HB45 Summary: Manufactured Home Communities Act Amendments

• Reorganizes Chapter 70 of Title 25 into clearer subchapters with improved structure and easier cross-referencing for provisions governing manufactured home communities.

• Requires landlords to provide tenants with receipts for cash rent payments within 3 days and maintain records of cash receipts for 3 years.

• Revises rent increase procedures to require landlords to schedule meetings with affected homeowners at least 90 days prior to increases exceeding the Consumer Price Index, with new notice requirements about arbitration deadlines.

• Expands relocation assistance eligibility to explicitly permit compensation for homes relocated out of state or to non-community properties, and simplifies the assistance calculation.

• Makes technical corrections throughout the code including standardizing language, replacing "shall not" with "must not" or "may not," and consolidating all definitions into a single section for clarity and consistency.