HB 5161 Summary

• Adds notification requirements for mobile home park owners who intend to sell or change land use, with different timelines based on whether residents have formed a homeowners' association or cooperative (10 days for no association, 30 days to 1 year for associations).

• Grants homeowners' associations or cooperatives a right of first refusal to purchase mobile home parks during the notice period and allows assignment of these rights to municipalities, counties, housing authorities, or nonprofit affordable housing providers.

• Establishes administrative fines up to $5,000 and increases civil fine penalties to up to $50,000 for violations; creates new fine of up to $100,000 for operating an unlicensed mobile home park after 30-day notice to apply for licensure.

• Revises service of process provisions and collection mechanisms for fines, including judgment liens and garnishment procedures, with collected fines deposited to the mobile home code fund.

• Makes technical language changes throughout the act and requires enactment of HB 5157, HB 5160, HB 5159, and HB 5158 as a condition for this bill's effectiveness.