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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 



 
4    Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act 
5is amended  by adding Section 14.2 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 745/14.2 new)
7    Sec. 14.2. Relocation plan.   The Department of Public 
8Health shall facilitate the development of  a plan to address 
9the relocation efforts of manufactured home or mobile home 
10owners who are compelled to relocate due to (i) the sale of the 
11manufactured home community or mobile home park in which they 
12live to a person or entity which will use the property for a 
13use other than as a manufactured home community or mobile home 
14park or (ii) the closure of or the cessation of the operation 
15of the manufactured home community or mobile home park in which 
16they live.  The plan shall be developed in cooperation with 
17members of the General Assembly, manufactured home owners, 
18mobile home owners, manufactured home community owners, mobile 
19home park owners, and the respective statewide organizations 
20that represent manufactured home owners, mobile home owners, 
21manufactured home community owners, or mobile home park owners. 
22Both the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois 
23Housing Development Authority will participate in this 
 
 
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1collaborative effort by providing office space for meetings and 
2information on matters that arise in which the agencies have 
3expertise, such as issues relating to public health and options 
4for affordable housing, respectively.  The plan shall include 
5provisions for the special counseling of manufactured home or 
6mobile home owners displaced from the manufactured home 
7community or mobile home park in which they live; the 
8relocation or shelter needs of displaced manufactured home or 
9mobile home owners; and the creation of a Manufactured Housing 
10Relocation Fund.  The plan may include proposed legislation. No 
11later than October 1, 2011, the plan and any proposed 
12legislation shall be submitted to the President of the Senate, 
13the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of 
14Representatives, and the House Minority Leader.

 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.