AB519, s. 215
20Section
215. 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
22plots of ground or mobile homes
or manufactured homes in a park to mobile home
23or manufactured home owners or
mobile home occupants.
AB519, s. 216
24Section
216. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1710.15
(1) (e) "Park" means a tract of land containing
2 3 or more plots of ground
2upon which mobile homes
or manufactured homes or both are located in exchange
3for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.
AB519, s. 217
4Section
217. 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
6manufactured home site in a park from an operator.
AB519, s. 218
7Section
218. 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
9of a mobile home
or manufactured home site or
a mobile home
or manufactured home 10shall be by lease. Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the
11resident or
mobile home occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees
12to the shorter term.
AB519, s. 219
13Section
219. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(2) Rules included in lease. All park rules that substantially affect the
15rights or duties of residents or
mobile home occupants or of operators, including park
16rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part of every lease between them.
AB519, s. 220
17Section
220. 710.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(3) (title)
Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or
19manufactured home. (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to
20enter into or renew, and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to
21continue to locate a mobile home
or manufactured home in the park solely or in any
22part on the basis of the age of the mobile home
or manufactured home.
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(b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home
or manufactured
24home from a park solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile home
or
1manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of the mobile
2home
or manufactured home has changed or will change.
AB519, s. 221
3Section
221. 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
5occupancy of mobile home or manufactured home. An operator may not require the
6removal of a mobile home
or manufactured home from a park solely or in any part
7because the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home
or manufactured home has
8changed or will change. An operator may refuse to enter into an initial lease with
9a prospective resident or
mobile home occupant for any other lawful reason.
AB519, s. 222
10Section
222. 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.
12(3) (b) nor sub. (4) creates or extends any interest in real estate or prohibits the lawful
13screening of prospective residents and
mobile home occupants by an operator.
AB519, s. 223
14Section
223. 710.15 (5m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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710.15
(5m) Termination of tenancy or nonrenewal of lease. (intro.)
16Notwithstanding ss. 704.17 and 704.19, the tenancy of a resident or
mobile home 17occupant in a park may not be terminated, nor may the renewal of the lease be denied
18by the park operator, except upon any of the following grounds:
AB519, s. 224
19Section
224. 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
21others or disrupts the right to the peaceful enjoyment and use of the premises by
22others, after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to the resident
23or
mobile home occupant.
AB519, s. 225
24Section
225. 710.15 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1710.15
(5m) (em) Violation of federal, state or local laws, rules or ordinances
2relating to mobile homes
or manufactured homes after written notice to cease the
3violation has been delivered to the resident or
mobile home occupant.
AB519, s. 226
4Section
226. 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
6home presents a threat to the health or safety of its occupants or others in the park
7or, by its physical appearance, disrupts the right to the enjoyment and use of the park
8by others.
AB519, s. 227
9Section
227. 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
11or an obligation incurred by a customer to a creditor or to a seller or to a seller's
12assignee for maintenance to be performed by a seller if payment is made before the
13maintenance is rendered or received. This term does not include prepayment for
14maintenance under an insurance policy. Except with regard to a warranty under s.
15218.14 16.998, this term does not include prepayment for maintenance to be provided
16under a manufacturer's warranty on goods or maintenance unless there is a
17prepayment made for maintenance to be rendered under the warranty separate from
18the payment for the goods themselves.
AB519, s. 228
19Section
228. 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
21time of the decedent's death the surviving spouse occupies or intends to occupy; if
22there are several such dwellings, any one may be selected by the surviving spouse.
23It includes but is not limited to any of the following: a house, a mobile home
, a
24manufactured home, a duplex or multiple apartment building one unit of which is
25occupied by the surviving spouse, or a building used in part for a dwelling and in part
1for commercial or business purposes. The home includes all of the surrounding land,
2unless the court in its discretion sets off part of the land as severable from the
3remaining land. On petition of the surviving spouse or of any interested person that
4part of the land is not necessary for dwelling purposes and that it would be
5inappropriate to assign all of the surrounding land as the home, the court may set
6off for the home so much of the land as is necessary for a dwelling. In determining
7whether to allow a division of the land and in determining how much land should be
8set off, the court shall take into account the use and marketability of the parcels set
9off as the home and the remaining land. The court shall deny a petition for division
10unless division is clearly appropriate under the circumstances and can be made
11without prejudice to the rights of all persons interested in the estate.
AB519, s. 229
12Section
229. 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
14yards of any building devoted to human occupancy situated on and attached to the
15lands of another without the express permission of the owner or occupant of the
16building. "Building" as used in this paragraph includes any house trailer
or, mobile
17home
or manufactured home but does not include any tent, bus, truck, vehicle or
18similar portable unit.
AB519, s. 230
19Section
230. 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
AB519, s. 231
21Section
231. 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,
23whether or not any person is living in any such home; or
AB519, s. 232
24Section
232. 990.01 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1990.01
(14) Homestead exemption. "Exempt homestead" means the dwelling,
2including a building, condominium, mobile home,
manufactured home, house trailer
3or cooperative, and so much of the land surrounding it as is reasonably necessary for
4its use as a home, but not less than 0.25 acre, if available, and not exceeding 40 acres,
5within the limitation as to value under s. 815.20, except as to liens attaching or rights
6of devisees or heirs of persons dying before the effective date of any increase of that
7limitation as to value.