Revise laws related to manufactured homes

2025 Regular Session

Revises statutes governing manufactured homes to modernize taxation, tenancy protections, financing, and titling.

(LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

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Overview

Bill number: LC 2347

Title: Revise laws related to manufactured homes

Purpose (as indicated by title): To revise statutes governing manufactured homes

Status: (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

Introduced: December 8, 2024

Classification/Subject: Property; Taxation—Property

Legislative actions timeline reflects ongoing drafting and review processes, with the latest entry confirming delivery of the draft to the requester on February 25, 2025.

What the bill aims to do (intent)

The bill’s title signals an effort to update and reform statutes involving manufactured homes. While the actual text has not been published in the provided materials, typical aims of such legislation may include:
- Revisions to how manufactured homes are classified for property taxation (e.g., real property vs. personal property).
- Changes to assessment methods, exemptions, or tax rates applicable to manufactured homes.
- Updates to regulatory or consumer-protection provisions related to sales, financing, and park operations.
- Clarifications or improvements to definitions, titling, and registration requirements.
- Provisions affecting manufactured home parks, including tenant rights, park regulations, and enforcement.

Note: Specific provisions, numbers, and effective dates will be contained in the released draft. The current information confirms only the broad objective to revise related laws.

Key provisions to monitor (subject to the draft text)

Because the actual text is not yet available, readers should watch for:
- Taxation and assessment changes: classification (real vs. personal property), assessment methodology, potential exemptions or credits.
- Park and tenancy provisions: protections for residents, landlord-tenant rules, rents, notice requirements, evictions.
- Financing and consumer protections: rules governing financing arrangements, installment contracts, disclosures, and lender responsibilities.
- Titling, registration, and labeling: any updates to how manufactured homes are titled and tracked within state systems.
- Safety, zoning, and building compatibility: alignment with state safety standards and local zoning/regulatory requirements.
- Transition and effective dates: phased implementation, sunset provisions, or applicability to new vs. existing manufactured homes.
- Administrative and enforcement mechanisms: agency roles, penalties, and enforcement processes.

Who would be affected

Homeowners and residents of manufactured homes and manufactured home parks.

Park operators and owners of manufactured home communities.

Lenders, finance companies, and retailers engaged in manufactured home sales and financing.

Local government officials, assessors, and planning/zoning authorities.

State housing or consumer-protection agencies responsible for implementation and oversight.

Procedural timeline and next steps

2024-12-08: Drafter Assigned; Draft On Hold

2024-12-08: Draft On Hold

2025-02-18 to 2025-02-25: Draft progressed through legal review, input/proofing, assembly, and final drafting stages

2025-02-23 to 2025-02-25: Draft in various drafting and delivery stages

2025-02-25: (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

Next steps for interested readers: When the full draft text is publicly released, a detailed, provision-by-provision summary can be provided, including exact changes, effective dates, and fiscal or administrative impacts.

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