HB 334

            
2020 SESSION


20107147D

HOUSE BILL NO. 334

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws

on February 4, 2020)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Krizek)

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
55.1-1308.1, relating to manufactured home parks; sale of park; notice.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section
numbered 55.1-1308.1 as follows: 

� 55.1-1308.1. Sale of manufactured home park to developer;
relocation expenses.

If the termination of a rental agreement is due to the sale
of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the park
and change its use, the landlord shall provide to each manufactured home owner
in the park $2,500 in relocation expenses within the 180-day notice period
provided for in subsection B of � 55.1-1308 for the purpose of removing the
manufactured home from the park. For manufactured home parks located in
Planning District 8, the landlord shall provide to each manufactured home owner
in the park $3,500 in relocation expenses within the 180-day notice period
provided for in subsection B of � 55.1-1308 for the purpose of removing the
manufactured home from the park. Such relocation expenses shall be subject to a
written agreement between the landlord and the manufactured home owner to
remove the manufactured home from the park.