Amendment SSA1-SB7

SB7-SSA1,44,25 422.413 (2g) (intro.) In any consumer credit transaction in which the collateral is a motor vehicle as defined in s. 340.01 (35), a trailer as defined in s. 340.01 (71), a snowmobile as defined in s. 340.01 (58a), a boat as defined in s. 30.50 (2), an aircraft as defined in s. 114.002 (3), or a mobile home or manufactured home as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91, a writing evidencing the transaction may provide for the creditor's recovery of all of the following expenses, if the expenses are reasonable and bona fide:

SB7-SSA1, s. 142 Section 142. 424.301 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,45,3 424.301 (1) (b) 1. The actual cash value or stated value of any motor vehicle, manufactured home, or mobile home in which the creditor holds a security interest.

SB7-SSA1, s. 143 Section 143. 707.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,45,9 707.02 (4) "Campground" means real property that is available for use by campground members under a campground contract and is intended for camping or outdoor recreation, including the use of campsites and campground amenities by campground members, but does not include a manufactured and mobile home park community as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (c) (cg).

SB7-SSA1, s. 144 Section 144. 710.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,45,12 710.15 (title) Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park community regulations.

SB7-SSA1, s. 145 Section 145. 710.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ag) and amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,45,19 710.15 (1) (ag) "Lease" means a written agreement between an operator and a resident or mobile home occupant establishing the terms upon which the mobile home or manufactured home may be located in the park community or the mobile home occupant resident may occupy a mobile home or manufactured home in the park community.

SB7-SSA1, s. 146 Section 146. 710.15 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB7-SSA1,45,21 710.15 (1) (am) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).

SB7-SSA1, s. 147 Section 147. 710.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,45,25 710.15 (1) (b) "Mobile home" has the meaning given under s. 66.0435 (1) (d) 101.91 (10), but does not include any unit used primarily for camping, touring or recreational purposes a recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r).

SB7-SSA1, s. 148 Section 148. 710.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,46,5 710.15 (1) (c) "Mobile home occupant Occupant" means a person who rents a mobile home or manufactured home in a park community from an operator or who occupies a mobile home or manufactured home located on a plot of ground that is rented in a community from an operator.

SB7-SSA1, s. 149 Section 149. 710.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,46,9 710.15 (1) (d) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting plots of ground or mobile homes or manufactured homes in a park community to mobile home or manufactured home owners or mobile home occupants.

SB7-SSA1, s. 150 Section 150. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ad) and amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,46,14 710.15 (1) (ad) "Park Community" means a tract of land containing 2 3 or more plots of ground upon which mobile homes or manufactured homes are located in exchange for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.

SB7-SSA1, s. 151 Section 151. 710.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,46,18 710.15 (1) (f) "Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home or manufactured home site in a park community from an operator and who occupies the mobile home or site as his or her residence.

SB7-SSA1, s. 152 Section 152. 710.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,46,23 710.15 (1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental of a mobile home site or mobile home or manufactured home site shall be by lease. Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the resident or mobile home occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees to the shorter term.

SB7-SSA1, s. 153 Section 153. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,47,4 710.15 (2) Rules included in lease. All park community rules that substantially affect the rights or duties of residents or mobile home occupants or of operators, including park community rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part of every lease between them.

SB7-SSA1, s. 154 Section 154. 710.15 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,47,7 710.15 (2m) (a) Every lease shall state whether the park community contains an emergency shelter.

SB7-SSA1, s. 155 Section 155. 710.15 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,47,11 710.15 (2m) (b) If a park community contains an emergency shelter under par. (a), the park community rules shall state the location of the emergency shelter and procedures for its use.

SB7-SSA1, s. 156 Section 156. 710.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,47,17 710.15 (3) Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or manufactured home. (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to enter into or renew, and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to continue to locate a mobile home or manufactured home in the park community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home.

SB7-SSA1,47,21 (b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured home from a park community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home or manufactured home has changed or will change.

SB7-SSA1, s. 157 Section 157. 710.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,48,3 710.15 (4) Prohibited consideration of change in ownership or occupancy of mobile home or manufactured home. An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured home from a park community solely or in any part because the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home or manufactured home has changed or will change. An operator may refuse to enter into an initial lease with a prospective resident or mobile home occupant for any other lawful reason.

SB7-SSA1, s. 158 Section 158. 710.15 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,48,7 710.15 (4m) No interest in real estate; screening permitted. Neither sub. (3) (b) nor sub. (4) creates or extends any interest in real estate or prohibits the lawful screening of prospective residents and mobile home occupants by an operator.

SB7-SSA1, s. 159 Section 159. 710.15 (5m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,48,13 710.15 (5m) Termination of tenancy or nonrenewal of lease. (intro.) Notwithstanding ss. 704.17 and 704.19, the tenancy of a resident or mobile home occupant in a park community may not be terminated, nor may the renewal of the lease be denied by the park community operator, except upon any of the following grounds:

SB7-SSA1, s. 160 Section 160. 710.15 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,48,16 710.15 (5m) (a) Failure to pay rent due, or failure to pay taxes or any other charges due for which the park community owner or operator may be liable.

SB7-SSA1, s. 161 Section 161. 710.15 (5m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,48,21 710.15 (5m) (e) Violation of park community rules that endangers the health or safety of others or disrupts the right to the peaceful enjoyment and use of the premises by others, after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to the resident or mobile home occupant.

SB7-SSA1, s. 162 Section 162. 710.15 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,48,25 710.15 (5m) (em) Violation of federal, state or local laws, rules or ordinances relating to mobile homes or manufactured homes after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to the resident or mobile home occupant.

SB7-SSA1, s. 163 Section 163. 710.15 (5m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,49,3 710.15 (5m) (f) The park community owner or operator seeks to retire the park community permanently from the rental housing market.

SB7-SSA1, s. 164 Section 164. 710.15 (5m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,49,9 710.15 (5m) (g) The park community owner or operator is required to discontinue use of the park community for the purpose rented as a result of action taken against the park community owner or operator by local or state building or health authorities and it is necessary for the premises to be vacated to satisfy the relief sought by the action.

SB7-SSA1, s. 165 Section 165. 710.15 (5m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,49,14 710.15 (5m) (h) The physical condition of the mobile home or manufactured home presents a threat to the health or safety of its occupants or others in the park community or, by its physical appearance, disrupts the right to the enjoyment and use of the park community by others.

SB7-SSA1, s. 166 Section 166. 861.21 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,49,23 861.21 (1) (b) "Home" means any dwelling in which the decedent had an interest and that at the time of the decedent's death the surviving spouse occupies or intends to occupy. If there are several such dwellings, any one may be designated by the surviving spouse. "Home" includes a house, a mobile home, a manufactured home, a duplex or multiple apartment building one unit of which is occupied by the surviving spouse and a building used in part for a dwelling and in part for commercial or business purposes. "Home" includes all of the surrounding land, unless the court sets off part of the land as severable from the remaining land under sub. (5).

SB7-SSA1, s. 167 Section 167. 941.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,50,5 941.20 (1) (d) While on the lands of another discharges a firearm within 100 yards of any building devoted to human occupancy situated on and attached to the lands of another without the express permission of the owner or occupant of the building. "Building" as used in this paragraph includes any house trailer or mobile home but does not include any tent, bus, truck, vehicle or similar portable unit.

SB7-SSA1, s. 168 Section 168. 990.01 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB7-SSA1,50,13 990.01 (14) Homestead exemption. "Exempt homestead" means the dwelling, including a building, condominium, mobile home, manufactured home, house trailer or cooperative or an unincorporated cooperative association, and so much of the land surrounding it as is reasonably necessary for its use as a home, but not less than 0.25 acre, if available, and not exceeding 40 acres, within the limitation as to value under s. 815.20, except as to liens attaching or rights of devisees or heirs of persons dying before the effective date of any increase of that limitation as to value.

SB7-SSA1, s. 169 Section 169. Effective date.

SB7-SSA1,50,15 (1) This act takes effect on the first January 1 beginning after publication.

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