, shall not be increased unless a yearhas passed from the date of the last increase imposed upon the resident.
(b) Any new resident taking up residence at the park, afterthe initial notice of discontinuance has been mailed, shall be given a copy ofthe notice in hand prior to his or her signing a lease and/or placing his orher unit in the park. The new resident shall be provided a form upon which heor she shall acknowledge in writing having received a copy of the notice.
(c) Any new resident taking up residence at the park afterthe initial notice of discontinuance has been mailed and who receives a copy ofthe notice of discontinuance provided for in the preceding paragraph shall notbe entitled to any relocation benefits as provided for in this section.
§ 31-44-3.2 Mobile home parks –Discontinuance. – (a) In any instance in which a mobile home park is to be sold or leased for anypurpose which would result in a discontinuance of the mobile home park, themobile home park owner shall give at least one year written notice by certifiedmail return receipt requested to each mobile home resident of the proposed saleor lease.
(2) The mobile home park owner shall pay to any resident whois entitled to receive notice pursuant to this section, relocation benefits ofup to four thousand dollars ($4,000) or the actual relocation expensesincurred, whichever is less. The relocation benefits shall be payable withinten (10) days of the departure of the resident and the removal of the mobilehome unit from the park. In the event that the resident fails to remove theunit from the park and the park owner is required to remove the unit, therelocation benefits shall be reduced by an amount equal to the documented outof pocket moving costs incurred by the park owner for the physical removal ofthe unit.
(3) Any mobile home park owner shall provide to each residentwho is entitled to receive relocation benefits pursuant to this section, arental agreement. The agreement shall begin on the date of the issuance of thenotice of discontinuance. The provisions of the rental agreement shall notalter in any manner the tenancy arrangement existing between the park owner andresident prior to issuance of the notice of discontinuance, except with respectto the amount of annual rent, which may be increased by an amount not to exceedthe increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers, published by theUnited States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, from thecalendar year immediately preceding the date upon which the rental agreement iscommenced plus the proportionate amount of any documented increase in realestate taxes or other municipal fee or charge; provided, that the total amountof the increase shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the annual rent chargedin the immediately preceding year. Once a resident has received a notice ofdiscontinuance, his or her rent, and fees, shall not be increased unless a yearhas passed from the date of the last increase imposed upon the resident.
(b) Any new resident taking up residence at the park, afterthe initial notice of discontinuance has been mailed, shall be given a copy ofthe notice in hand prior to his or her signing a lease and/or placing his orher unit in the park. The new resident shall be provided a form upon which heor she shall acknowledge in writing having received a copy of the notice.
(c) Any new resident taking up residence at the park afterthe initial notice of discontinuance has been mailed and who receives a copy ofthe notice of discontinuance provided for in the preceding paragraph shall notbe entitled to any relocation benefits as provided for in this section.
