Rep. Keith Farnham
Filed: 5/17/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1996




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1996 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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 
 
 
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1members of the General Assembly, manufactured home owners, 
2mobile home owners, manufactured home community owners, mobile 
3home park owners, and the respective statewide organizations 
4that represent manufactured home owners, mobile home owners, 
5manufactured home community owners, or mobile home park owners. 
6Both the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois 
7Housing Development Authority will participate in this 
8collaborative effort by providing office space for meetings and 
9information on matters that arise in which the agencies have 
10expertise, such as issues relating to public health and options 
11for affordable housing, respectively.  The plan shall include 
12provisions for the special counseling of manufactured home or 
13mobile home owners displaced from the manufactured home 
14community or mobile home park in which they live; the 
15relocation or shelter needs of displaced manufactured home or 
16mobile home owners; and the creation of a Manufactured Housing 
17Relocation Fund.  The plan may include proposed legislation. No 
18later than October 1, 2011, the plan and any proposed 
19legislation shall be submitted to the President of the Senate, 
20the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of 
21Representatives, and the House Minority Leader.

 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.".