1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to manufactured homes; regulating manufactured home park conversions;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327C.095, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327C.095, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Conversion of use; minimum notice. At least nine months before 
1.8 	the conversion of all or a portion of a manufactured home park to another use, or before 
1.9 	closure of a manufactured home park or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured 
1.10 	home park, the park owner must prepare a closure statement and provide a copy to 
1.11 	the commissioners of health and the housing finance agency, the local planning agency,
1.12 	and a copy to a resident of each manufactured home where the residential use is being 
1.13 	converted. A resident may not be required to vacate until 60 days after the conclusion of 
1.14 	the public hearing required under subdivision 4. If a lot is available in another section of 
1.15 	the park that will continue to be operated as a park, the park owner must allow the resident 
1.16 	to relocate the home to that lot unless the home, because of its size or local ordinance, 
1.17 	is not compatible with that lot.