An Act to Amend the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1723
Committee Amendment CA_A_H671 (House)
Amends: 10 MRSA §9093, 10 MRSA §9093-B

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT""' "to H.P. 1150, L.D. 1723, "An Act to Amend the 
Laws Governing Manufactured HousQ Communities to Prevent Excessive Rent and Fees 
Increases" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause anq inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9093, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2.02.3, C; .594,,;§.l 
and affected by § 13, is amended to read: 
2. Increases or changes. The mobile home park owner or operator shall give at least 
days' written notice to all tenants before changing any rules, except that any notice of 
an increase in rent or fees must be consistent with the notice requirements for residential 
estates in section 9093-B and in Title 14, seetions 6015 and section 6016. 
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §9093-B is enacted to read: 
§9093-B. Manufactured housing community increase in lot rent and fees 
1. Lot rent and fees; notice requirement. An owner of a manufactured housing 
community shall provide notice of an increase in lot rent or fees no less than 90 days before 
the effective date of the increase to the owner of a manufactured horrie in the community. 
2. Notice contents. The notice under subsection 1 must include: 
A. The name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the owner of the 
manufactured housing community: 
B. The amount of the increase in rent or fees, in dollars, and the type of fee increased: 
C. The average lot rent and fees by the type of fee, as a dollar amount, for a 
manufactured housing community with equivalent services and amenities in the area 
at the time of the notice: 
D. The average lot rent, calculated pursuant to paragraph C, increased by 1 % above 
the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region. or its successor index, as published 
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by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics or its successor 
agency, in dollar amounts, referred to in this section as "the allowed lot rent increase": 
E. The average fee for each type of fee, calculated pursuant to paragraph C, increased 
by 1 % above the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region, or its successor 
index, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics or its successor agency, in dollar amounts, referred to in this section as "the 
allowed fee increase": and 
F. A statement of the manufactured home owner's right to request mediation and the 
requirements to make a request. 
3. Request for mediation. If the dollar amount of the proposed lot rent increase is 
above the allowed lot rent increase or the dollar amount of the proposed fee increase is 
above the allowed fee increase for the type offee increased, owners of manufactured homes 
in the housing community may request the proposed lot rent or fee increase be subject to 
mediation, if: 
A. A number of owners representing 51 % or more of the households in the community 
sign a written request for mediation: and 
B. The written request is mailed, by certified mail, to the owner of the manufactured 
housing community within 90 days of the date of the notice required by subsection 1. 
4. Mediation. Within 15 days of the date of the notice under subsection 3, paragraph 
B, the parties shall mutually select an independent 3rd-party mediator to facilitate the 
discussion of the proposed lot rent or fee increase. Within 30 days of the date the request 
for mediation was mailed under subsection 3, the parties shall meet with the niediator for 
the purpose of attempting to resolve the dispute. The owner of the manufactured housing 
community shall pay all costs for the mediator and the mediation. If the owner of the 
manufactured housing community acts in bad faith with respect to the request for mediation 
or the mediation process, the lot rent or fee increase may not take effect for at least 6 ·months 
from the date the request for mediation is mailed under subsection 3. Failure of the owner 
of the manufactured housing community, or the owner's authorized representative, to 
participate in mediation, is an example of bad faith. 
For purposes of this section, "manufactured housing community" has the same 
meaning as in section 9081, subsection 2, except that in this section "manufactured housing 
community" includes a mobile home park.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill. It 
requires the owner of a manufactured housing community to provide written notice of a lot 
rent or fee increase to each owner of a manufactured home in the community. It provides 
an opportunity for the owners of manufactured homes in the community to request the 
owner of a manufactured housing community to participate in, and pay for, mediation if at 
least 51 % of the households in the community make such a request. It specifies that if the 
owner acts in bad faith with respect to the mediation, the proposed lot rent or fee increase 
may not go into effect for 6 months and that if an owner of a manufactured housing 
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community is not present at mediation or fails to send a representative with authority to 
reach agreement at the mediation, the owner of the manufactured housing community has 
acted in bad faith. 
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