HB 0325 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to mobile home parks; amending s.
3	723.0612, F.S.; revising provisions for payment by the
4	park owner to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation
5	Corporation when the mobile home owner chooses to abandon
6	the mobile home rather than relocate due to a change in
7	use of the mobile home park; providing an effective date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11	Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 723.0612, Florida
12	Statutes, is amended to read:
13	723.0612 Change in use; relocation expenses; payments by
14	park owner.--
15	(7) In lieu of collecting payment from the Florida Mobile
16	Home Relocation Corporation as set forth in subsection (1), a
17	mobile home owner may abandon the mobile home in the mobile home
18	park and collect $1,375 for a single section and $2,750 for a
19	multisection from the corporation as long as the mobile home
20	owner delivers to the park owner the current title to the mobile
21	home duly endorsed by the owner of record and valid releases of
22	all liens shown on the title. If a mobile home owner chooses
23	this option, the park owner shall make payment to the
24	corporation in an amount equal to one-fourth of the maximum
25	allowable moving expenses.The mobile home owner's application
26	for funds under this subsection shall require the submission of
27	a document signed by the park owner stating that the home has
28	been abandoned under this subsection and that the park owner
29	agrees to make payment to the corporation in the amount provided
30	to the home owner under this subsection section. However, in the
31	event that the required documents are not submitted with the
32	application, the corporation may consider the facts and
33	circumstances surrounding the abandonment of the home to
34	determine whether the mobile home owner is entitled to payment
35	pursuant to this section.
36	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.