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422.402
(5) (intro.) This section does not apply to a
mobile manufactured home
18transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) made on or after November 1, 1981 and
19before November 1, 1984, if:
AB720, s. 204
20Section
204. 422.402 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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422.402
(5) (b) The unequal or irregular payment is the final scheduled
22payment of the transaction, and the merchant agrees to refinance the final scheduled
23payment at a rate of interest not in excess of the rate disclosed pursuant to subch.
24III of ch. 422 by more than one percent multiplied by the number of 6-month periods
25in the term of the immediately prior
mobile manufactured home transaction.
AB720, s. 205
1Section
205. 422.413 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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422.413
(2g) (intro.) In any consumer credit transaction in which the collateral
3is a motor vehicle as defined in s. 340.01 (35), a trailer as defined in s. 340.01 (71),
4a snowmobile as defined in s. 340.01 (58a), a boat as defined in s. 30.50 (2), an aircraft
5as defined in s. 114.002 (3), or a mobile home
or manufactured home as defined in s.
6218.10 (2) 101.91, a writing evidencing the transaction may provide for the creditor's
7recovery of all of the following expenses, if the expenses are reasonable and bona fide:
AB720, s. 206
8Section
206. 424.301 (1) (b) 1 of the statutes is amended to read:
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424.301
(1) (b) 1. The actual cash value or stated value of any motor vehicle
or, 10mobile home
or manufactured home in which the creditor holds a security interest.
AB720, s. 207
11Section
207. 707.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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707.02
(4) "Campground" means real property that is available for use by
13campground members under a campground contract and is intended for camping or
14outdoor recreation, including the use of campsites and campground amenities by
15campground members, but does not include a
manufactured and mobile home park
16as defined in s. 66.058 (1) (e).
AB720, s. 208
17Section
208. 710.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18710.15 (title)
Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park regulations.
AB720, s. 209
19Section
209. 710.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(1) (a) "Lease" means a written agreement between an operator and a
21resident or
mobile home occupant establishing the terms upon which the mobile
22home
or manufactured home may be located in the park or the
mobile home occupant
23may occupy a mobile home
or manufactured home in the park.
AB720, s. 210
24Section
210. 710.15 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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710.15
(1) (am) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
AB720, s. 211
1Section
211. 710.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(1) (b) "Mobile home" has the meaning given under s.
66.058 (1) (d) 3101.91 (1) but does not include
any unit used primarily for camping, touring or
4recreational purposes a travel trailer, as defined in s. 340.01 (72r).
AB720, s. 212
5Section
212. 710.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(1) (c)
"Mobile home occupant "Occupant" means a person who rents a
7mobile home
or manufactured home in a park from an operator.
AB720, s. 213
8Section
213. 710.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(1) (d) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting
10plots of ground or mobile homes
or manufactured homes in a park to mobile home
11or manufactured home owners or
mobile home occupants.
AB720, s. 214
12Section
214. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(1) (e) "Park" means a tract of land containing
2 3 or more plots of ground
14upon which mobile homes
or manufactured homes or both are located in exchange
15for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.
AB720, s. 215
16Section
215. 710.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(1) (f) "Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home
or
18manufactured home site in a park from an operator.
AB720, s. 216
19Section
216. 710.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental
21of a mobile home
or manufactured home site or
a mobile home
or manufactured home 22shall be by lease. Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the
23resident or
mobile home occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees
24to the shorter term.
AB720, s. 217
25Section
217. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1710.15
(2) Rules included in lease. All park rules that substantially affect the
2rights or duties of residents or
mobile home occupants or of operators, including park
3rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part of every lease between them.
AB720, s. 218
4Section
218. 710.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(3) (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to enter into
6or renew, and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to continue to
7locate a mobile home
or manufactured home in the park solely or in any part on the
8basis of the age of the mobile home
or manufactured home.
AB720, s. 219
9Section
219. 710.15 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(3) (b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home
or
11manufactured home from a park solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the
12mobile home
or manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or
13occupancy of the mobile home
or manufactured home has changed or will change.
AB720, s. 220
14Section
220. 710.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(4) (title)
Prohibited consideration of change in ownership or
16occupancy of mobile home or manufactured home. An operator may not require the
17removal of a mobile home
or manufactured home from a park solely or in any part
18because the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home
or manufactured home has
19changed or will change. An operator may refuse to enter into an initial lease with
20a prospective resident or
mobile home occupant for any other lawful reason.
AB720, s. 221
21Section
221. 710.15 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(4m) No interest in real estate; screening permitted. Neither sub. (3)
23(b) nor sub. (4) creates or extends any interest in real estate or prohibits the lawful
24screening of prospective residents and
mobile home occupants by an operator.
AB720, s. 222
25Section
222. 710.15 (5m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1710.15
(5m) Termination of tenancy or nonrenewal of lease. (intro.)
2Notwithstanding ss. 704.17 and 704.19, the tenancy of a resident or
mobile home 3occupant in a park may not be terminated, nor may the renewal of the lease be denied
4by the park operator, except upon any of the following grounds:
AB720, s. 223
5Section
223. 710.15 (5m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(5m) (e) Violation of park rules that endangers the health or safety of
7others or disrupts the right to the peaceful enjoyment and use of the premises by
8others, after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to the resident
9or
mobile home occupant.
AB720, s. 224
10Section
224. 710.15 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(5m) (em) Violation of federal, state or local laws, rules or ordinances
12relating to mobile homes
or manufactured homes after written notice to cease the
13violation has been delivered to the resident or
mobile home occupant.
AB720, s. 225
14Section
225. 710.15 (5m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(5m) (h) The physical condition of the mobile home
or manufactured
16home presents a threat to the health or safety of its occupants or others in the park
17or, by its physical appearance, disrupts the right to the enjoyment and use of the park
18by others.
AB720, s. 226
19Section
226. 779.85 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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779.85
(6) "Prepayment" means any full or partial payment received by a seller
21or an obligation incurred by a customer to a creditor or to a seller or to a seller's
22assignee for maintenance to be performed by a seller if payment is made before the
23maintenance is rendered or received. This term does not include prepayment for
24maintenance under an insurance policy. Except with regard to a warranty under s.
25218.14 16.998, this term does not include prepayment for maintenance to be provided
1under a manufacturer's warranty on goods or maintenance unless there is a
2prepayment made for maintenance to be rendered under the warranty separate from
3the payment for the goods themselves.
AB720, s. 227
4Section
227. 852.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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852.09
(2) Home means any dwelling in the estate of the decedent which at the
6time of the decedent's death the surviving spouse occupies or intends to occupy; if
7there are several such dwellings, any one may be selected by the surviving spouse.
8It includes but is not limited to any of the following: a house, a mobile home
, a
9manufactured home, a duplex or multiple apartment building one unit of which is
10occupied by the surviving spouse, or a building used in part for a dwelling and in part
11for commercial or business purposes. The home includes all of the surrounding land,
12unless the court in its discretion sets off part of the land as severable from the
13remaining land. On petition of the surviving spouse or of any interested person that
14part of the land is not necessary for dwelling purposes and that it would be
15inappropriate to assign all of the surrounding land as the home, the court may set
16off for the home so much of the land as is necessary for a dwelling. In determining
17whether to allow a division of the land and in determining how much land should be
18set off, the court shall take into account the use and marketability of the parcels set
19off as the home and the remaining land. The court shall deny a petition for division
20unless division is clearly appropriate under the circumstances and can be made
21without prejudice to the rights of all persons interested in the estate.
AB720, s. 228
22Section
228. 941.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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941.20
(1) (d) While on the lands of another discharges a firearm within 100
24yards of any building devoted to human occupancy situated on and attached to the
25lands of another without the express permission of the owner or occupant of the
1building. "Building" as used in this paragraph includes any house trailer
or, mobile
2home
or manufactured home but does not include any tent, bus, truck, vehicle or
3similar portable unit.
AB720, s. 229
4Section
229. 943.10 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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943.10
(1) (am) A mobile home or manufactured home; or
AB720, s. 230
6Section
230. 943.10 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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943.10
(1) (e) A motor home or other motorized type of home
or a trailer home,
8whether or not any person is living in any such home; or
AB720, s. 231
9Section
231. 990.01 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
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990.01
(14) Homestead exemption. "Exempt homestead" means the dwelling,
11including a building, condominium, mobile home,
manufactured home, house trailer
12or cooperative, and so much of the land surrounding it as is reasonably necessary for
13its use as a home, but not less than 0.25 acre, if available, and not exceeding 40 acres,
14within the limitation as to value under s. 815.20, except as to liens attaching or rights
15of devisees or heirs of persons dying before the effective date of any increase of that
16limitation as to value.
AB720, s. 232
17Section
232.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after
18publication, except as follows:
AB720,72,20
19(1)
The amendment of sections 16.998 (1) (a) and 16.9995 of the statutes takes
20effect on July 1, 1996.