AB897, s. 3 11Section 3. 20.143 (1) (jp) of the statutes is created to read:
AB897,5,1512 20.143 (1) (jp) Manufactured housing rehabilitation and recycling; program
13revenue.
The amounts in the schedule for the administration of and for grants under
14s. 560.285. All moneys received under s. 101.9208 (2m) shall be credited to this
15appropriation.
AB897, s. 4 16Section 4. 20.143 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,6,617 20.143 (3) (j) Safety and building operations. The amounts in the schedule for
18the purposes of chs. 101, 145, and 168 and ss. 236.12 (2) (a), 236.13 (1) (d) and (2m),

1and 236.335. All moneys received under ch. 145, ss. 101.177 (4) (a) 4., 101.178,
2101.19, 101.63 (9), 101.654 (3), 101.73 (12), 101.82 (4), 101.9205 (3), 101.9208 (1) (b),
3101.9213 (8), 101.935, 101.951 (2), 101.952 (2),
101.955 (2), 101.973 (7), and 236.12
4(7), and 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9110 (3z), and all moneys transferred under
52003 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 63 (5),
shall be credited to this
6appropriation.
AB897, s. 5 7Section 5. 20.143 (3) (sa) of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 6 8Section 6. 20.855 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,6,129 20.855 (4) (f) Supplemental title fee matching. From the general fund, a sum
10sufficient equal to the amount of supplemental title fees collected under ss. 101.9208
11(1) (dm) and
s. 342.14 (3m), as determined under s. 85.037, less $555,000, to be
12transferred to the environmental fund on October 1 annually.
AB897, s. 7 13Section 7. 25.40 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 8 14Section 8. 25.40 (2) (b) 19g. of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 9 15Section 9. 25.46 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,6,1716 25.46 (19) The environmental impact fees imposed under ss. 101.9208 (1) (b)
17and
s. 342.14 (1r) for environmental management.
AB897, s. 10 18Section 10. 85.037 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,6,23 1985.037 Certification of fees collected. Annually, no later than October 1,
20the secretary of transportation shall certify to the secretary of administration the
21amount of fees collected under ss. 101.9208 (1) (dm) and s. 342.14 (3m) during the
22previous fiscal year, for the purpose of determining the amounts to be transferred
23under s. 20.855 (4) (f) during the current fiscal year.
AB897, s. 11 24Section 11. 100.20 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,7,6
1100.20 (2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may not issue any
2order or promulgate any rule that regulates the provision of water or sewer service
3by a manufactured home park community operator, as defined in s. 101.91 (8), or
4manufactured home park community contractor, as defined in s. 101.91 (6m), or
5enforce any rule to the extent that the rule regulates the provision of such water or
6sewer service.
AB897, s. 12 7Section 12. 101.125 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,7,168 101.125 (1) (a) "Building" means a place of employment or a public building and
9includes, without limitation because of enumeration, wholesale and retail stores,
10storerooms, office buildings, factories, warehouses, governmental buildings, hotels,
11hospitals, motels, dormitories, sanatoriums, nursing homes, retirement homes,
12theaters, stadiums, gymnasiums, amusement park buildings, schools and other
13buildings used for educational purposes, places of worship and other places of public
14assembly and all residences including mobile homes, manufactured or homes,
15industrialized housing, lodging homes, and any other building used as a dwelling for
16one or more persons.
AB897, s. 13 17Section 13. 101.19 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 14 18Section 14. 101.19 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,7,2119 101.19 (1) (f) Defraying the cost Administration of the manufactured dwelling
20program, the one- and two-family dwelling programs, the manufactured home and
21mobile home program,
and the multifamily dwelling program.
AB897, s. 15 22Section 15. 101.91 (1i) of the statutes is created to read:
AB897,8,223 101.91 (1i) "Installation standards" means specifications for the proper
24installation of manufactured homes at their place of occupancy to ensure proper

1siting, the joining of all sections of the manufactured home, connection to existing
2utility services and the installation of stabilization, support, or anchoring systems.
AB897, s. 16 3Section 16. 101.91 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB897,8,54 101.91 (1j) "Installer" means a person who is in the business of installing new
5manufactured homes.
AB897, s. 17 6Section 17. 101.91 (1t) of the statutes is created to read:
AB897,8,87 101.91 (1t) "Licensed installer" means an installer licensed under s. 101.96 (2)
8(b).
AB897, s. 18 9Section 18. 101.91 (1v) of the statutes is created to read:
AB897,8,1110 101.91 (1v) "Licensed manufacturer" means a manufactured home
11manufacturer licensed under s. 101.95.
AB897, s. 19 12Section 19. 101.91 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
13101.91 (2) (am) and amended to read:
AB897,8,2214 101.91 (2) (am) A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the
15traveling mode is 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or,
16when erected on site is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent
17chassis and
that is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent
18foundation when connected to the required utilities. (b) A structure which meets all
19the requirements of par. (a) except the size requirements, and with respect to which
20the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary of
21housing and urban development
and that complies with the standards established
22under 42 USC 5401 to 5425.
AB897, s. 20 23Section 20. 101.91 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,9,424 101.91 (5m) "Manufactured home park community" means any plot or plots of
25ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or

1sleeping purposes are located. "Manufactured home park community" does not
2include a farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father,
3mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of the farm owner or operator or where the
4occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
AB897, s. 21 5Section 21. 101.91 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,9,116 101.91 (6m) "Manufactured home park community contractor" means a
7person, other than a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5) (a), who, under a
8contract with a manufactured home park community operator, provides water or
9sewer service to a manufactured home park community occupant or performs a
10service related to providing water or sewer service to a manufactured home park
11community occupant.
AB897, s. 22 12Section 22. 101.91 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,9,1413 101.91 (7) "Manufactured home park community occupant" means a person
14who rents or owns a manufactured home in a manufactured home park community.
AB897, s. 23 15Section 23. 101.91 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,9,1816 101.91 (8) "Manufactured home park community operator" means a person
17engaged in the business of owning or managing a manufactured home park
18community.
AB897, s. 24 19Section 24. 101.92 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 25 20Section 25. 101.92 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 26 21Section 26. 101.92 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 27 22Section 27. 101.92 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,9,2423 101.92 (6) May enter into reciprocal agreements with other states regarding
24the design, construction, inspection, installation, and labeling of manufactured

1homes where the laws or rules of other states meet the intent of this subchapter and
2where the laws or rules are actually enforced.
AB897, s. 28 3Section 28. 101.9203 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,10,94 101.9203 (4) The owner of a manufactured home that is situated in this state
5or intended to be situated in this state is not required to make application for a
6certificate of title under s. 101.9209 if the owner of the manufactured home intends,
7upon acquiring the manufactured home, to permanently affix make the
8manufactured home a fixture to land that in which the owner of the manufactured
9home owns has an ownership or leasehold interest subject to ch. 706.
AB897, s. 29 10Section 29. 101.9204 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,10,1311 101.9204 (1m) On the form or in the automated format for application for a
12certificate of title, the department may show the fee under s. 101.9208 (1) (dm) (4m)
13separately from the fee under s. 101.9208 (1) (a) or (d) (4).
AB897, s. 30 14Section 30. 101.9205 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,10,1715 101.9205 (3) The department shall charge establish, by rule under s. 101.19,
16a fee of not less than $2 for conducting a file search of manufactured home title
17records.
AB897, s. 31 18Section 31. 101.9208 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 101.9208 and amended
19to read:
AB897,10,21 20101.9208 The department shall be paid the The following fees shall be
21determined by the department by rule under s. 101.19
:
AB897,10,23 22(1) For filing an application for the first certificate of title, $8.50, to be paid by
23the owner of the manufactured home.
AB897,11,3 24(2) Upon filing an application under par. (a) or (d) sub. (1) or (4), an
25environmental impact fee of $9, to be paid by the person filing the application. All

1moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the environmental fund
2for environmental management. This paragraph does not apply after December 31,
32003.
AB897,11,6 4(3) For the original notation and subsequent release of each security interest
5noted upon a certificate of title, a single fee of $4 to be paid by the owner of the
6manufactured home.
AB897,11,8 7(4) For a certificate of title after a transfer, $8.50, to be paid by the owner of the
8manufactured home.
AB897,11,14 9(4m) Upon filing an application under par. (a) or (d) sub. (1) or (4), a
10supplemental title fee of $7.50 to be paid by the owner of the manufactured home,
11except that this fee shall be waived with respect to an application under par. (d) for
12transfer of a decedent's interest in a manufactured home to his or her surviving
13spouse. The fee specified required under this paragraph is subsection shall be paid
14in addition to any other fee specified in this section.
AB897,11,16 15(5) For each assignment of a security interest noted upon a certificate of title,
16$1 to be paid by the assignee.
AB897,11,18 17(6) For a replacement certificate of title, $8, to be paid by the owner of the
18manufactured home.
AB897,11,22 19(7) For processing applications for certificates of title that have a special
20handling request for fast service, a fee established by the department by rule, which
21fee shall approximate the cost to the department for providing this special handling
22service to persons so requesting.
AB897,11,24 23(8) For the reinstatement of a certificate of title previously suspended or
24revoked, $25.
AB897, s. 32 25Section 32. 101.9208 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 33
1Section 33. 101.9208 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB897,12,42 101.9208 (2m) Upon filing an application under sub. (1) or (4), a manufactured
3housing rehabilitation and recycling fee, to be paid by the person filing the
4application.
AB897, s. 34 5Section 34. 101.9213 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,12,126 101.9213 (8) Upon request of a person who has perfected a security interest
7under this section, as shown by the records of the department, in a manufactured
8home titled in this state, whenever the department receives information from
9another state that the manufactured home is being titled in the other state and the
10information does not show that the security interest has been satisfied, the
11department shall notify the person. The person shall pay the department shall
12establish, by rule under s. 101.19,
a fee of not less than $2 fee for each notification.
AB897, s. 35 13Section 35. 101.925 of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 36 14Section 36. 101.93 of the statutes is repealed.
AB897, s. 37 15Section 37. 101.933 of the statutes is created to read:
AB897,13,2 16101.933 Manufactured housing code council duties. The manufactured
17housing code council shall review this subchapter and rules promulgated under this
18subchapter and recommend a statewide manufactured housing code for
19promulgation by the department. The council shall consider and make
20recommendations to the department pertaining to rules and any other matter
21related to this subchapter, including recommendations with regard to licensure and
22professional discipline of manufacturers of manufactured homes, manufactured
23home dealers, manufactured home salespersons, and installers, and consumer
24protection applicable to consumers of manufactured homes. In making

1recommendations, the council shall consider the likely costs of any proposed rules to
2consumers in relation to the benefits that are likely to result therefrom.
AB897, s. 38 3Section 38. 101.935 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,13,4 4101.935 (title) Manufactured home park community regulation.
AB897, s. 39 5Section 39. 101.935 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,13,106 101.935 (2) (a) The department or a village, city or county granted agent status
7under par. (e) shall issue permits to and regulate manufactured home parks
8communities. No person, state or local government who has not been issued a permit
9under this subsection may conduct, maintain, manage or operate a manufactured
10home park community.
AB897, s. 40 11Section 40. 101.935 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,13,1712 101.935 (2) (c) 2. The department shall establish, by rule under s. 101.19, the
13permit fee and renewal fee for a permit issued under this subsection. Beginning in
14fiscal year 2002-03, the
The department may increase the fees to recover establish
15a fee that defrays
the cost of administering s. 101.937. An additional penalty fee, as
16established by the department by rule under s. 101.19, is required for each permit
17if the biennial renewal fee is not paid before the permit expires.
AB897, s. 41 18Section 41. 101.935 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,14,619 101.935 (2) (d) A permit may not be issued under this subsection until all
20applicable fees have been paid. If the payment is by check or other draft drawn upon
21an account containing insufficient funds, the permit applicant shall, within 15 days
22after receipt of notice from the department of the insufficiency, pay by cashier's check
23or other certified draft, money order or cash the fees to the department, late fees and
24processing charges that are specified by rules promulgated by the department. If the
25permit applicant fails to pay all applicable fees, late fees and the processing charges

1within 15 days after the applicant receives notice of the insufficiency, the permit is
2void. In an appeal concerning voiding of a permit under this paragraph, the burden
3is on the permit applicant to show that the entire applicable fees, late fees and
4processing charges have been paid. During any appeal process concerning a
5payment dispute, operation of the manufactured home park community in question
6is considered to be operation without a permit.
AB897, s. 42 7Section 42. 101.935 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,14,98 101.935 (2m) (a) The department shall inspect a manufactured home park
9community in the following situations:
AB897,14,1110 1. Upon completion of the construction of a manufactured home park
11community.
AB897,14,1312 2. Whenever a manufactured home park community is modified, as defined by
13the department by rule.
AB897,14,1514 3. Whenever the department receives a complaint about a manufactured home
15park community.
AB897,14,1716 (b) The department may, with notice, inspect a manufactured home park
17community whenever the department determines an inspection is appropriate.
AB897, s. 43 18Section 43. 101.937 (title), (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB897,15,4 19101.937 (title) Water and sewer service to manufactured home parks
20communities. (1) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that establish
21standards for providing water or sewer service by a manufactured home park
22community operator or manufactured home park community contractor to a
23manufactured home park community occupant, including requirements for
24metering, billing, depositing, arranging deferred payment, installing service,
25refusing or discontinuing service, and resolving disputes with respect to service.

1Rules promulgated under this subsection shall ensure that any charge for water or
2sewer service is reasonable and not unjustly discriminatory, that the water or sewer
3service is reasonably adequate, and that any practice relating to providing the
4service is just and reasonable.
AB897,15,8 5(2) Permanent improvements. A manufactured home park community
6operator may make a reasonable recovery of capital costs for permanent
7improvements related to the provision of water or sewer service to manufactured
8home park community occupants through ongoing rates for water or sewer service.
AB897, s. 44 9Section 44. 101.937 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB897,15,1410 101.937 (3) (a) On its own motion or upon a complaint filed by a manufactured
11home park community occupant, the department may issue an order or commence
12a civil action against a manufactured home park community operator or
13manufactured home park community contractor to enforce this section, any rule
14promulgated under sub. (1), or any order issued under this paragraph.
AB897, s. 45 15Section 45. 101.94 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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