AB1085,46,2320 710.15 (1) (c) "Mobile home occupant Occupant" means a person who rents a
21mobile home or manufactured home in a park community from an operator or who
22occupies a mobile home or manufactured home located on a plot of ground that is
23rented in a community from an operator
.
AB1085, s. 145 24Section 145. 710.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1710.15 (1) (d) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting
2plots of ground or mobile homes or manufactured homes in a park community to
3mobile home or manufactured home owners or mobile home occupants.
AB1085, s. 146 4Section 146. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ad) and
5amended to read:
AB1085,47,86 710.15 (1) (ad) "Park Community" means a tract of land containing 2 3 or more
7plots of ground upon which mobile homes or manufactured homes are located in
8exchange for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.
AB1085, s. 147 9Section 147. 710.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,1210 710.15 (1) (f) "Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home or
11manufactured home
site in a park community from an operator and who occupies the
12mobile home or site as his or her residence
.
AB1085, s. 148 13Section 148. 710.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,1714 710.15 (1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental
15of a mobile home site or mobile home or manufactured home site shall be by lease.
16Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the resident or mobile home
17occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees to the shorter term.
AB1085, s. 149 18Section 149. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,2219 710.15 (2) Rules included in lease. All park community rules that
20substantially affect the rights or duties of residents or mobile home occupants or of
21operators, including park community rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part
22of every lease between them.
AB1085, s. 150 23Section 150. 710.15 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,2524 710.15 (2m) (a) Every lease shall state whether the park community contains
25an emergency shelter.
AB1085, s. 151
1Section 151. 710.15 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,48,42 710.15 (2m) (b) If a park community contains an emergency shelter under par.
3(a), the park community rules shall state the location of the emergency shelter and
4procedures for its use.
AB1085, s. 152 5Section 152. 710.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,48,106 710.15 (3) Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or manufactured
7home
. (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to enter into or renew,
8and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to continue to locate a
9mobile home or manufactured home in the park community solely or in any part on
10the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home.
AB1085,48,1411 (b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured
12home
from a park community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile
13home or manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of
14the mobile home or manufactured home has changed or will change.
AB1085, s. 153 15Section 153. 710.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,48,2116 710.15 (4) Prohibited consideration of change in ownership or occupancy of
17mobile home
or manufactured home. An operator may not require the removal of
18a mobile home or manufactured home from a park community solely or in any part
19because the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home or manufactured home has
20changed or will change. An operator may refuse to enter into an initial lease with
21a prospective resident or mobile home occupant for any other lawful reason.
AB1085, s. 154 22Section 154. 710.15 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,48,2523 710.15 (4m) No interest in real estate; screening permitted. Neither sub. (3)
24(b) nor sub. (4) creates or extends any interest in real estate or prohibits the lawful
25screening of prospective residents and mobile home occupants by an operator.
AB1085, s. 155
1Section 155. 710.15 (5m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,49,62 710.15 (5m) Termination of tenancy or nonrenewal of lease. (intro.)
3Notwithstanding ss. 704.17 and 704.19, the tenancy of a resident or mobile home
4occupant in a park community may not be terminated, nor may the renewal of the
5lease be denied by the park community operator, except upon any of the following
6grounds:
AB1085, s. 156 7Section 156. 710.15 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,49,98 710.15 (5m) (a) Failure to pay rent due, or failure to pay taxes or any other
9charges due for which the park community owner or operator may be liable.
AB1085, s. 157 10Section 157. 710.15 (5m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,49,1411 710.15 (5m) (e) Violation of park community rules that endangers the health
12or safety of others or disrupts the right to the peaceful enjoyment and use of the
13premises by others, after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to
14the resident or mobile home occupant.
AB1085, s. 158 15Section 158. 710.15 (5m) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,49,1816 710.15 (5m) (em) Violation of federal, state or local laws, rules or ordinances
17relating to mobile homes or manufactured homes after written notice to cease the
18violation has been delivered to the resident or mobile home occupant.
AB1085, s. 159 19Section 159. 710.15 (5m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,49,2120 710.15 (5m) (f) The park community owner or operator seeks to retire the park
21community permanently from the rental housing market.
AB1085, s. 160 22Section 160. 710.15 (5m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,50,223 710.15 (5m) (g) The park community owner or operator is required to
24discontinue use of the park community for the purpose rented as a result of action
25taken against the park community owner or operator by local or state building or

1health authorities and it is necessary for the premises to be vacated to satisfy the
2relief sought by the action.
AB1085, s. 161 3Section 161. 710.15 (5m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,50,74 710.15 (5m) (h) The physical condition of the mobile home or manufactured
5home
presents a threat to the health or safety of its occupants or others in the park
6community or, by its physical appearance, disrupts the right to the enjoyment and
7use of the park community by others.
AB1085, s. 162 8Section 162. 861.21 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,50,169 861.21 (1) (b) "Home" means any dwelling in which the decedent had an
10interest and that at the time of the decedent's death the surviving spouse occupies
11or intends to occupy. If there are several such dwellings, any one may be designated
12by the surviving spouse. "Home" includes a house, a mobile home, a manufactured
13home,
a duplex or multiple apartment building one unit of which is occupied by the
14surviving spouse and a building used in part for a dwelling and in part for commercial
15or business purposes. "Home" includes all of the surrounding land, unless the court
16sets off part of the land as severable from the remaining land under sub. (5).
AB1085, s. 163 17Section 163. 941.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,50,2318 941.20 (1) (d) While on the lands of another discharges a firearm within 100
19yards of any building devoted to human occupancy situated on and attached to the
20lands of another without the express permission of the owner or occupant of the
21building. "Building" as used in this paragraph includes any house trailer,
22manufactured home,
or mobile home but does not include any tent, bus, truck,
23vehicle or similar portable unit.
AB1085, s. 164 24Section 164. 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.
AB1085, s. 165 8Section 165. Effective date.
AB1085,51,109 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 18th month beginning after
10publication.
AB1085,51,1111 (End)
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