An Act to Reduce Rental Housing Costs by Eliminating Additional Fees at or Prior to the Commencement of Tenancy
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1490
Committee Amendment CA_A_HA_A_H838 (House)
Amends: 10 MRSA §9093, 10 MRSA §9093-A

HOUSE AMENDMENT " A " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H,P. 945,
L.D. 1490, "An Act to Reduce Rental Housing Costs by Eliminating Additional Fees at or
Prior to the Commencement of Tenancy"
Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following;
'Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following;
'An Act to Reduce Rental Housing Costs by Limiting Additional Fees at or Prior to
the Commencement of Tenancy''
Amend the amendment by inserting before section 1 the following:
'See. 1. 10 MRSA §9093, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987,o. 737,Pt. B, §1 and Ft,
C, §106 and amended by PL 1989,c, 6; c. 9, §2;and c. 104, Pt, C, §§8 and 10, is repealed
and the following enacted in its place:
2 •Increases or changes. The mobile hom^jiaLLQwne^^^ pr QBerator shall RJve at least
30 days' written notice to all tenants before chaneine any rules, except that any notice of
an increase in rent or fees must be consistent with the notice requirements for residential
estates in Title 14. sections 6015 and 6016.
See. 2. 10 MRSA §9093-A is enacted to read;
§9Q93-A._Feeschareed to applicants for lease of mobile home or mobile home park
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1. Fees prohibited eenerallv. Except as provided in subsection 2. a mobile home
park owner or operator may not require an applicant to pay a fee to submit an application
to enter into an agreement for rental of a mobile home or mobile home park lot or require
an aoolicant to pay a fee for the mobile home park owner or ooerator to review or apurove
an application to enter into an agreement for rental of a mobile home or mobile home park
lot,
2. Exceptions, A mobile home park owner of oDerator. in connection with an
3 applicationto enter into an aereement for rental of a mobile home or mobile home park. lot,
may require an applicant to pay only one of the followine:
A, The actual cost of a backeround check;
6 B, The actual cost of a credit check; or
HOUSE AMENDMENT
HOUSE AMENDMENT "A " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 945, L.D, 1490
C. The actual cost of a screening process other than those specified in paragraphs A
and B.
A mobile home park owner or operator sliall Di-ovide an applicant with a complete copy of
the information obtained pursuant to a background check, credit check or other screening
process. A mobile home park owner or operator inav nQt_chai'Ke an apDjicant anv fee under
this subsection unless the mobile home park owner or operator has notified the applicant
that the mobile home park owner or operator is required by law to Ri'ovidejhe applicant a
complete copy of the information obtained pursuant to the backRround check, credit check
or other screening process.
A mobile home park owner or operator may not charee an applicant more than one fee for
a background check. credit check or other screenine process in any 12-month period.'
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or
section number to read consecutively,
SUMMARY
This amendment amends Committee Amendment "A" and places the same restrictions
on rent increases for mobile home park owners or operators as are placed on landlords of
residential estates. This amendment also provides that a mobile home park owner or
operator may not require an applicant to pay a fee to submit an application to enter into an
agreement for rental of a mobile home or mobile home park lot, except that a mobile home
park owner or operator may require an applicant to pay the actual cost of a background
check, a credit check or another screening process. The amendment requires the mobile
home park owner or operator to provide the applicant with any information obtained
pursuant to a background check, credit check or other screening process. The amendment
also prohibits a mobile home park owner or operator from charging more than one fee for
a background check, credit checlcor other screening process in any 12-month period,
SPONSORED BY:
(Representative KESSLER,'C.)
TOWN: South Portland
HOUSE AMENDMENT