An Act to Protect
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1145
Committee Amendment CA_B_S274 (Senate)
Amends: 0 MRSA §9094-A, 10 MRSA §9094-A, 10 MRSA §9094

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "0 " to S.P. 477, L.D. 1145, "An Act to Protect 
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Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks'' 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the following: 
'Rmergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whcl'cas, current law requires a mobile home park owner that intends to accept an 
offer to purchase the mobile home pal'k to notify the mobile home owners in the mobile 
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home park and give the mobile home owners time to make an offer to purchase the mobile 
home park; 
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Whereas, cmrent law allows a mobile home park owner to reject an offer from at least 
% of the mobile home owners to purchase the mobile home park even if the offer is at 
the same price and has equal or superior terms and conditions as the offer the mobile home 
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pat'k owner intends to accept; 
Whereas, the sale of mobile home parks as pa1t of an investment portfolio is 
iitcreasing in the State and often results in an increase in lot rent and fees to the mobile 
home owners who live in the mol>ile home park; 
Wllereas, this increase in rent and fees is reducing the affordability of mobile home 
ownership, further exacerbating the housing crisis in the State; 
Whereas, mobile home park owners are ctmently considerit1g competit1g offers for 
the sale of mobile home parks as pal'tofan investment portfolio and from a group of mobile 
home owners} 
Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the expiration of the 90~day period 
in order to address these issues; 
Whereas, ii1 the judgment of the Legislatul'e, these facts create an eme!'gency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
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immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace~ health and safety; now, 
therefore/ 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacti11g clm.1se and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec, 1. l0 MRSA §9094-A, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 2023, c. 378> 
§ I 1 ls amended to read: 
1. Notice required, 
The owner of a mobile home park shall give written notice of 
the intent tu sell the mobile home park to each owner of a mobile home in the mobile home 
park and to the Maine State Housing Authority. The owner of the mobile home park may 
not make a final unconditional acceptance of an off el' foe the sale of the mobile home park 
earlier than the 60th day after the date the notice was mailed as reE}:ufred by this-subseeti-en 
containing the information required by this subsection is mailed as required by this 
ft,Y,bsection and received by the Maine State Hm1sing Authority. The notice must indude: 
A. A statement that a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' 
association of the mobile home park has a first option to purchase the mobile home 
park and may make an ofter to purchase the mobile home park within 60 days of the 
mailing date of the notice date theJ1otice.containJng ths? information required by this 
subsection is mailed in accordance with this s1.1bsection and received by the Maine Stat~ 
Housing Authority; and 
B. Either: 
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(I) The price, terms and conditions for which the owner of the mobile home pa1·k 
intends to sell the mobile home park; or 
(2) The price; terms nnd co1lditions of any acceptable offer the owner of the mobile 
home park has received for the mobile home pal'k, including a signed copy of the 
written offer that contains a description of the prnperty, The owner may redact the 
name, address, contact information or other identifying information of the party 
making the offer. 
l fan owner of a mobile home park intends to accept an offer to purchase the mobile home 
park and the mobile home park is to be included in an investment 12ortfolio by tllil,purchaser, 
the price. t12.r.m2.J!!lQS.9.ns.iitl{,~g_i.fk~m.Qhile home park must be specified in the 
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pptice rsLquired QY.. this subsection, 
The notice must be mailed by ce1tifted mail, return .receipt requested, to each mobile home 
m:vner at the mobile home owner's home addt·ess and to the Maine State Housing Authority. 
Sec, 2. 10 MRSA §9094-A, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 3781 §4 ► is 
repealed and the followh1g enacted in its place: 
3-A, Grotto of mobile home owners or mobile home owners' association first 
option to pm·chase. A· gr0tm of mobHe home owne1·s or a mobile home owners' 
f!fIBOQiation has the first option to purchase a mobile home nark~ and the owner of a mobile 
home park shall consider an offel' from a gro1.1p of moblJe home ownel's or a mobile home 
p.J-Vn~rs~ associ.9tipn subject to the following conditions., 
A. An owner of a mobi!e home park shall consider any offer from a group of mobile 
b.sw1e own~ri or a mobile home owners
association req~j)~.Q.J?,y_th~ 60th day_.9:fl;~r the 
date the notice containing the information required by subsection 1 is mailed as 
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required by subsection 1 1:1nd received by the Maine State Housing Authority as long 
as the mobile home owners of at least 51 % of the mobile homes in the mobile home 
parkJhat a.re occtmied by the _mobile home owner or a family member of the mobile 
home owner sig11 a petition or otherwise indicate in writing that they filJPQOrt makilig 
the offer. 
B. A11 owner of a mobile home park shall negotiate in good faith with a grouR of 
mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association conceming a purchase offer 
made under this subsection, 
C. An offer made by a grnup of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners
association must include a purchase and sale agreement. 
D. If the prnposed purchase and sale agreement from a grnup of mobile home owners 
or a mobile home owners' association matches the price and otherwise has egual or 
superiol' terms and conditions of the ofter the mobile home park owner has 
conditionally accepted or plans to accept, the group of mobile home owners or the 
mobile home owners' association must have the first Qlllion toptircha.se the mobile 
hom.e park at the price. tem1s and conditions stated in its purchase and sale agreement. 
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A mobile hom~Lp..11rk _9J~.ner lll~Y.Jlot unreasonably refuse to enter into or 
tmt·eqsonably: delay the execution of or closing on a pt1rchase and sale ag1·ee111ent with 
a group of mobile home ownel's or a mobile home owners
association that has proposed 
a bona fide pul'chase and sale agreement to meet the pl'icc and egual or superior terms 
and conditions of fill offer for which notice is required lo be given under subsection I. 
F. Notwithstanding the requirement that the offer from a group of mobile home owners 
or a mobile home owners' association be on equal or supedor terms and conditions, a 
mohilajmtne park owner may not reject a proposed purchase an<l sale agreement solely 
on the basis of the inclusion of a financing co11tit1gency. 
G .. A grol!!Lof mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association may not be 
reguired to pay a nonrefundable deposit at the time of execution of a purchase and sale 
agreement as a condition of acceotance. 
H. If an owner of a mobile home park accepts the offer made by a group of mobile 
home owners or a mobile home owners' association. the group of mobile home owners 
or the mobile home owners
association must obtain appropriate financing and a 
commercially reasonable time to close on the sale before the 90th dny after th~ 
execution date ofthe_purchase and sale agreement. 
f. If fl group o.f mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association foils tQ 
secure finaw.lng,_11ecessary fol' the purchase and sale agreement dudng this 90~day 
period, 01· such longer period as the parties may agl'ee to. or fails to close 011 the sale in 
compliance with the purchase and sale agreement executed by the patties, the mobile 
home park owne1· has no further duties under this section with respect to the proposed 
§ale, lease 01· transfer of the mobile home park. 
J. If a purchase and sale agreement between a mobile home park owner and a grQ.,!JJ>.. 
Qf mobile home owners or a mobil~..JlQ!llJL.9.~l.~f1l~J1.$§_Q£i.!!timu.lQes _ _not result in ... t\ 
uurchase and the mobile home park owner offers to sell the mobile home park at a 
different price or with different terms and conditions or receives a subsequent offer to 
purchase at a different price 01· with different terms and conditions that the mobile home 
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park owner intends to accept. the requirements of this section apply separately to each 
subsecwent offer, 
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §9094 .. A, suhw§6 is enacted to read: 
6. Assignment ~frights, A group of mobile home owners or a mob ii e !l2111e owners
association that has rights under this section may,, upon a majoritj:' vote, assign those l'ights 
to the foll9-1}~ing entities as long as the entity_J!grees to continue OH~!JHJng.!h~Ll)J:9.,11.fili.Y a~J! 
mobile home park: 
A. The municipality in which the mobile home park is located; 
R The Maine State Housing Authority or a municipal housing authority established 
under Title 30.:6.~~ection 4721 whose al'ea of operation, as defined in Title JQ.A, 
section 4702, sub~ecili?n .l.JJ1clud~s the municipality in which the mobile home pa.1·k 
is located; 01· 
C. A nonprofit organization.' 
Amend the bill by adding before tho smnmary the following: 
1Emcrgency clause, In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation 
fakes effect when approved,' 
Amend the bi11 by relettering Ol' renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority l'epoIt of the committee, as described below, is 
identical to the majority report cxce1>t that the minority report r~qi1ires the terms and 
conditions of a competing offer from a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home 
owners' association to be equal or superior to the terms and conditio11s of an off el' the mobile 
home park owner intends to accept. 
The an1endment adds a11 emergency pl'eamble and emergency clause to the bil!. It 
retains the current law that a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' 
association has 60 days within which to make an offer to a mobile home park owner to 
purchase tho mobile home park currently on the market or for which the park owner has 
received a purchase offe1· the park owner intends to accept. It also adds or clarifies the 
following: 
L .If the offer from a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' 
association is at the same price and equal or superior terms and conditions as an offet' the 
mobile home park owner intends to accept, the group of mobile home owners 01· the mobile 
home owners' association has the first option to purchase the park; 
2. A group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association has 90 days 
after the execution of a purchase and sale agreement with the mobile home park owner 
within which to secure appropriate financing; 
3. The purchase and sale of a mobile home park must occur within a commercially 
l'ensonablc time after the receipt ofthe commitment for appropriate financing; 
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4. If a grnup of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association fails to get 
financing within the 90~day period or fails to close within a commercially reasonable time, 
the mobile home park owner has no furthel' obligations with respect to the proposed sale; 
5, A mobile home park owner may not reject an offel' frotn a gt·ot1p of moblle home 
owners or a mobile home ownern
association solely on the basis that the offet includes a 
financing contingency; 
6. The obligation to provide notice and consider an offer from a group of mobile home 
owners 01· a mobile home owners' association applies if the mobile home park owner offers 
the park for sale or intends to nccept an offer to pmchase the park at a different price or 
different terms and conditions; and 
7. The Maine State Housing Authority1 a municipal housing authol'ity1 a municipality 
where the park is located or a nonprofit 01-ga11ization may be assigned the first opt.ion to 
purchase provided to the mobile home owners tmder the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRE}) 
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Approved: 05/27/25 I-RI-
LD 1145 
LR 1672(03) 
An Act to Protect Res'idcnts Living in Mobile Home Parks 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment •~• ( S))l'-0 
Committee: Housing and Economic Develo1m1ent 
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Fiscnl Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase~ Maine State Housing Authority 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Maine State Housing Authority from the provisions of this bill are expected to be minor 
and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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