1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to housing; creating the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust 
1.3 	fund; requiring that a manufactured home park owner make specified payments 
1.4 	to the trust fund; requiring an owner of a manufactured home who rents a lot 
1.5 	in a manufactured home park to make an annual payment to the trust fund; 
1.6 	authorizing advances to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund;
1.7 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 327C.095, subdivisions 1, 4, by 
1.8 	adding subdivisions; 462A.21, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for 
1.9 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327C.095, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.12 	read:
1.13 		Subdivision 1.Conversion of use; minimum notice. At least nine months before 
1.14 	the conversion of all or a portion of a manufactured home park to another use, or before 
1.15 	closure of a manufactured home park or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured 
1.16 	home park, the park owner must prepare a closure statement and provide a copy to the 
1.17 	commissioners of health and the housing finance agency, the local planning agency, and  
1.18 	a resident of each manufactured home where the residential use is being converted. 
1.19 	The closure statement must include the following language in a font no smaller than 14 
1.20 	point: "YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FROM THE MINNESOTA 
1.21 	MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND ADMINISTERED BY THE 
1.22 	MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY." A resident may not be required to 
1.23 	vacate until 60 days after the conclusion of the public hearing required under subdivision 
1.24 	4. If a lot is available in another section of the park that will continue to be operated as a 
1.25 	park, the park owner must allow the resident to relocate the home to that lot unless the 
1.26 	home, because of its size or local ordinance, is not compatible with that lot.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327C.095, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 4.Public hearing; relocation costs compensation; neutral third party.
 2.3 	The governing body of the affected municipality shall hold a public hearing to review 
2.4 	the closure statement and any impact that the park closing may have on the displaced 
2.5 	residents and the park owner. Before any change in use or cessation of operation and as a 
2.6 	condition of the change, the governing body may require a payment by the park owner to 
2.7 	be made to the displaced resident for the reasonable relocation costs. If a resident cannot 
2.8 	relocate the home to another manufactured home park within a 25 mile radius of the park 
2.9 	that is being closed, the resident is entitled to relocation costs based upon an average of 
2.10 	relocation costs awarded to other residents. At the time of, and in the notice for, the public 
2.11 	hearing, displaced residents must be informed that they may be eligible for payments 
2.12 	from the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund under section 462A.40 as 
2.13 	compensation for reasonable relocation costs under subdivision 13, paragraphs (a) and (e).
2.14 	The governing body of the municipality may also require that other parties, including 
2.15 	the municipality, but excluding the park owner or its purchaser, involved in the park 
2.16 	closing provide additional compensation to residents to mitigate the adverse financial 
2.17 	impact of the park closing upon the residents.
2.18 	At the public hearing, the municipality shall appoint a neutral third party, to be 
2.19 	agreed upon by both the manufactured home park owner and manufactured home owners, 
2.20 	whose hourly cost must be reasonable and paid from the Minnesota manufactured home 
2.21 	relocation trust fund. The neutral third party shall act as a paymaster and arbitrator, with 
2.22 	decision-making authority to resolve any questions or disputes regarding any contributions 
2.23 	or disbursements to and from the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund by 
2.24 	either the manufactured home park owner or the manufactured home owners. If the parties 
2.25 	cannot agree on a neutral third party, the municipality will make a determination.

2.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327C.095, is amended by adding a 
2.27 	subdivision to read:
2.28 		Subd. 12.Payment to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund.
 2.29 	(a) If a manufactured home owner is required to move due to the conversion of all or a 
2.30 	portion of a manufactured home park to another use, the closure of a park, or cessation 
2.31 	of use of the land as a manufactured home park, the manufactured park owner shall, 
2.32 	upon the change in use, pay to the commissioner of finance for deposit in the Minnesota 
2.33 	manufactured home relocation trust fund under section 462A.40, the lesser amount of the 
2.34 	actual costs of moving or purchasing the manufactured home approved by the neutral 
2.35 	third party and paid by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency under subdivision 13, 
3.1 	paragraph (a) or (e), or $3,250 for each single section manufactured home, and $6,000 for 
3.2 	each multisection manufactured home, for which a manufactured home owner has made 
3.3 	application for payment of relocation costs under subdivision 13, paragraph (c). The 
3.4 	manufactured home park owner shall make payments required under this section to the 
3.5 	Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund within 60 days of receipt of invoice 
3.6 	from the neutral third party.
3.7 	(b) A manufactured home park owner is not required to make the payment prescribed 
3.8 	under paragraph (a), nor is a manufactured home owner entitled to compensation under 
3.9 	subdivision 13, paragraph (a) or (e), if:
3.10 	(1) the manufactured home park owner relocates the manufactured home owner to 
3.11 	another space in the manufactured home park or to another manufactured home park at 
3.12 	the park owner's expense;
3.13 	(2) the manufactured home owner is vacating the premises and has informed the 
3.14 	manufactured home park owner or manager of this prior to the mailing date of the closure 
3.15 	statement under subdivision 1;
3.16 	(3) a manufactured home owner has abandoned the manufactured home, or the 
3.17 	manufactured home owner is not current on the monthly lot rental, personal property 
3.18 	taxes, or has failed to pay the annual $12 payments to the Minnesota manufactured home 
3.19 	relocation trust fund when due; 
3.20 	(4) the manufactured home owner has a pending eviction action for nonpayment of 
3.21 	lot rental amount under section 327C.09, which was filed against the manufactured home 
3.22 	owner prior to the mailing date of the closure statement under subdivision 1, and the writ 
3.23 	of recovery has been ordered by the district court;
3.24 	(5) the conversion of all or a portion of a manufactured home park to another use, 
3.25 	the closure of a park, or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured home park is the 
3.26 	result of a taking or exercise of the power of eminent domain by a governmental entity 
3.27 	or public utility; or
3.28 	(6) the owner of the manufactured home is not a resident of the manufactured home 
3.29 	park, as defined in section 327C.01, subdivision 9, or the owner of the manufactured home 
3.30 	is a resident, but came to reside in the manufactured home park after the mailing date of 
3.31 	the closure statement under subdivision 1.
3.32 	(c) Owners of manufactured homes who rent lots in a manufactured home park shall 
3.33 	make annual payments to the park owner, to be deposited in the Minnesota manufactured 
3.34 	home relocation trust fund under section 462A.40, in the amount of $12 per year, per 
3.35 	manufactured home, payable on August 15 of each year. On or before July 15 of each 
3.36 	year, the commissioner of finance shall prepare and post on the department's Web site a 
4.1 	generic invoice and cover letter explaining the purpose of the Minnesota manufactured 
4.2 	home relocation trust fund, the obligation of each manufactured home owner to make an 
4.3 	annual $12 payment into the fund, the due date, and the need to pay to the park owner for 
4.4 	collection, and a warning, in 14-point font, that if the annual payments are not made when 
4.5 	due, the manufactured home owner will not be eligible for compensation from the fund if 
4.6 	the manufactured home park closes. The park owner shall receive, record, and commingle 
4.7 	the payments and forward the payments to the commissioner of finance by September 15 
4.8 	of each year, with a summary by the park owner, certifying the name, address, and payment 
4.9 	amount of each remitter, and noting the names and address of manufactured home owners 
4.10 	who did not pay the $12 annual payment, sent to both the commissioner of finance and the 
4.11 	commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. The commissioner of finance 
4.12 	shall deposit the payments in the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund.
4.13 	(d) This subdivision and subdivision 13, paragraph (c), clause (5), are enforceable 
4.14 	by the neutral third party, on behalf of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, or by 
4.15 	action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.

4.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327C.095, is amended by adding a 
4.17 	subdivision to read:
4.18 		Subd. 13.Change in use, relocation expenses; payments by park owner. (a) 
4.19 	If a manufactured home owner is required to relocate due to the conversion of all or a 
4.20 	portion of a manufactured home park to another use, the closure of a manufactured home 
4.21 	park, or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured home park under subdivision 
4.22 	1, and the manufactured home owner complies with the requirements of this section, 
4.23 	the manufactured home owner is entitled to payment from the Minnesota manufactured 
4.24 	home relocation trust fund equal to the manufactured home owner's actual relocation 
4.25 	costs for relocating the manufactured home to a new location within a 25-mile radius 
4.26 	of the park that is being closed, up to a maximum of $4,000 for a single-section and 
4.27 	$8,000 for a multisection manufactured home. The actual relocation costs must include 
4.28 	the reasonable cost of taking down, moving, and setting up the manufactured home, 
4.29 	including equipment rental, utility connection and disconnection charges, minor repairs, 
4.30 	modifications necessary for transportation of the home, necessary moving permits and 
4.31 	insurance, moving costs for any appurtenances, which meet applicable local, state, and 
4.32 	federal building and construction codes.
4.33 	(b) A manufactured home owner is not entitled to compensation under paragraph (a) 
4.34 	if the manufactured home park owner is not required to make a payment to the Minnesota 
4.35 	manufactured home relocation trust fund under subdivision 12, paragraph (b).
5.1 	(c) Except as provided in paragraph (e), in order to obtain payment from the 
5.2 	Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund, the manufactured home owner shall 
5.3 	submit to the neutral third party and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, with a copy 
5.4 	to the park owner, an application for payment, which includes:
5.5 	(1) a copy of the closure statement under subdivision 1;
5.6 	(2) a copy of the contract with a moving or towing contractor, which includes the 
5.7 	relocation costs for relocating the manufactured home;
5.8 	(3) a statement with supporting materials of any additional relocation costs as 
5.9 	outlined in subdivision 1;
5.10 	(4) a statement certifying that none of the exceptions to receipt of compensation 
5.11 	under subdivision 12, paragraph (b), apply to the manufactured home owner;
5.12 	(5) a statement from the manufactured park owner that the lot rental is current 
5.13 	and that the annual $12 payments to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust 
5.14 	fund have been paid when due; and
5.15 	(6) a statement from the county where the manufactured home is located certifying 
5.16 	that personal property taxes for the manufactured home are paid through the end of that 
5.17 	year.
5.18 	(d) If the neutral third party has acted reasonably and does not approve or deny 
5.19 	payment within 45 days after receipt of the information set forth in paragraph (c), the 
5.20 	payment is deemed approved. Upon approval and request by the neutral third party, 
5.21 	the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall issue two checks in equal amount for 50 
5.22 	percent of the contract price payable to the mover and towing contractor for relocating 
5.23 	the manufactured home in the amount of the actual relocation cost, plus a check to the 
5.24 	home owner for additional certified costs associated with third-party vendors, that were 
5.25 	necessary in relocating the manufactured home. The moving or towing contractor shall 
5.26 	receive 50 percent upon execution of the contract and 50 percent upon completion of 
5.27 	the relocation and approval by the manufactured home owner. The moving or towing 
5.28 	contractor may not apply the funds to any other purpose other than relocation of the 
5.29 	manufactured home as provided in the contract. A copy of the approval must be forwarded 
5.30 	by the neutral third party to the park owner with an invoice for payment of the amount 
5.31 	specified in subdivision 12, paragraph (a).
5.32 	(e) In lieu of collecting a relocation payment from the Minnesota manufactured 
5.33 	home relocation trust fund under paragraph (a), the manufactured home owner may collect 
5.34 	an amount from the fund after reasonable efforts to relocate the manufactured home 
5.35 	have failed due to the age or condition of the manufactured home, or because there are 
5.36 	no manufactured home parks willing or able to accept the manufactured home within a 
6.1 	25-mile radius. A manufactured home owner may tender title of the manufactured home in 
6.2 	the manufactured home park to the manufactured home park owner, and collect an amount 
6.3 	to be determined by an independent appraisal. The appraiser must be agreed to by both the 
6.4 	manufactured home park owner and the manufactured home owner. The amount that may 
6.5 	be reimbursed under the fund is a maximum of $5,000 for a single-section, and $9,000 
6.6 	for a multisection manufactured home. The manufactured home owner shall deliver to 
6.7 	the manufactured home park owner the current certificate of title to the manufactured 
6.8 	home duly endorsed by the owner of record, and valid releases of all liens shown on the 
6.9 	certificate of title, and a statement from the county where the manufactured home is 
6.10 	located evidencing that the personal property taxes have been paid. The manufactured 
6.11 	home owner's application for funds under this paragraph must include a document 
6.12 	certifying that the manufactured home cannot be relocated, that the lot rental is current, 
6.13 	that the annual $12 payments to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund 
6.14 	have been paid when due, that the manufactured home owner has chosen to tender title 
6.15 	under this section, and that the park owner agrees to make a payment to the commissioner 
6.16 	of finance in the amount established in subdivision 12, paragraph (a), less any documented 
6.17 	costs submitted to the neutral third party, required for demolition and removal of the 
6.18 	home, and any debris or refuse left on the lot, not to exceed $1,000. The manufactured 
6.19 	home owner must also provide a copy of the certificate of title endorsed by the owner of 
6.20 	record, and certify to the neutral third party, with a copy to the park owner, that none of 
6.21 	the exceptions to receipt of compensation under subdivision 12, paragraph (b), clauses (1) 
6.22 	to (6), apply to the manufactured home owner, and that the home owner will vacate the 
6.23 	home within 60 days after receipt of payment or the date of park closure, whichever is 
6.24 	earlier, provided that the monthly lot rent is kept current. 
6.25 	(f) The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency must make a determination of the 
6.26 	amount of payment a manufactured home owner would have been entitled to under a 
6.27 	local ordinance in effect on the effective date of this section. Notwithstanding paragraph 
6.28 	(a), the manufactured home owner's compensation for relocation costs from the fund 
6.29 	under section 462A.40, is the greater of the amount provided under this subdivision, or 
6.30 	the amount under the local ordinance in effect on the effective date of this section, that 
6.31 	is applicable to the manufactured home owner. Nothing in this paragraph is intended 
6.32 	to increase the liability of the park owner.
6.33 	(g) Neither the neutral third party nor the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall 
6.34 	be liable to any person for recovery if the funds in the Minnesota manufactured home 
6.35 	relocation trust fund are insufficient to pay the amounts claimed. The Minnesota Housing 
7.1 	Finance Agency shall keep a record of the time and date of its approval of payment to a 
7.2 	claimant.
7.3 	(h) The agency shall report to the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and 
7.4 	house of representatives Ways and Means Committee by January 15 of each year on 
7.5 	the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund, including the account balance, 
7.6 	payments to claimants, the amount of any advances to the fund, and the amount of any 
7.7 	insufficiencies encountered during the previous calendar year. If sufficient funds become 
7.8 	available, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall pay the manufactured home 
7.9 	owner whose unpaid claim is the earliest by time and date of approval.

7.10 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327C.095, is amended by adding a 
7.11 	subdivision to read:
7.12 		Subd. 14.Payment adjustment for smaller manufactured home parks. The total 
7.13 	contribution to the fund under section 462A.40 paid by the park owner under subdivision 
7.14 	12, paragraph (a), must not exceed 20 percent of the sale price, or if no sale price is 
7.15 	available, the assessed value of the manufactured home park, except that if the sale price, 
7.16 	or, if there is no sale price, the assessed value, is:
7.17 	(1) less than $100,000, the manufactured home park owner's contribution to the fund 
7.18 	must not exceed five percent of the sale price of the manufactured home park;
7.19 	(2) less than $200,000, the owner's contribution to the fund must not exceed eight 
7.20 	percent of the sale price of the manufactured home park;
7.21 	(3) less than $300,000, the owner's contribution to the fund must not exceed ten 
7.22 	percent of the sale price of the manufactured home park; and
7.23 	(4) less than $500,000, the owner's contribution to the fund must not exceed 15 
7.24 	percent of the sale price of the manufactured home park.

7.25 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327C.095, is amended by adding a 
7.26 	subdivision to read:
7.27 		Subd. 15.Preemption of local ordinances. Sections 327C.095, subdivisions 1, 4, 
7.28 	and 12 to 16; 462A.21, subdivision 31; and 462A.40 preempt and supersede a township, 
7.29 	county, or statutory or home rule charter city ordinance relating to the relocation or buyout 
7.30 	payments paid due to a change of use or closure of manufactured home communities. A 
7.31 	township, county, or statutory or home rule charter city must not adopt an ordinance 
7.32 	requiring more compensation by the manufactured home park owners or its purchaser 
7.33 	than what is provided for in this statute.

8.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 462A.21, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.2 	to read:
8.3 		Subd. 31.Manufactured housing relocation trust fund. The agency may spend 
8.4 	money for the purposes of sections 327C.095, subdivisions 12 and 13; and 462A.40 
8.5 	and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the development and 
8.6 	operation of the fund under section 462A.40.

8.7 	Sec. 8. [462A.40] MINNESOTA MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION 
8.8 	TRUST FUND.
8.9 		Subdivision 1.Establishment of fund. The Minnesota manufactured home 
8.10 	relocation trust fund is established as a separate account in the housing development 
8.11 	fund. The agency may use the money from the Minnesota manufactured home relocation 
8.12 	trust fund to make payments to manufactured home owners under section 327C.095, 
8.13 	subdivision 13, paragraphs (a) and (e). All interest earned from the investment or 
8.14 	deposit of money in the trust fund must be deposited in the trust fund. The Minnesota 
8.15 	manufactured home relocation trust fund account shall consist of:
8.16 	(1) payments collected from manufactured home park owners under section 
8.17 	327C.095, subdivision 12, paragraph (a), and subdivision 13, paragraph (e);
8.18 	(2) payments collected from manufactured home owners under section 327C.095, 
8.19 	subdivision 12, paragraph (c);
8.20 	(3) interest earned on the money deposited into the trust fund; and
8.21 	(4) other appropriated funds.
8.22 		Subd. 2.Expending funds. The agency may expend the money in the Minnesota 
8.23 	manufactured home relocation trust fund to the extent necessary to carry out the objectives 
8.24 	of section 327C.095, subdivision 13, by making payments to manufactured home owners, 
8.25 	or other parties approved by the third-party neutral, under subdivision 13, paragraphs (a) 
8.26 	and (e), and to pay the costs of administering the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated 
8.27 	to the agency for these purposes and to the commissioner of finance to pay costs incurred 
8.28 	by the commissioner of finance to administer the fund.

8.29 	Sec. 9. ADVANCES TO THE MINNESOTA MANUFACTURED HOME 
8.30 	RELOCATION TRUST FUND.
 8.31 	(a) The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency may advance money from state 
8.32 	appropriations or other resources to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust 
8.33 	fund established under Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.40, in the event that money in 
8.34 	the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund is insufficient to pay the amounts 
9.1 	claimed under Minnesota Statutes, section 327.095, subdivision 13. This paragraph 
9.2 	sunsets on June 30, 2009.
9.3 	(b) The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall be reimbursed from the Minnesota 
9.4 	manufactured home relocation trust fund for any money advanced by the agency under 
9.5 	paragraph (a) to the fund. Applications for payment to manufactured home owners shall 
9.6 	be paid before reimbursement of money advanced by the agency to the fund.

9.7 	Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 9.8 	Sections 1 to 9 are effective the day following final enactment. Section 6 does 
9.9 	not apply to proceedings initiated before the effective date under a local ordinance that 
9.10 	provides for compensation for manufactured home owners for the closure or relocation 
9.11 	of a manufactured home park, if final action in the proceedings is completed by August 
9.12 	1, 2007.