SB688, s. 140 13Section 140. 710.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,46,15 14710.15 (title) Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park community
15regulations.
SB688, s. 141 16Section 141. 710.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ag) and
17amended to read:
SB688,46,2218 710.15 (1) (ag) "Lease" means a written agreement between an operator and
19a resident or mobile home occupant establishing the terms upon which the mobile
20home or manufactured home may be located in the park community or the mobile
21home occupant
resident may occupy a mobile home or manufactured home in the
22park community.
SB688, s. 142 23Section 142. 710.15 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,46,2424 710.15 (1) (am) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
SB688, s. 143 25Section 143. 710.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1710.15 (1) (b) "Mobile home" has the meaning given under s. 66.0435 (1) (d)
2101.91 (10), but does not include any unit used primarily for camping, touring or
3recreational purposes
a recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r).
SB688, s. 144 4Section 144. 710.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,47,85 710.15 (1) (c) "Mobile home occupant Occupant" means a person who rents a
6mobile home or manufactured home in a park community from an operator or who
7occupies a mobile home or manufactured home located on a plot of ground that is
8rented in a community from an operator
.
SB688, s. 145 9Section 145. 710.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,47,1210 710.15 (1) (d) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting
11plots of ground or mobile homes or manufactured homes in a park community to
12mobile home or manufactured home owners or mobile home occupants.
SB688, s. 146 13Section 146. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ad) and
14amended to read:
SB688,47,1715 710.15 (1) (ad) "Park Community" means a tract of land containing 2 3 or more
16plots of ground upon which mobile homes or manufactured homes are located in
17exchange for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.
SB688, s. 147 18Section 147. 710.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,47,2119 710.15 (1) (f) "Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home or
20manufactured home
site in a park community from an operator and who occupies the
21mobile home or site as his or her residence
.
SB688, s. 148 22Section 148. 710.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,48,223 710.15 (1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental
24of a mobile home site or mobile home or manufactured home site shall be by lease.

1Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the resident or mobile home
2occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees to the shorter term.
SB688, s. 149 3Section 149. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,48,74 710.15 (2) Rules included in lease. All park community rules that
5substantially affect the rights or duties of residents or mobile home occupants or of
6operators, including park community rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part
7of every lease between them.
SB688, s. 150 8Section 150. 710.15 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,48,109 710.15 (2m) (a) Every lease shall state whether the park community contains
10an emergency shelter.
SB688, s. 151 11Section 151. 710.15 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,48,1412 710.15 (2m) (b) If a park community contains an emergency shelter under par.
13(a), the park community rules shall state the location of the emergency shelter and
14procedures for its use.
SB688, s. 152 15Section 152. 710.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,48,2016 710.15 (3) Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or manufactured
17home
. (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to enter into or renew,
18and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to continue to locate a
19mobile home or manufactured home in the park community solely or in any part on
20the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home.
SB688,48,2421 (b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured
22home
from a park community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile
23home or manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of
24the mobile home or manufactured home has changed or will change.
SB688, s. 153 25Section 153. 710.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1710.15 (4) Prohibited consideration of change in ownership or occupancy of
2mobile home
or manufactured home. An operator may not require the removal of
3a mobile home or manufactured home from a park community solely or in any part
4because the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home or manufactured home has
5changed or will change. An operator may refuse to enter into an initial lease with
6a prospective resident or mobile home occupant for any other lawful reason.
SB688, s. 154 7Section 154. 710.15 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,49,108 710.15 (4m) No interest in real estate; screening permitted. Neither sub. (3)
9(b) nor sub. (4) creates or extends any interest in real estate or prohibits the lawful
10screening of prospective residents and mobile home occupants by an operator.
SB688, s. 155 11Section 155. 710.15 (5m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,49,1612 710.15 (5m) Termination of tenancy or nonrenewal of lease. (intro.)
13Notwithstanding ss. 704.17 and 704.19, the tenancy of a resident or mobile home
14occupant in a park community may not be terminated, nor may the renewal of the
15lease be denied by the park community operator, except upon any of the following
16grounds:
SB688, s. 156 17Section 156. 710.15 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,49,1918 710.15 (5m) (a) Failure to pay rent due, or failure to pay taxes or any other
19charges due for which the park community owner or operator may be liable.
SB688, s. 157 20Section 157. 710.15 (5m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,49,2421 710.15 (5m) (e) Violation of park community rules that endangers the health
22or safety of others or disrupts the right to the peaceful enjoyment and use of the
23premises by others, after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to
24the resident or mobile home occupant.
SB688, s. 158 25Section 158. 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.
SB688, s. 159 4Section 159. 710.15 (5m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,50,65 710.15 (5m) (f) The park community owner or operator seeks to retire the park
6community permanently from the rental housing market.
SB688, s. 160 7Section 160. 710.15 (5m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,50,128 710.15 (5m) (g) The park community owner or operator is required to
9discontinue use of the park community for the purpose rented as a result of action
10taken against the park community owner or operator by local or state building or
11health authorities and it is necessary for the premises to be vacated to satisfy the
12relief sought by the action.
SB688, s. 161 13Section 161. 710.15 (5m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,50,1714 710.15 (5m) (h) The physical condition of the mobile home or manufactured
15home
presents a threat to the health or safety of its occupants or others in the park
16community or, by its physical appearance, disrupts the right to the enjoyment and
17use of the park community by others.
SB688, s. 162 18Section 162. 861.21 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,51,219 861.21 (1) (b) "Home" means any dwelling in which the decedent had an
20interest and that at the time of the decedent's death the surviving spouse occupies
21or intends to occupy. If there are several such dwellings, any one may be designated
22by the surviving spouse. "Home" includes a house, a mobile home, a manufactured
23home,
a duplex or multiple apartment building one unit of which is occupied by the
24surviving spouse and a building used in part for a dwelling and in part for commercial

1or business purposes. "Home" includes all of the surrounding land, unless the court
2sets off part of the land as severable from the remaining land under sub. (5).
SB688, s. 163 3Section 163. 941.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,51,94 941.20 (1) (d) While on the lands of another discharges a firearm within 100
5yards of any building devoted to human occupancy situated on and attached to the
6lands of another without the express permission of the owner or occupant of the
7building. "Building" as used in this paragraph includes any house trailer,
8manufactured home,
or mobile home but does not include any tent, bus, truck,
9vehicle or similar portable unit.
SB688, s. 164 10Section 164. 990.01 (14) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ....
11(Assembly Bill 327), is amended to read:
SB688,51,1812 990.01 (14) Homestead exemption. "Exempt homestead" means the dwelling,
13including a building, condominium, mobile home, manufactured home, house trailer
14or cooperative or an unincorporated cooperative association, and so much of the land
15surrounding it as is reasonably necessary for its use as a home, but not less than 0.25
16acre, if available, and not exceeding 40 acres, within the limitation as to value under
17s. 815.20, except as to liens attaching or rights of devisees or heirs of persons dying
18before the effective date of any increase of that limitation as to value.
SB688, s. 165 19Section 165. Effective date.
SB688,51,2120 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 18th month beginning after
21publication.
SB688,51,2222 (End)
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