Substitute For

HOUSE BILL NO. 4302

"The mobile home commission act,"

(MCL 125.2301 to 125.2350) by adding section 28d.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 28d. (1) An owner of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park shall offer a lease or rental agreement with a term of no less than 1 year to a prospective tenant or tenant. However, nothing in this subsection prohibits an owner of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park from entering into a monthly lease or rental agreement with a prospective tenant or tenant.

(2) Not less than 30 days before a lease or a rental agreement with a duration of 1 year or greater expires, the owner of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park shall deliver to the tenant a written or electronic notice identifying the date the lease or rental agreement ends and offering a renewal of the lease or a new lease or rental agreement. Any expired lease or rental agreement not renewed in writing constitutes a month-to-month tenancy with all the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of a month-to-month tenancy.

(3) A lease or rental agreement between an owner of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park and a tenant for a duration that is less than 1 year must include language that a lease or rental agreement of a duration of 1 year or more was offered but was declined.

(4) A lease or rental agreement between an owner of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park and a tenant must include language that an unlicensed owner of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park shall not collect rent or take any action for possession against residents pursuant to section 16.

(5) A lease or rental agreement under this act must comply with the truth in renting act, 1978 PA 454, MCL 554.631 to 554.641. A person that violates this subsection is liable as provided in section 42.

(6) A tenant of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park may bring an action on his or her own behalf for a violation of this section in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 101st Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 4298.

(b) House Bill No. 4299.

(d) House Bill No. 4301.

(e) House Bill No. 4303.

(f) House Bill No. 4304.