1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to manufactured home parks; requiring the 
  1.3             Minnesota department of health to conduct a study; 
  1.4             appropriating money. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STUDY.] 
  1.7      The Minnesota legislature recognizes that manufactured home 
  1.8   parks are an important component in efforts to address the lack 
  1.9   of affordable housing throughout the state of Minnesota and, 
  1.10  further, that minimum standards are critical to ensure the 
  1.11  safety of manufactured home park residents.  To this end, the 
  1.12  Minnesota department of health, in conjunction with the 
  1.13  department of administration, building codes division, 
  1.14  department of public safety, pollution control agency, Minnesota 
  1.15  housing finance agency, and other appropriate state agencies, 
  1.16  shall conduct a study of the condition of manufactured home 
  1.17  parks throughout the state of Minnesota.  The department of 
  1.18  health shall consult with and involve cities, manufactured home 
  1.19  park owners, and manufactured home park residents.  The study 
  1.20  should include:  an evaluation of the current level of 
  1.21  regulatory enforcement; recommended state regulatory changes for 
  1.22  the operation of manufactured home parks; suggested ways for 
  1.23  cities to better address the issues presented by manufactured 
  1.24  home parks, including the ability to enforce state and local 
  1.25  regulations on private property; "best practices" for the 
  2.1   operation of manufactured home parks; and an identification of 
  2.2   mechanisms to provide assistance in financing manufactured home 
  2.3   parks upgrades.  Copies of the report shall be submitted to the 
  2.4   appropriate standing committees of the legislature by January 
  2.5   15, 1999. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.7      $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.8   commissioner of health for the study required by section 1.